New USB devices not seen in KDE
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From: Robby Workman on 9 Mar 2010 09:04 On 2010-03-09, Andy <andy(a)asjohnson.com> wrote: > Robby Workman wrote: > >> On 2010-03-09, Andy <andy(a)asjohnson.com> wrote: >>> After applying the big March 1st upgrade, KDE no longer sees new USB >>> devices >>> when I plug them in. Is this a KDE issue, or what? Dmesg looks normal >>> (like I remember it previously): >>> >>> [ 1621.344036] usb 2-4: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and >>> [ address >>> 4 >>> [ 1621.755672] usb 2-4: New USB device found, idVendor=05dc, >>> [ idProduct=a793 1621.755679] usb 2-4: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, >>> [ Product=2, >>> SerialNumber=3 >>> [ 1621.755685] usb 2-4: Product: USB Flash Drive >>> [ 1621.755690] usb 2-4: Manufacturer: Lexar >>> [ 1621.755694] usb 2-4: SerialNumber: 23SBLAHBLAHBLAH4XUJ >>> [ 1621.757329] scsi9 : usb-storage 2-4:1.0 >>> [ 1626.759077] scsi 9:0:0:0: Direct-Access Lexar USB Flash Drive >>> 1100 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS >>> [ 1626.759994] sd 9:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg9 type 0 >>> [ 1626.762935] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdh] 62652416 512-byte logical blocks: (32.0 >>> GB/29.8 GiB) >>> [ 1626.763919] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdh] Write Protect is off >>> [ 1626.763926] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdh] Mode Sense: 43 00 00 00 >>> [ 1626.763932] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdh] Assuming drive cache: write through >>> [ 1626.766919] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdh] Assuming drive cache: write through >>> [ 1626.766927] sdh: sdh1 >>> [ 1626.769933] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdh] Assuming drive cache: write through >>> [ 1626.769940] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdh] Attached SCSI removable disk >>> >>> Yes, they work fine when I mount them the old way. >> >> >> See if /usr/libexec/hald-probe-{storage,volume} show any missing library >> links (probably libparted). If so, then make sure all of your packages >> are synced with what's in the -current tree, particularly the parted and >> hal packages. >> > > I'm assuming you mean for me to run ldd /usr/libexec/hald-probe-*, with > which nothing shows up as "not found". They all look good to me. Also, I > didn't "cherry pick", I have all packages through March 2nd installed. > Okay, interesting... I confirmed on two different machines that it works fine here, so I'm fairly certain it's a local issue there. Can you see if it works in Xfce? -RW
From: Andy on 9 Mar 2010 20:11 Robby Workman wrote: > On 2010-03-09, Andy <andy(a)asjohnson.com> wrote: >> Robby Workman wrote: >> >>> On 2010-03-09, Andy <andy(a)asjohnson.com> wrote: >>>> After applying the big March 1st upgrade, KDE no longer sees new USB >>>> devices >>>> when I plug them in. Is this a KDE issue, or what? Dmesg looks normal >>>> (like I remember it previously): >>>> >>>> [ 1621.344036] usb 2-4: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and >>>> [ address >>>> 4 >>>> [ 1621.755672] usb 2-4: New USB device found, idVendor=05dc, >>>> [ idProduct=a793 1621.755679] usb 2-4: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, >>>> [ Product=2, >>>> SerialNumber=3 >>>> [ 1621.755685] usb 2-4: Product: USB Flash Drive >>>> [ 1621.755690] usb 2-4: Manufacturer: Lexar >>>> [ 1621.755694] usb 2-4: SerialNumber: 23SBLAHBLAHBLAH4XUJ >>>> [ 1621.757329] scsi9 : usb-storage 2-4:1.0 >>>> [ 1626.759077] scsi 9:0:0:0: Direct-Access Lexar USB Flash Drive >>>> 1100 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS >>>> [ 1626.759994] sd 9:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg9 type 0 >>>> [ 1626.762935] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdh] 62652416 512-byte logical blocks: >>>> [ (32.0 >>>> GB/29.8 GiB) >>>> [ 1626.763919] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdh] Write Protect is off >>>> [ 1626.763926] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdh] Mode Sense: 43 00 00 00 >>>> [ 1626.763932] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdh] Assuming drive cache: write through >>>> [ 1626.766919] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdh] Assuming drive cache: write through >>>> [ 1626.766927] sdh: sdh1 >>>> [ 1626.769933] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdh] Assuming drive cache: write through >>>> [ 1626.769940] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdh] Attached SCSI