USB diskonkey lost with kernel 2.6.6+?

Tom Caudron caudron at digitalelite.com
Tue Oct 5 13:38:47 UTC 2004


Does anyone know of a work-around to the DiskOnKey loss with the latest
kernel update?  The original message I found is copied below for
reference, but here's the problem in a nutshell:

* Just upgraded to kernel 2.6.8-1.521
* Prior to the upgrade USB DiskOnKey worked fine.
* After upgrade it won't mount.  It doesn't even show up as a mounting
option when plugged in (either when plugged in prior to boot or
afterward).  The Hardware Browser doesn't show the drive when plugged
in.  The drive effectively does not exist, even when plugged in.

I poked around and found...

...in /var/log/messages
Oct  5 08:47:33 localhost kernel: usb 1-2.2: new full speed USB device using address 3
Oct  5 08:47:34 localhost kernel: Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
Oct  5 08:47:34 localhost kernel: usb-storage: probe of 1-2.2:1.0 failed with error -1
Oct  5 08:47:34 localhost kernel: usbcore: registered new driver usb-storage
Oct  5 08:47:34 localhost kernel: USB Mass Storage support registered.

...using /sbin/lsusb
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 08ec:0010 M-Systems Flash Disk Pioneers DiskOnKey

...but using /sbin/lsusb -v -d 08ec:0010 I get nothing returned.

...using rpm -qa|grep hotplug
hotplug-2004_04_01-1

...using /sbin/lsmod | grep usb_storage
Module                  Size  Used by
usb_storage            58121  0
scsi_mod              105360  3 sd_mod,usb_storage,sg

...in /etc/sysconfig/hwconf there was no mention of the attached drive.

Based all on this information, I think it is similar to the problem
described below, but I couldn't find any follow up that detailed a work
around.  Anyone have an idea of what I could do to get the keydrive
working again?

-Tom Caudron



--Original Message----------------------------
Leon Stringer wrote:

Thanks for your replies guys.

I don't think it is the Bugzilla issue, I've tried the fix but it
doesn't work for me.

As I said the key drive seems fine (still works with Windows) and I was
using the exact same drive fine with FC2 (save having to rmmod
usb_storage after use). I'm sure the only change I've made to it not
working is the kernel update. I'll dig into usb-storage source and try
to get a handle on what it doesn't like.

Leon Stringer wrote:

        Hi,
        
        I used to use my USB key with FC2. I'd plug it in and could use
        it at /mnt/diskonkey.
        
        Unfortunately it no longer works. I think it stopped working
        when I updated my kernel. I'm now on 2.6.8-1.251 (from the
        Fedora updates folder) and when I check /var/log/messages it
        shows:
        
        Aug 30 17:47:59 localhost kernel: usb 3-2: new full speed USB
        device using address 2
        Aug 30 17:48:00 localhost kernel: Initializing USB Mass Storage
        driver...
        Aug 30 17:48:00 localhost kernel: usb-storage: probe of 3-2:1.0
        failed with error -1
        Aug 30 17:48:00 localhost kernel: usbcore: registered new driver
        usb-storage
        Aug 30 17:48:00 localhost kernel: USB Mass Storage support
        registered.
        
        Is there a known issue here? Has the later kernel broken this?
        Is there a workaround?
        
        Thanks in advance for any help,
        
        Leon...




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