Debian Sarge vs. USB

[Jeff Smith]

--- Bruce Dawson <jbd at codemeta.com> wrote:

> On Sun, 2005-02-27 at 05:50 -0800, Jeff Smith wrote:
> > -- Bruce Dawson <jbd at codemeta.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > I connected a usb-storage device to my system. The
> kernel
> > > says:
> > >         
> > >         Feb 26 22:15:46 localhost kernel: uba: device
> 2
> > > capacity nsec
> > >         240119808 bsize 512
> > >         Feb 26 22:15:46 localhost kernel: uba: device
> 2
> > > capacity nsec
> > >         240119808 bsize 512
> > >         Feb 26 22:15:46 localhost kernel:  uba: uba1
> uba2
> > > uba3
> > >         Feb 26 22:15:46 localhost kernel: usbcore:
> > > registered new driver
> > >         ub
> > > 
> > > However, nowhere can I find anything like /dev/uba1
> or
> > > /dev/ub/uba1 or
> > > whatnot. 
> > > 
> > > Does anyone have any ideas what's wrong? (or how to
> mount
> > > the drive)?
> > > 
> > What kernel & usb libs version?  I'm using kernel
> 2.6.10,
> > with hotplug & udev.  I don't see anything about a
> "uba*"
> > in my messages, but my system loads the basic usb
> storage
> > devices as SCSI (sdXN, where X is a, b,c etc; N is
> 1,2,3,
> > etc)
> 
> Kernel 2.6.10, libusb 1:0.1.8-18, usbutils 0.70-1,
> hotplug
> 0.0.20040329-16, hotplug-utils 0.0.20020114-7

I just checked.  I'm running a mixed ubuntu (hoary)
/testing environment, but have the same packages.  My
kernel is custom built, however.  I don't show a /dev/usb,
or see those messages.
 
> 
> The not loading as SCSI is what confused me, but I read
> something
> somewhere that said the new USB wasn't using SCSI
> anymore, and I didn't
> pay enough attention to how it worked before it "broke"
> (after
> installing other "reasonable" packages).
> 

Hadn't heard that.  I'm confused, because I would think
we're installing the same things.  Do you use udev?  It's a
separate package, mine is 0.50-3ubuntu5.  

jeff