> Message: 17 > Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 13:20:57 -0700 > From: BC <fedora@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: USB Hard Drive > To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Message-ID: > <20041111202057.10969.qmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Content-Type: TEXT/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII > > Anyone know how to get this external USB Hard Drive working ? It works > under Gentoo no problem. Here is what I get when I plug it in > > > scsi4 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices > [root@Penguin1 ~]# tail -f /var/log/messages > Nov 11 15:12:29 Penguin1 kernel: USB Mass Storage support registered. > Nov 11 15:13:15 Penguin1 kernel: usb 1-6: USB disconnect, address 4 > Nov 11 15:13:27 Penguin1 kernel: usb 5-1: USB disconnect, address 2 > Nov 11 15:13:31 Penguin1 kernel: usb 1-6: new high speed USB device > using address 5 > Nov 11 15:13:31 Penguin1 kernel: scsi4 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass > Storage devices > Nov 11 15:13:36 Penguin1 wait_for_sysfs[10301]: either wait_for_sysfs > (udev 039) needs an update to handle the device > '/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.2/usb1/1-6/1-6:1.0' properly (no bus > device link) or the sysfs-support of your device's driver needs to be > fixed, please report to <linux-hotplug-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Nov 11 15:13:46 Penguin1 hal.hotplug[10323]: timout(10000 ms) waiting > for /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.2/usb1/1-6/1-6:1.0 If you are using FC3 then I had a similar problem see http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=3157 It would seem its a kernel bug !!!! On Thu, Nov 11, 2004 at 05:08:19PM +0100, Harald Hoyer wrote: > ouch... >> Dr J Austin wrote: > >Nov 10 23:17:26 maui kernel: SCSI device sdb: 1024000 512-byte hdwr > >sectors (524 MB) > >Nov 10 23:17:26 maui kernel: sdb: Write Protect is off > >Nov 10 23:17:26 maui kernel: sdb: assuming drive cache: write through > >Nov 10 23:17:26 maui kernel: sdb: sdb1 > >Nov 10 23:17:26 maui kernel: sdb: sdb1 > >Nov 10 23:17:26 maui scsi.agent[6755]: disk at > >/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:03.3/usb1/1-6/1-6:1.0/host3/3:0:0:0 > >Nov 10 23:17:26 maui kernel: kobject_register failed for sdb1 (-17) > >Nov 10 23:17:26 maui kernel: [<021db148>] kobject_register+0x31/0x39 > >Nov 10 23:17:26 maui kernel: [<021a8af2>] add_partition+0xb0/0xc0 > >Nov 10 23:17:26 maui kernel: [<021a8c34>] register_disk+0xf5/0x13f > >Nov 10 23:17:26 maui kernel: [<0224ae32>] add_disk+0x2b/0x36 > >Nov 10 23:17:26 maui kernel: [<0224adf3>] exact_match+0x0/0x7 > >Nov 10 23:17:26 maui kernel: [<0224adfa>] exact_lock+0x0/0xd > >Nov 10 23:17:26 maui kernel: [<1e9ddccc>] sd_probe+0x361/0x3ba [sd_mod] Known scsi bug. Should be fixed in later kernel versions. thanks, greg k-h John Dr John Austin, Principal Lecturer (Retired), Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering, University of Portsmouth, Anglesea Road, Portsmouth, Hants P01 3DJ Tel: 02392 842355 (Sometimes) email ja +at- ee +dot- port +dot- ac +dot- uk ja +at- jaa +dot- org +dot- uk
