On Mon, 6 Oct 2003, Ralph F. De Witt wrote:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Monday 06 October 2003 01:16 am, Marshal Wong wrote: > > Check if /proc/bus/usb is mounted. That maybe where KDE info center > > gets its information. (I don't use KDE, so I can't really help you > > there). If not, it can be mounted by "mount -t usbdevfs none > > /proc/bus/usb" as root. > This seems to be part of the problem. When I issued the mount command the > three USB Root hubs now show up in the KDE INfo Center. However no USB > devices are shown. > > > > also check that /dev/ and/or /dev/usb/ has the device files for your usb > > stuff. (what do you have beside the scanner?) > The device files for the scanner are the only things in dev. > Besides the scanner I have a USB web camera and a three in one card reader. > The easiest for me to check is the scanner. > > > > > With xsane, check the configuration files for xsane. They should be > > /etc/xsane or something like that. You may have to edit the > > configuration files to point xsane in the right direction. > I have already edited the epson scanner config file to point to the proper USB > device. > > > > > But lets make sure that usb is up and running first before tackling > > xsane. You got a USB mouse or something easy to test? > The easiset for me to test is the scanner. > > Some things I noticed in synaptic is that devfsd is not installed, usbmgr is > also not installed and could not be installed unmet dependencies. I am still > using the knoppix initscripts and 2.4.22 xfs kernel. I am not sure if the > devfsd is used. usbmgr depends on libc6 so which version of usbmgr did you try to install? apt-get install usbmgr/stable apt-get install usbmgr/testing apt-get install usbmgr/unstable ----------------------------------- Running: apt-cache show usbmgr Package: usbmgr Priority: extra Section: admin Installed-Size: 168 Maintainer: Yoshiaki Yanagihara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Architecture: i386 Version: 0.4.8-8 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.3.1-1) Filename: pool/main/u/usbmgr/usbmgr_0.4.8-8_i386.deb Size: 37612 MD5sum: fd873c8580f9d7e9421a3951f40a30f5 Description: User-Mode daemon which loads/unloads USB kernel modules When USB devices connect into or disconnect from a USB hub, the usbmgr works as follows, according to configuration: . a) Load and unload Linux kernel modules. b) Execute scripts to setup USB devices. . usbmgr is available under linux kernels having "/proc/bus/usb". Package: usbmgr Priority: extra Section: admin Installed-Size: 172 Maintainer: Yoshiaki Yanagihara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Architecture: i386 Version: 0.4.8-5 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.2.4-4) Filename: pool/main/u/usbmgr/usbmgr_0.4.8-5_i386.deb Size: 35934 MD5sum: b1547e46839f7a857771a7882965f2f4 Description: User-Mode daemon which loads/unloads USB kernel modules When USB devices connect into or disconnect from a USB hub, the usbmgr works as the following according to configuration. . a) Loads and unloads files Linux kernel modules. b) Execute file to setup USB devices. . usbmgr is available under linux kernel have "/proc/bus/usb". -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
