USB Problem on a HP Compaq DC7600
Robert Nicholson
nicholson.robert at gmail.com
Tue Aug 28 02:21:32 PDT 2007
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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