Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 14:40:02 +0530 From: "Robert Nicholson" <nicholson.robert@gmail.com> To: "Predrag Punosevac" <punosevac@math.arizona.edu>, freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: USB Problem on a HP Compaq DC7600 Message-ID: <7e1fa8c0708280210w3140af5ftb17c17b2e1700a4c@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <46D3E2D5.1000100@math.arizona.edu> References: <7e1fa8c0708280122h66b69568ie4760e100b5d2e23@mail.gmail.com> <46D3DE70.5070708@math.arizona.edu> <7e1fa8c0708280143k6dcf7334vd8cf3ed2e41ab245@mail.gmail.com> <46D3E2D5.1000100@math.arizona.edu>
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It uses an ICH7 southbridge. Any ideas? On 8/28/07, Predrag Punosevac <punosevac@math.arizona.edu > wrote: > > You find the specification of your mother board and the south bridge > chip set should be listed. Should be included in computer documentation > or go to web site of Compaq and check. That is one of the key > specifications > of your mother board. If I remember well the south bridge chip set is > in charge with your USB. We could check right away against > hardware compatibility list if there is really some issue with your chip > set. Since you are really running and older version of FreeBSD > and your Compact might be brand new maybe there is some issue. I hope > more knowledgeable get involved in our discussion. > > Why did you post your question in multimedia? Try also posting it on > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org. > > > > Robert Nicholson wrote: > > Hi Predrag, > > > > Thank you for your mail. > > > > I installed FreeBSD 6.0 since I was instructed to do so because we > > want to test the network testing tools that we develop at work > > specifically for systems running FreeBSD 6.0 as many of our customers > > still use FBSD 6.0 > > > > I am not auto mounting the drives. > > > > I am trying to mount the drive manually but /dev/da* does not get > > created automatically when the drive is plugged in to the USB slot. > > There is no message in dmesg or in /var/log/messages either. > > > > Yes I do have usbd_enable="YES" in /etc/rc.conf > > > > How do you find out which bridge chipset it is? > > > > Thanks. > > Michael. > > > > On 8/28/07, * Predrag Punosevac* <punosevac@math.arizona.edu > > <mailto:punosevac@math.arizona.edu>> wrote: > > > > Out of curiosity why did you install 6.0 version when there is 6.2 > > version? Are you trying to do auto mount on usb drive or you mounted > > > your pan manually. HAL really had issues until maybe half a year > ago. > > The question is which version of HAL you use. > > Do you have usbd_enable="YES" in rc.conf file.(usb deamon) I > do not > > know if the daemon is behaving differently on older machines. > > Try to mount thins manually first. I have intell 945G chipset but > > that > > is the North Bridge. What is your south bridge Chipset? > > > > > > > > Robert Nicholson wrote: > > > Predrag, sorry for the mistake. > > > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > > > I just installed FreeBSD 6.0 on a HP Compaq DC7600 Small Form > > Factor > > > PC at work. It uses an intel 945G chipset. I could not get the > > > broadcom NIC to work so we replaced it with a D-Link NIC and > > that works. > > > > > > The other problem is that the four USB ports on the machine are > > > recognized and the /dev/ directory has character devices usb1 to > > usb4 > > > but plugging in any usb drive (including a USB pen drive) causes > the > > > system to hang for about 4 seconds and then the drive is not > > > recognized. There are no /dev/da* devices, no dmesg messages and > no > > > /var/log/messages either. > > > > > > I checked the kernel config. Devices umass, ehci, ohci , uhci, > > usb. da > > > as well as scbus are all enabled. I am at a loss on how to solve > > this > > > problem. Please help. > > > > > > Thanks and Regards, > > > Michael. > > > > > >
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