Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Wed, 15 Apr 2009 19:56:03 -0500, Dale wrote: > > >> have been using lsusb and udev monitor to check for what the kernel >> sees. So far, it has seen nothing at all. >> > > They only show you what udev sees, do any of your USB devices show up in > dmesg? If not, either your kernel or your hardware is broken, and > kernels don't often break without recompilation. > > If dmesg shows it, you have a software problem, but it can't be anything > to do with X or your USB ports would work if you booted in text mode. > Use genlop with the --date argument to see what you emerged since your > USB last worked, then start with the obvious suspects. > > >
dmesg shows nothing and there is nothing in messages either. Usually mine shows up in messages and dmesg is always the same. I'm not sure why that is tho. I'm using the same kernel because I can't compile a new one. Gcc-4.3 doesn't like a 2.6.23 kernel and after it compiles a little while, it fails with a error. I googled it and they know it but the fix hasn't made it to Gentoo yet I guess, at least not in stable anyway. So, given that, I know I haven't recompiled a new kernel since I can't. I do know that I went through the xorg-server upgrade and that I upgraded gcc. I suspect that something related to the xorg-server upgrade got recompiled and either doesn't like my kernel or that maybe gcc has more troubles than was thought. I switched back to my old gcc and am doing a emerge -ev ivman which would include hal, dbus, udev and all their little friends. If after this it works, this could very well be a gcc problem. I also agree that it could be a hardware failure but not real likely. I got plenty of cooling here and I'm plugged into a surge protector and a UPS as well. While it is still possible, it is unlikely. It is funny that my printer is also dead in the water. It's not a device problem, broke camera or something, since they both stopped working at the same time. Will report back later when my recompile finishes. Dale :-) :-)
