[clug] Pipped at the post? - was A "mount" defeat

[bnc]

Felix,
This command may shed some more light.
udevadm control --log-priority=debug

Plug the device in and more stuff gets written to the log.
udevadm control --log-priority=err
will set it back to normal

Brian

On Tue, 26 Oct 2010 01:51:47 +0000 (UTC)
Felix Karpfen <felix.karpfen at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, 22 Oct 2010 09:48:14 +1100, Alex Satrapa wrote:
> 
> > On 22/10/2010, at 07:56 , Felix Karpfen wrote:
> > 
> >> I would be grateful for pointers to what I need to look for - just
> >> to spare me from purchasing more duds.
> > 
> > Logitech make a nice neat little four-port USB 2.0 powered hub[1].
> > It's delivering enough current to charge my iPhone, not quite
> > enough to charge the iPad (but then the iPad wants 10W, and is
> > shipped with a custom charger which can deliver the above-standard
> > current).
> 
> I took the advice and achieved next to nothing.
> 
> The score is that my daughter's "upteen-thousand dollars Mac" has no 
> problems in finding and reading the content of my ($2.00) SD-Card 
> reader.  My computer - even with the help of the usb-hub - cannot
> find it.  The red light on the plugged-in SD-Card reader is on, but
> there is no trace of it under the /media directory.  And I do not
> know where else to look. 
> 
> The second output of dmesg (attached) remained unchanged when I ran
> the "mount" command.  However, my computer was not able to read the
> contents of the "memory stick" until it received the "mount" command. 
> 
> Buying a new computer seems a drastic remedy?
> 
> Felix Karpfen
> 
> Attachment:
> ==========
> dmesg-outputs
> 
> 1. After booting the computer with usb-hub and SD-Reader plugged in:
> 
> [  259.308021] usb 3-5: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and 
> address 4
> [  259.441390] usb 3-5: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
> [  259.442163] hub 3-5:1.0: USB hub found
> [  259.446389] hub 3-5:1.0: 4 ports detected
> [  259.580229] usb 3-5: New USB device found, idVendor=05e3, 
> idProduct=0608
> [  259.580238] usb 3-5: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=1, 
> SerialNumber=0
> [  259.580241] usb 3-5: Product: USB2.0 Hub
> 
> 2. After pluging a usb memory-stick into one of the other ports of
> the hub:
> 
> [  620.572348] usb 3-5.1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd
> and address 5
> [  620.998794] usb 3-5.1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
> [  620.999738] usb 3-5.1: New USB device found, idVendor=090c, 
> idProduct=1000
> [  620.999747] usb 3-5.1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, 
> SerialNumber=3
> [  620.999750] usb 3-5.1: Product: USB DISK
> [  620.999753] usb 3-5.1: Manufacturer: SMI Corporation
> [  620.999755] usb 3-5.1: SerialNumber: AA04012700035643
> [  621.137519] Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
> [  621.139678] scsi0 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
> [  621.139892] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
> [  621.139900] USB Mass Storage support registered.
> [  621.139929] usb-storage: device found at 5
> [  621.139932] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before
> scanning [  626.136261] usb-storage: device scan complete
> [  626.137352] scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access     SMI      USB
> DISK 1100 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS
> [  626.205356] **Driver 'sd' needs updating - please use bus_type 
> methods**
> [  626.208870] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 1957888 512-byte hardware sectors
> (1002 MB)
> [  626.209731] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
> [  626.209739] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 43 00 00 00
> [  626.209742] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Assuming drive cache: write through
> [  626.212864] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 1957888 512-byte hardware sectors
> (1002 MB)
> [  626.213708] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
> [  626.213716] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 43 00 00 00
> [  626.213719] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Assuming drive cache: write through
> [  626.213728]  sda: sda1
> [  626.214893] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI removable disk
>