From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from ns1.sunset.net ([205.161.255.5] helo=onyx.sunset.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1DlxIH-0006ID-00 for ; Fri, 24 Jun 2005 19:09:05 -0400 Received: from sunset.net (208-53-81-141.chico.ca.digitalpath.net [208.53.81.141]) by onyx.sunset.net (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j5ON3QF1022240 for ; Fri, 24 Jun 2005 16:03:26 -0700 Received: (from rreid@localhost) by sunset.net (8.13.3/8.12.8/Submit) id j5ON8vYs007897 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Fri, 24 Jun 2005 16:08:57 -0700 Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 16:08:57 -0700 From: "Ralph W. Reid" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Message-ID: <20050624230856.GA7890@sunset.net> 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 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 23:09:05 -0000 I am not largely familiar with your setup, but I notice that you are trying to use IRQ 5, which is often used by sound cards. Could you possibly have an IRQ conflict with a sound card in your system? HTH, and have a _great_ weekend. On Thu, Jun 23, 2005 at 07:33:42PM -0400, Charles Hallenbeck wrote: > 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 -- Ralph. N6BNO. Wisdom comes from central processing, not from I/O. rreid@sunset.net http://personalweb.sunset.net/~rreid ...passing through The City of Internet at the speed of light! CIRCLE AREA = _pi * r ^ 2