From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from concerto.rednote.net ([66.92.170.139]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1DlsaE-0003Ju-00 for ; Fri, 24 Jun 2005 14:07:18 -0400 Received: from concerto.rednote.net (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by concerto.rednote.net (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j5OI7HEN005822 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Fri, 24 Jun 2005 14:07:17 -0400 Received: (from janina@localhost) by concerto.rednote.net (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id j5OI7H9B005821 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Fri, 24 Jun 2005 14:07:17 -0400 Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 14:07:17 -0400 From: Janina Sajka To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Message-ID: <20050624180717.GC4393@rednote.net> Mail-Followup-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <20050623212108.GD15544@rednote.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Operating-System: Linux concerto.rednote.net 2.6.11-1.35_FC3spksmp Organization: Capital Accessibility LLC (http://www.CapitalAccessibility.com) X-PGP-Key: http://www.CapitalAccessibility.com/JaninaSajka_gpg_key.html Subject: Re: Accessing a USB device X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 18:07:18 -0000 Sounds like you've covered the basic points correctly, Chuck. At this point, it's a search and repair mission, I guess. Sorry I have no wisdom to add. Chuck Hallenbeck writes: > Hi Janina, > > Thanks for the URL. I have built the uhci_hcd driver into the kernel, > and have selected usb_hid, usb_hiddev, usb_devicefs, and so on, and the > software components seem to be in place. But something very strange is > going on with my hardware. I cannot figure out why IRQ 5 is misbehaving > and becoming disabled shortly after bootup. The uhci_hcd driver wants to > use IRQ 5, but when it fails, communication with the UPS fails. I can > still "see" the device. Unplugging it produces a disconnect message, and > plugging it back in produces a recognition message with make and model > of the UPS displayed, followed by a "failed to register" message. > > I have been relying on the very extensive manual accompanying the > software I want to use, "apcupsd," but will give the web site a look > that you mentioned. > > Joseph L. thinks it is a kernel configuration problem, but I'm damned if > I can figure out what. I am running 2.6.11.11 on this Debian system, > although the kernel is not a Debian package and I have configured and > compiled it the old fashioned (Slackware) way! Some old dogs just cannot > be taught new tricks. > > One other anomaly that makes me think Joseph might be correct: My bootup > messages end with a complaint about an "unknown_bootoption" followed by > an offset of some sort, but I have only specified the usual > "speakup_synth=ltlk" option explicitly. If that is what it is > complaining about, it is a benign message. But if it is something else, > I cannot imagine what it might be. > > Chuck > > > On Thu, 23 Jun 2005, Janina Sajka wrote: > > >Do you have an uhci-hcd module loaded? I have the following statement in my > >(Fedora) /etc/modprobe.conf: > > > >alias usb-controller uhci-hcd > > > >I found the following web site helpful, by the way: > > > >http://www.linux-usb.org/USB-guide/book1.html > > > > -- > The Moon is Waning Gibbous (95% of Full) > But you can still get downloads from http://www.mhcable.com/~chuckh > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Chair, Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) janina@freestandards.org http://a11y.org Janina Sajka Phone: +1.202.494.7040 Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC http://www.CapitalAccessibility.Com Bringing the Owasys 22C screenless cell phone to the U.S. and Canada. Go to http://www.ScreenlessPhone.Com to learn more.