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yorhel

Member

Registered: 2005-04-10

Posts: 9

No USB on Abit Ai7

I just installed arch on my new server, and I have to say - I love it!
there is just one small problem, I have an USB modem to connect to the internet (Alcatel speedtouch 330), but it seems my USB hardware isn't detected...

output of some (hopefully) helpful commands:

$ hwd -s
HARDWARE DETECT ver 4.6 (simple mode)
  Kernel     : 2.6.11.3-ARCH
  CPU & Cache: Processor 0 is Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz 3060MHz, 1024 KB Cache
  Processor 1 is Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz 3060MHz, 1024 KB Cache

  Soundcard  : No sound card
  Video      : XFree86 not installed.
  Drive(ide) : Maxtor 6Y080P0 (HD) 81969MB / 7936KB cache, device: /dev/hda
  USB        : No USB

  Ethernet   : Realtek|RTL-8139 module: 8139too device: eth0
  eth1
  PCMCIA slot: No PCMCIA
  -----------:
  Menu       : Hwd: hwd, Lshwd: lshwd -?, X: mkxcfg
  X sample   : Generate X sample: hwd -x
  Howto      : View howto: hwd -h

$ lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
hw_random               5908  0 
uhci_hcd               33424  0 
ohci_hcd               23048  0 
ehci_hcd               36488  0 
parport_pc             29252  0 
parport                38600  1 parport_pc
pcspkr                  4044  0 
i2c_i801                8972  0 
i2c_core               23296  1 i2c_i801
shpchp                100996  0 
pci_hotplug            34760  1 shpchp
evdev                   9984  0 
8139too                28160  0 
8139cp                 22272  0 
mii                     5760  2 8139too,8139cp
usbcore               125560  4 uhci_hcd,ohci_hcd,ehci_hcd
rtc                    13260  0 

$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 2570 (rev 02)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 2571 (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801BA/CA/DB PCI Bridge (rev c2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 24d0 (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 24db (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 24d3 (rev 02)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon VE QY
02:02.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
02:06.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)

I use an Abit Ai7 Motherboard, which is well supported AFAIK.
Am I doing something wrong, or does anyone have the same experience?

Thanks in advance!

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yorhel

Member

Registered: 2005-04-10

Posts: 9

Re: No USB on Abit Ai7

Ok, I hate replying to my own post, and I hate begging for help... but since I still have this problem, and I need to find a fix as soon as possible, I really need some help on this one.

Can someone at least point me to the right direction?
I don't like to be forced to buy an ethernet modem, or to use other distributions (don't know wether this is an Arch problem, might be the same on other distributions though)

Thanks in advance!

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Some of my stuff: ncdu(package) - ncdc(AUR) - manned.org.

phrakture

Arch Overlord

From: behind you

Registered: 2003-10-29

Posts: 7,879

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Re: No USB on Abit Ai7

try lsusb - see if that spits anything out... what kind of modem is it (model number, manufacturer, etc)

also, try "dmesg | grep -i usb" and maybe "grep -i usb /var/log/everything"

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Snowman

Developer/Forum Fellow

From: Montreal, Canada

Registered: 2004-08-20

Posts: 5,212

Re: No USB on Abit Ai7

There is a package for the speedtouch drivers:
pacman -S speedtouch

Check the wiki: http://wiki2.archlinux.org/index.php/Speedtouch

phrakture

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Registered: 2003-10-29

Posts: 7,879

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Re: No USB on Abit Ai7

what kind of modem is it (model number, manufacturer, etc)

whoops, you said that already... yeah I think speedtouch requires some special setup - follow snowman's suggestions

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yorhel

Member

Registered: 2005-04-10

Posts: 9

Re: No USB on Abit Ai7

Well... the problem is not really the modem itself, I managed to get that one working on an other computer running linux.
it's just that I don't have any support for USB, even my USB-stick won't mount (using http://wiki2.archlinux.org/index.php/USB%20Sticks).
'lsusb' doesn't give any outpout
dmesg | grep -i usb gives me the following:

PCI0 HUB0 UAR1 USB0 USB1 USB2 USB3 USBE MODM 
usbcore: registered new driver usbfs
usbcore: registered new driver hub
ohci_hcd: 2004 Nov 08 USB 1.1 'Open' Host Controller (OHCI) Driver (PCI)
USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver v2.2
usbcore: deregistering driver usbfs
usbcore: deregistering driver hub
usbcore: registered new driver usbfs
usbcore: registered new driver hub
ohci_hcd: 2004 Nov 08 USB 1.1 'Open' Host Controller (OHCI) Driver (PCI)
USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver v2.2
Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
usbcore: registered new driver usb-storage
USB Mass Storage support registered.

'mount | grep usb' says "none on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw)", but "/proc/bus/usb/devices" doesn't exsists

thnx

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phrakture

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From: behind you

Registered: 2003-10-29

Posts: 7,879

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Re: No USB on Abit Ai7

hmmm you have uhci and ohci both modprobed... they may cancel each other out - try each one seperately

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