From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from falcon.mail.pas.earthlink.net ([207.217.120.74]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19wWiX-0003xF-00 for ; Mon, 08 Sep 2003 20:50:49 -0400 Received: from h-68-166-89-140.chcgilgm.covad.net ([68.166.89.140] helo=linserver.romuald.net.eu.org) by falcon.mail.pas.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 19wWiR-000365-00 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Mon, 08 Sep 2003 17:50:43 -0700 Received: (qmail 9866 invoked by uid 1023); 9 Sep 2003 00:50:48 -0000 Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2003 19:50:48 -0500 From: Gregory Nowak To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: usb mass storage question Message-ID: <20030909005048.GA9846@romuald.net.eu.org> References: <20030908033211.GA26979@romuald.net.eu.org> <001901c375cc$5bf1b050$6400a8c0@morgan> <20030908134315.GA30047@romuald.net.eu.org> <003201c3766b$a099fb50$6500a8c0@merlin> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <003201c3766b$a099fb50$6500a8c0@merlin> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Thanks, I'll give that a shot, and let you know how it goes. I did some searching on google, and there seem to be 2 groups of people out there; those for whom it works, and those for whom it doesn't, with no apparent cause for either situation. Thanks again for your help. Greg On Mon, Sep 08, 2003 at 06:45:12PM -0600, Joseph C. Lininger wrote: > Do the following: > > 1. Turn off your machine. > 2. Connect the drive to the computer and ensure it is powered on. > 3. Power on the machine. > 4. Log on to the machine as root. > 5. If you have the USB drivers compiled in to the kernel, skip this step. If > not, issue this command. > > modprobe usbstorage > > (the name of the module may be usb-storage not usbstorage, I can't remember) > > 6. Issue this command: > > dmesg > messages.txt > > Now, mail the messages.txt file to me so that I can review the kernel > messages. You should send this to me privately so as not to clog the list > with it. My address is at the bottom of this message. > -- > Joseph C. Lininger > jbahm@pcdesk.net -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager@EU.org