Bug 144756 - usbdevfs not mounted on boot with kernel-2.6.10-1.8_FC2
Summary: usbdevfs not mounted on boot with kernel-2.6.10-1.8_FC2
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: initscripts
Version: 2
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Bill Nottingham
QA Contact: Brock Organ
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2005-01-11 10:42 UTC by Jeremy Sanders
Modified: 2014-03-17 02:51 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

Fixed In Version:
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2005-01-11 20:49:33 UTC
Type: ---
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Attachments (Terms of Use)
Error log generated when inserting USB memory device (2.65 KB, text/plain)
2005-01-11 15:21 UTC, Aleksandar Milivojevic
no flags Details

Description Jeremy Sanders 2005-01-11 10:42:44 UTC
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Description of problem:
With the new errata kernel kernel-2.6.10-1.8_FC2, FC2 shows a failure
on booting whilst trying to mount the usbdevfs filesystem. The
relevant lines in rc.sysinit are:

if [ $usb = 1 -a ! -f /proc/bus/usb/devices ]; then
    action $"Mounting USB filesystem: "  mount -t usbdevfs usbdevfs
/proc/bus/usb
fi

In 2.6.10, the file system type usbdevfs appears to have been renamed
to usbfs.

What effect does this have?


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
initscripts-7.55.1-1

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Update kernel
2. Reboot
3.
    

Additional info:

Comment 1 Jason Tibbitts 2005-01-11 15:03:02 UTC
It doesn't seem to have a terribly serious effect; I can still mount
flash drives but lsusb is busted.


Comment 2 Aleksandar Milivojevic 2005-01-11 15:21:36 UTC
Created attachment 109611 [details]
Error log generated when inserting USB memory device

On FC3, I haven't noticed usbdevfs error message after upgrade to 2.6.10 kernel
(I could have skipped it, should recheck).  However, my USB memory key stopped
working with new kernel.  When inserting device into my laptop, I get attached
error messages in /var/log/messages file.  After removing and reinserting the
device, nothing happens (no messages, nothing).  As if entire USB subsystem was
disabled (haven't attempted to insert different type of device).

Is this related to usbdevfs problem?

Comment 3 Aleksandar Milivojevic 2005-01-11 15:24:39 UTC
Forgot to mention.  USB memory key I have used to work perfectly fine
with older kernels, and it still works perfectly fine when inserted
into Windows machine.  So I guess it isn't hardware problem.

Comment 4 Jason Tibbitts 2005-01-11 15:40:14 UTC
It should be easy enough to see if the lack of /proc/bus/usb causes
problems; just mount it:

mount -t usbfs usbfs /proc/bus/usb

and perhaps restart hal.

Comment 5 Bill Nottingham 2005-01-11 20:49:33 UTC
Fixed in 7.55.2-1.


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