USB Problem on a HP Compaq DC7600

[Predrag Punosevac]

Did you edit your fstab file?  Like
/dev/ugen0   /mnt  msdosfs rw, noauto      0       0

I hope you are also trying to do all this from root account so that we 
eliminate possibility that something is wrong with
permissions.


Robert Nicholson wrote:
> Thanks. We are getting somewhere:-)
>
> None of the pen drives are recognized. The pen has an msdos file system.
>
> ugen* is not created when I insert the device although ugen is listed and
> enabled in the generic kernel config.
>
> Thanks.
> Michael.
>
> On 8/28/07, Predrag Punosevac <punosevac at math.arizona.edu> wrote:
>   
>> I have the same south bridge works like a charm with FreeBSD 6.2 stable
>> even with 6.1 was working
>> I have the same north bridge. So the hardware is not an issue. That is
>> good.
>> Is it possible that 6.0 had troubles with that one or there is another
>> problem with configuration.
>>
>> So you are saying that you tried to mount manually and there was a
>> problem. Is it  a problem with just that pen since it might
>> be an issue with a specific manufacturer. Is pen msdos file system
>>
>> You are mounting as mount_msdosfs /dev/ugen0 /mnt  right?
>>
>> Robert Nicholson wrote:
>>     
>>> It uses an ICH7 southbridge.
>>>
>>> Any ideas?
>>>
>>> On 8/28/07, *Predrag Punosevac* < punosevac at math.arizona.edu
>>> <mailto:punosevac at math.arizona.edu>> wrote:
>>>
>>>     You find the specification of your mother board and the south bridge
>>>     chip set should be listed. Should be included in computer
>>>     documentation
>>>     or go to web site of Compaq and check. That is one of the key
>>>     specifications
>>>     of your mother board. If I remember well the  south bridge  chip
>>>     set is
>>>     in charge with your USB. We could check right away against
>>>     hardware compatibility list if there is really some issue with
>>>     your chip
>>>     set. Since you are really running and older version of FreeBSD
>>>     and your Compact might be brand new maybe there is some issue.  I
>>>     hope
>>>     more knowledgeable  get involved in our discussion.
>>>
>>>     Why did you post your question in multimedia? Try also posting it on
>>>     freebsd-questions at freebsd.org <mailto:freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
>>> .
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>     Robert Nicholson wrote:
>>>     > Hi Predrag,
>>>     >
>>>     > Thank you for your mail.
>>>     >
>>>     > I installed FreeBSD 6.0 since I was instructed to do so because we
>>>     > want to test the network  testing tools that we develop at work
>>>     > specifically for systems running FreeBSD 6.0 as many of our
>>>     customers
>>>     > still use FBSD 6.0
>>>     >
>>>     > I am not auto mounting the drives.
>>>     >
>>>     > I am trying to mount the drive manually but /dev/da* does not get
>>>     > created automatically when the drive is plugged in to the USB
>>>       
>> slot.
>>     
>>>     > There is no message in dmesg or in /var/log/messages either.
>>>     >
>>>     > Yes I do have usbd_enable="YES" in /etc/rc.conf
>>>     >
>>>     > How do you find out which bridge chipset it is?
>>>     >
>>>     > Thanks.
>>>     > Michael.
>>>     >
>>>     > On 8/28/07, * Predrag Punosevac* < punosevac at math.arizona.edu
>>>     <mailto:punosevac at math.arizona.edu>
>>>     > <mailto:punosevac at math.arizona.edu
>>>     <mailto:punosevac at math.arizona.edu>>> wrote:
>>>     >
>>>     >     Out of curiosity why did you install 6.0 version when there
>>>     is 6.2
>>>     >     version? Are you trying to do auto mount on usb drive or you
>>>     mounted
>>>     >     your pan manually. HAL really had issues until maybe half a
>>>     year ago.
>>>     >     The question is which version of HAL you use.
>>>     >     Do you have usbd_enable="YES" in rc.conf
>>>     file.(usb  deamon)  I do  not
>>>     >     know if the daemon is behaving differently on older machines.
>>>     >     Try to mount thins manually first. I have intell 945G
>>>     chipset but
>>>     >     that
>>>     >     is the North Bridge. What is your south bridge Chipset?
>>>     >
>>>     >
>>>     >
>>>     >     Robert Nicholson wrote:
>>>     >     > Predrag, sorry for the mistake.
>>>     >     >
>>>     >     > Hi everyone,
>>>     >     >
>>>     >     > I just installed FreeBSD 6.0 on a HP Compaq DC7600 Small
>>>       
>> Form
>>     
>>>     >     Factor
>>>     >     > PC at work. It uses an intel 945G chipset. I could not get
>>>       
>> the
>>     
>>>     >     > broadcom NIC to work so we replaced it with a D-Link NIC and
>>>     >     that works.
>>>     >     >
>>>     >     > The other problem is that the four USB ports on the
>>>     machine are
>>>     >     > recognized and the /dev/ directory has character devices
>>>     usb1 to
>>>     >     usb4
>>>     >     > but plugging in any usb drive (including a USB pen drive)
>>>     causes the
>>>     >     > system to hang for about 4 seconds and then  the drive is
>>>       
>> not
>>     
>>>     >     > recognized. There are no /dev/da* devices, no dmesg
>>>     messages and no
>>>     >     > /var/log/messages either.
>>>     >     >
>>>     >     > I checked the kernel config. Devices umass, ehci, ohci ,
>>>       
>> uhci,
>>     
>>>     >     usb. da
>>>     >     > as well as scbus are all enabled. I am at a loss on how to
>>>     solve
>>>     >     this
>>>     >     > problem. Please help.
>>>     >     >
>>>     >     > Thanks and Regards,
>>>     >     > Michael.
>>>     >
>>>     >
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>>     
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