Bug 115708

Summary: usb subsystem for 2.6.2-1.79 does not recognize usb devices
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Alexander Farley <afarley>
Component: kernelAssignee: Arjan van de Ven <arjanv>
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Description Alexander Farley 2004-02-15 06:16:04 UTC
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Description of problem:
USB devices do not seem to be recognized by kernel-2.6.2-1.79. With
the same system using kernel-2.4.22-1.2166 all of the devices are
recognized and work flawlessly. Devices include a scanner, digital
camera, usb flash drive, logitech webcam, and a usb mouse.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
kernel-2.6.2-1.79

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Try use any usb device with a 2.6.x kernel
2. Devices are not recognized
3.
    

Actual Results:  USB devices are not recognized and cannot be used.

Expected Results:  USB devices would be usable as they are in 2.4.x
kernels.

Additional info:

Using usbview yields an error messages that /proc/bus/usb/devices
cannot be accessed because it does not exist. However, I do not know
if this directory has changed with the upgrade to 2.6.x kernels.

Comment 1 Bill Nottingham 2004-02-16 06:36:10 UTC
Do you have an 'alias usb-controller <something>' in /etc/modprobe.conf?

Comment 2 Alexander Farley 2004-02-16 17:43:29 UTC
Yes, I have:
alias usb-controller usb-uhci
alias usb-controller1 ehci-hcd

lsusb produces: 
cannot open /proc/bus/usb, No such file or directory (2)

Only input and pci folders are in the /proc/bus directory.

I tried commenting the two out, but that had no effect. lsusb produces
the same error.

Comment 3 Arjan van de Ven 2004-02-16 17:44:54 UTC
that's it then; it's supposed to be
uhci-hcd not usb-uhci ....

Comment 4 Alexander Farley 2004-02-16 18:14:36 UTC
Indeed the change solved the problem. However, the module is not being
automatically loaded during boot-up. I had to manually load the
module, which then allowed me to access the usb devices. 

Shouldn't kudzu take care of the uhci-hcd entry if there has been a
naming change between kernels 2.4 and 2.6?

Comment 5 Alexander Farley 2004-02-16 18:16:18 UTC
*** Bug 115685 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 6 Alexander Farley 2004-05-28 23:09:15 UTC
This appears to have been fixed long ago and should be closed.