USB ports not working with 5.3-RELEASE or 5.3-STABLE

[Trey Sizemore]

On Sun, 2005-01-02 at 20:37 -0500, Trey Sizemore wrote:
> My USB devices are not being detected on my tower.  I'm running
> 5.3-STABLE and have the following in my /etc/rc.conf:
> 
>   
>         ________________________________________________________________
>         salamander# cat /etc/rc.conf
>         # -- sysinstall generated deltas -- # Mon Dec  6 13:36:23 2004
>         # Created: Mon Dec  6 13:36:23 2004
>         # Enable network daemons for user convenience.
>         # Please make all changes to this file, not
> to /etc/defaults/rc.conf.
>         # This file now contains just the overrides
> from /etc/defaults/rc.conf.
>         hostname="salamander.thesizemores.net"
>         ifconfig_vr0="DHCP"
>         linux_enable="YES"
>         moused_enable="YES"
>         usbd_enable="YES"
>         sendmail_enable="YES"
>         sendmail_flags="-bd"
>         sendmail_pidfile="/var/spool/postfix/pid/master.pid"
>         sendmail_outbound_enable="NO"
>         sendmail_submit_enable="NO"
>         sendmail_msp_queue_enable="NO"
>         devfs_system_ruleset="local_ruleset"
>         ________________________________________________________________
> 
> and this in a /etc/devfs.rules file that I created per another post I
> saw on the forum:
> 
>         
>         ________________________________________________________________
>         [local_ruleset=10]
>         add path 'ugen*' mode 664
>         ________________________________________________________________
> 
> 
> The following lines appear in my /sys/i386/conf/GENERIC file (this is
> out-of-the-box, I have not recompiled the kernel since initial install):
> 
>         
>         ________________________________________________________________
>         # USB support
>         device          uhci            # UHCI PCI->USB interface
>         device          ohci            # OHCI PCI->USB interface
>         device          usb             # USB Bus (required)
>         #device         udbp            # USB Double Bulk Pipe devices
>         device          ugen            # Generic
>         device          uhid            # "Human Interface Devices"
>         device          ukbd            # Keyboard
>         device          ulpt            # Printer
>         device          umass           # Disks/Mass storage - Requires
> scbus and da
>         device          ums             # Mouse
>         device          urio            # Diamond Rio 500 MP3 player
>         device          uscanner        # Scanners
>         
>         # SCSI peripherals
>         device          scbus           # SCSI bus (required for SCSI)
>         device          ch              # SCSI media changers
>         device          da              # Direct Access (disks)
>         device          sa              # Sequential Access (tape etc)
>         device          cd              # CD
>         device          pass            # Passthrough device (direct
> SCSI access)
>         device          ses             # SCSI Environmental Services
> (and SAF-TE)
>         
>         ________________________________________________________________
> 
> 
> However, when I connect my camera via the USB connector (or via a
> SanDisk card reader) and turn it on, I get no messages in dmesg and
> usbdevs shows
> 
>         
>         ________________________________________________________________
>         salamander# usbdevs
>         addr 1: UHCI root hub, VIA
>         addr 1: UHCI root hub, VIA
>         addr 1: UHCI root hub, VIA
>         ________________________________________________________________
> 
> I also have an Epson Stylus C84 printer connected directly to one of the
> box's USB ports and it doesn't appear either.  I have PNP turned off in
> the BIOS.  What else could I check?  These ports were working as
> recently as a month ago with a Linux flavor installed.
> 
> Thanks.

Thanks for the offline offers of help that I've received.  I'm not sure
what changed, but I was troubleshooting with a LiveCD distro which
detected the ports and devices correctly.  I then copied
the /var/log/messages file from this and was going to post to the list,
but when I booted into FreeBSD again, the ports were miraculously
working!  Hmmm...don't know what happened, as I'd rebooted a few times
previous to this, but at least it's working now.

Thanks again.

-- 
Cheers,
Trey
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