> Graeme Hilton <graeme.hilton@???> wrote:
>> I don't have access as I'm now at home, but the
>> server definitely has usb capabilities.
>
> Are you sure you have usb-storage compiled-in or
> loaded as a module? The information you've posted
> so far suggests that you have most of the usb
> stack running, but not the storage module.
>
> Check lsmod, as Vic suggested, to see if
> usb-storage is loaded. If not, try
> modprobe usb-storage
> and check dmesg again.
lsmod turned up nothing[1] and:
# /sbin/modprobe usb-storage
FATAL: Module usb_storage not found.
I think we've found the problem! I'll try and find out what's been going
on with the machine in the last week as it definitely worked about 10 days
ago.
Thanks for your help Nick and Vic.
--
Graeme Hilton
[1] Here's the lsmod output and here's my kernel config.
Module Size Used by
parport_pc 29569 0
lp 15345 0
parport 44493 2 parport_pc,lp
autofs4 28105 0
i2c_dev 13889 0
i2c_core 28864 1 i2c_dev
sunrpc 176313 1
ds 21705 0
yenta_socket 23105 0
pcmcia_core 69969 2 ds,yenta_socket
mptctl 65993 0
md5 5953 1
ipv6 285089 40
button 9312 0
battery 11465 0
ac 6985 0
uhci_hcd 35305 0
ehci_hcd 33989 0
hw_random 7393 0
shpchp 94345 0
bnx2 88437 0
ata_piix 18885 0
libata 125097 1 ata_piix
dm_snapshot 18945 0
dm_zero 3649 0
dm_mirror 31945 0
ext3 138193 6
jbd 69233 1 ext3
dm_mod 73513 16 dm_snapshot,dm_zero,dm_mirror
mptfc 10437 0
mptsas 16972 6
mptscsi 43217 2 mptfc,mptsas
mptbase 68673 4 mptctl,mptfc,mptsas,mptscsi
sd_mod 19393 10
scsi_mod 144529 5 libata,mptfc,mptsas,mptscsi,sd_mod
$ grep USB_STORAGE /boot/config-$(uname -r)
CONFIG_USB_STORAGE=m
# CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_DEBUG is not set
CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_RW_DETECT=y
CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_DATAFAB=y
CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_FREECOM=y
CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_ISD200=y
CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_DPCM=y
CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_HP8200e=y
CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_SDDR09=y
CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_SDDR55=y
CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_JUMPSHOT=y
