USB does not recognize any dynamically plugged devices

[Hans Petter Selasky]

On Tuesday 01 February 2005 13:03, Eugene Rogoza wrote:
> Hello everybody,
>
> I have a FreeBSD 5.3 release on my 855GM-based Dell Inspiron 700m laptop.
> There's a strange glitch: connected USB devices are being recognized and
> attached only at startup (just after bus probing). If I disconnect a
> device, the kernel says "detached", and everything is fine. But if I try to
> attach it again, nothing happens.
>
> This behavior started after I connected and disconnected an Olympus digital
> camera. After I plugged it in, it was correctly recognized and attached
> (umass0). But I realized that I had forgotten to include "device da" in my
> kernel to be able to access camera's memory. I compiled a new kernel, which
> differs from the previous one only by this "device da" string. Since then
> USB doesn't detect any devices plugged at run-time. Trying to boot with
> older kernels (and even with GENERIC) doesn't change the situation.
>
> Any helpful thoughts are being appreciated.
>
> Eugene Rogoza.
>

What is the name of your USB controller?

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