removable disk >>>> >>>> Yes, they work fine when I mount them the old way. >>> >>> >>> See if /usr/libexec/hald-probe-{storage,volume} show any missing library >>> links (probably libparted). If so, then make sure all of your packages >>> are synced with what's in the -current tree, particularly the parted and >>> hal packages. >>> >> >> I'm assuming you mean for me to run ldd /usr/libexec/hald-probe-*, with >> which nothing shows up as "not found". They all look good to me. Also, >> I didn't "cherry pick", I have all packages through March 2nd installed. >> > > Okay, interesting... I confirmed on two different machines that it > works fine here, so I'm fairly certain it's a local issue there. > Can you see if it works in Xfce? > > -RW I've never used Xfce before, but if something was supposed to happen when I plugged in a flash drive, it didn't. Dmesg showed the same as before. Andy
From: Richard Herbert on 9 Mar 2010 20:39 On Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:35:09 +0000, Robby Workman wrote: > [4] -current is our (the Slackware team) development branch. > It is NOT for users wanting to run the newest shiny version numbers. > It should ALWAYS be considered completely incompatible with the > latest stable release, except when it's not, and if you don't know > how to tell the difference, then refer back to the "ALWAYS" part. Your advice is well taken. I take full responsibility for anything that goes wrong after an upgrade from -current, and I know how to back them out when I need to. That said, nothing makes me happier than a rock-solid Slackware installation (SO's excluded). -- Richard Herbert Registered Linux user 14329 If there's nothing wrong with me, then ... there must be something wrong with the Universe!
From: Andy on 11 Mar 2010 22:38
Robby Workman wrote: > On 2010-03-09, Andy <andy(a)asjohnson.com> wrote: >> Robby Workman wrote: >> >>> On 2010-03-09, Andy <andy(a)asjohnson.com> wrote: >>>> After applying the big March 1st upgrade, KDE no longer sees new USB >>>> devices >>>> when I plug them in. Is this a KDE issue, or what? Dmesg looks normal >>>> (like I remember it previously): >>>> >>>> [ 1621.344036] usb 2-4: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and >>>> [ address >>>> 4 >>>> [ 1621.755672] usb 2-4: New USB device found, idVendor=05dc, >>>> [ idProduct=a793 1621.755679] usb 2-4: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, >>>> [ Product=2, >>>> SerialNumber=3 >>>> [ 1621.755685] usb 2-4: Product: USB Flash Drive >>>> [ 1621.755690] usb 2-4: Manufacturer: Lexar >>>> [ 1621.755694] usb 2-4: SerialNumber: 23SBLAHBLAHBLAH4XUJ >>>> [ 1621.757329] scsi9 : usb-storage 2-4:1.0 >>>> [ 1626.759077] scsi 9:0:0:0: Direct-Access Lexar USB Flash Drive >>>> 1100 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS >>>> [ 1626.759994] sd 9:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg9 type 0 >>>> [ 1626.762935] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdh] 62652416 512-byte logical blocks: >>>> [ (32.0 >>>> GB/29.8 GiB) >>>> [ 1626.763919] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdh] Write Protect is off >>>> [ 1626.763926] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdh] Mode Sense: 43 00 00 00 >>>> [ 1626.763932] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdh] Assuming drive cache: write through >>>> [ 1626.766919] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdh] Assuming drive cache: write through >>>> [ 1626.766927] sdh: sdh1 >>>> [ 1626.769933] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdh] Assuming drive cache: write through >>>> [ 1626.769940] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdh] Attached SCSI removable disk >>>> >>>> Yes, they work fine when I mount them the old way. >>> >>> >>> See if /usr/libexec/hald-probe-{storage,volume} show any missing library >>> links (probably libparted). If so, then make sure all of your packages >>> are synced with what's in the -current tree, particularly the parted and >>> hal packages. >>> >> >> I'm assuming you mean for me to run ldd /usr/libexec/hald-probe-*, with >> which nothing shows up as "not found". They all look good to me. Also, >> I didn't "cherry pick", I have all packages through March 2nd installed. >> > > Okay, interesting... I confirmed on two different machines that it > works fine here, so I'm fairly certain it's a local issue there. > Can you see if it works in Xfce? > > -RW I just applied all the latest -current updates, and while the new huge kernel now boots, the problem of new USB devices not being seen in KDE persists. Any updates or ideas? Andy |