On Wed, 6 Jul 2011, Jimmy Cullen wrote:
> Before changing kernels, I would run an openSUSE liveCD to test if it
> sees the USB3 device. Its a quick and simple way to rule out a
> hardware problem.
Could also try a live Fedora 15.
-Connie Sieh
>
> Jimmy
>
> On 6 July 2011 18:34, Yasha Karant <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> I have been attempting to get a USB 3 external disk to work under X86-64 =
> SL
>> 6 . =A0lsusb reports a USB 3 port. =A0However, when the drive is inserted=
> into
>> the USB 3 port, lsusb simply hangs and the drive does not appear nor moun=
> t.
>>
>> On hardware using the same motherboard and processor as my workstation, w=
> e
>> also have installed OpenSUSE current (not Enterprise SUSE that is the
>> competitor to RHEL, e.g., SL). =A0The USB 3 external disk works and is se=
> en as
>> USB 3.
>>
>> Here is a copy of the relevant typescript:
>>
>> Script started on Wed 06 Jul 2011 04:19:19 PM PDT
>> ^[]2;admin@ahprc1:~^G^[]1;ahprc1^Gadmin@ahprc1:~> lsusb
>> Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
>> Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
>> Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
>> Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
>> Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
>> Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
>> Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
>> Bus 003 Device 002: ID 045e:00cb Microsoft Corp. Basic Optical Mouse v2.0
>> Bus 004 Device 002: ID 045e:00dd Microsoft Corp. Comfort Curve Keyboard 2=
> 000
>> V1.0
>> Bus 008 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
>> Bus 008 Device 002: ID 152d:0551 JMicron Technology Corp. / JMicron USA
>> Technology Corp.
>> ^[]2;admin@ahprc1:~^G^[]1;ahprc1^Gadmin@ahprc1:~> uname -a
>> Linux ahprc1 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT 2011-02-21 10:34:10 +010=
> 0
>> x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>> ^[]2;admin@ahprc1:~^G^[]1;ahprc1^Gadmin@ahprc1:~> mount
>> devtmpfs on /dev type devtmpfs
>> (rw,relatime,size=3D4056988k,nr_inodes=3D1014247,mode=3D755)
>> tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,relatime)
>> devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,relatime,gid=3D5,mode=3D620,ptmxmode=
> =3D000)
>> /dev/sda5 on / type ext2 (rw,relatime,errors=3Dcontinue,user_xattr,acl)
>> proc on /proc type proc (rw,relatime)
>> sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,relatime)
>> debugfs on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw,relatime)
>> /dev/sda7 on /home type ext2 (rw,relatime,errors=3Dcontinue,user_xattr,ac=
> l)
>> securityfs on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw,relatime)
>> fusectl on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl (rw,relatime)
>> gvfs-fuse-daemon on /home/admin/.gvfs type fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon
>> (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=3D1000,group_id=3D100)
>> /dev/sdb7 on /media/_usr_local type ext2
>> (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,errors=3Dcontinue,uhelper=3Dudisks)
>> /dev/sdb6 on /media/_vmware type ext2
>> (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,errors=3Dcontinue,uhelper=3Dudisks)
>> /dev/sdb1 on /media/9aaab62a-50eb-4a36-a95c-02ed44d27881 type ext2
>> (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,errors=3Dcontinue,uhelper=3Dudisks)
>> /dev/sdb8 on /media/_opt1 type ext2
>> (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,errors=3Dcontinue,uhelper=3Dudisks)
>> /dev/sdb12 on /media/88b09855-c009-4cbd-b055-5bda1ec6d432 type ext2
>> (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,errors=3Dcontinue,uhelper=3Dudisks)
>> /dev/sdb3 on /media/_home1 type ext2
>> (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,errors=3Dcontinue,uhelper=3Dudisks)
>> /dev/sdb11 on /media/_usr11 type ext2
>> (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,errors=3Dcontinue,uhelper=3Dudisks)
>> /dev/sdb9 on /media/68cc9e91-1115-4eeb-8e55-bf0f22f6ac26 type ext2
>> (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,errors=3Dcontinue,uhelper=3Dudisks)
>> /dev/sdb5 on /media/167ee03e-960b-4c7e-8aba-b62f49d13834 type ext2
>> (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,errors=3Dcontinue,uhelper=3Dudisks)
>> /dev/sdb2 on /media/848f55af-9e8c-4f46-bf62-5fd2eb577eb6 type ext2
>> (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,errors=3Dcontinue,uhelper=3Dudisks)
>> ^[]2;admin@ahprc1:~^G^[]1;ahprc1^Gadmin@ahprc1:~> exit
>> exit
>>
>> Script done on Wed 06 Jul 2011 04:20:20 PM PDT
>>
>> Although the account is called "admin", admin is just a regular user on t=
> he
>> machine upon which the output was generated; I did not need to use any ro=
> ot
>> privileges.
>>
>> A significant difference between the two machines is the kernel:
>>
>> 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop x86_64 for OpenSUSE
>>
>> and
>>
>> 2.6.32-131.2.1.el6.x86_64 for SL 6
>>
>> 2.6.37 seems to work, 2.6.32 does not .
>>
>> Can I install a 2.6.37 x86_64 kernel on SL 6? =A0If it does not boot, wil=
> l
>> grub during boot give me the usual option of selecting the kernel to boot
>> and boot the existing 2.6.32 kernel?
>>
>> Yasha Karant
>>
>
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