This is to help anyone trying to get their USB multicard reader working in Fedora Core 2. First, you must recompile the scsi module with "Probe all LUNs". su root; cd /usr/src/linux-<version>; I use "make menuconfig" -> Device Drivers -> SCSI device -> check "Probe all LUNs on each SCSI device". Exit and save. FC2 adds "custom" to the version in the kernel source. So you can do one of two things: 1) Simple but long: Recompile kernel and modules, install. Update grub. Reboot. 2) More complex but faster: Edit Makefile and remove "custom" from XTRAVERSION. make modules. Kill (ctrl-c) it after you see scsi_mod.ko built. copy the new drives/scsi/scsi_mod.ko over the old lib/modules/<version>/kernel/drivers/scsi/scsi_mod.ko. reload the new scsi_mod module: rmmod scsi_mod; modprobe scsi_mod; Now you're ready to read cards! I had to reload the usb_storage module every time i added or removed a card - rmmod usb_storage; modprobe usb_storage; The card reader itself is not removable. Insert card. reload usb_storage module. Then use dmesg to see what scsi device it is. I get this: usbcore: deregistering driver usb-storage Initializing USB Mass Storage driver... scsi1 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices Vendor: Generic Model: USB SD Reader Rev: 1.00 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Attached scsi removable disk sda at scsi1, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 Vendor: Generic Model: USB CF Reader Rev: 1.01 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 SCSI device sdb: 31488 512-byte hdwr sectors (16 MB) sdb: assuming Write Enabled sdb: assuming drive cache: write through sdb: sdb1 Attached scsi removable disk sdb at scsi1, channel 0, id 0, lun 1 Vendor: Generic Model: USB SM Reader Rev: 1.02 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Attached scsi removable disk sdc at scsi1, channel 0, id 0, lun 2 Vendor: Generic Model: USB MS Reader Rev: 1.03 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Attached scsi removable disk sdd at scsi1, channel 0, id 0, lun 3 USB Mass Storage device found at 2 You can see that a 16MB CF card was found and set at the scsi device sdb with one partition sdb1. So, mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/cf; (assuming /mnt/cf exists). YMMV. Let me know if there's an easier way to tell the usb-storage module that a card has been added or removed. keywords: linux fedora core 2 fc2 usb multi card multicard reader -- Robert Dale __________________________________________________________________ Introducing the New Netscape Internet Service. Only $9.95 a month -- Sign up today at http://isp.netscape.com/register Netscape. Just the Net You Need. New! Netscape Toolbar for Internet Explorer Search from anywhere on the Web and block those annoying pop-ups. Download now at http://channels.netscape.com/ns/search/install.jsp
