Hoary: Kernel 2.6.10 & 2.6.11 / USB-harrdisk failure
thephotoman
rantman_2000 at yahoo.com
Mon May 9 01:16:24 UTC 2005
I have a similar problem with a USB-only Firelite 80GB drive. Only
difference is that it doesn't get detected under any kernel greater than
2.6.8.1. Doesn't even show up in /dev. Haven't tried compiling the
kernel myself, as I'm saving that particular bit of fun as a last
resort. Any advice?
S. Donig wrote:
> Hi List!
>
> Since I have installed hoary several months ago I've run in problems
> using my external hard disk. At the moment I run hoary installed from
> scratch.
>
> Hardware:
> IBM R50p laptop and a
> Maxtor OneTouch external hard disk (USB 2.0 or IEEE 1394)
>
> Problem:
> When plugging in the hard disk hotplug seems to work fine (no suspicious
> log). Any transfer of a larger file (20MB<) immediately "freezes" the
> transfer. While no data is copied the file-transfer dialogue will remain
> open and count the remaining time endless.
>
> There's no way to stop that process until you kill it explicitly (e.g.
> x-kill). GNOME will respawn but the hard disk is not detected once more.
> Also shutdown will be unclean.
>
> Most strange: _Nothing_ appears in the logs.
>
> It seems that I'm not the alone with this problem, cf. for instance:
> http://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-users/2005-April/031282.html
> http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?s=&forumid=2&threadid=315645
>
> Done until now:
> - switched kernel to Warty's 2.6.8 default. Transfer works fine, but
> some modules (like ibm_acpi and ppp_mppe) are missing and Cisco's
> vpn_client won't compile
>
> - hence I compiled several times a 2.6.10 and a 2.6.11 kernel from hoary
> sources, excluding successively all modules marked experimental. All
> failed, showing the same behaviour as the default 2.6.10 kernel :(,
> sigh!
>
> - switched the hard disk from USB 2 to IEEE 1394 no problems with
> default 2.6.10 or 11, but pcmcia firewire-card needed, hence
> impracticable
>
>
> Any hint on how to make my hard disk work with a kernel-version larger
> 2.6.9. highly appreciated. (I have future in mind. I certainly could
> live with a workaround for now, but if something is fundamentally wrong
> with the kernel in respect to my disk I'd like to file a bug, at least.)
> Thanks a lot in advance
>
> Simon
>
>
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