no USB in Edgy [SOLVED] <-- needed a custom kernel

[Derek Broughton]

Rutger van Haasteren wrote:

> My configuration is not that unusual. As a matter of fact I have a very
> common mainboard/cpu/memory setup. Still the live CD of Edgy does not
> enable me to use USB whereas the dapper/breezy Ubuntu or whatever distro
> does make the USB work. Even a dapper kernel on Edgy makes the USB devices
> work. And a custom vanilla kernel also solves the problem. I don't see how
> this can be something unusual about my setup. Every other distro, and also
> MS Windows, 'just works' which should also be the case with Ubuntu. The
> standard Ubuntu kernel should support as much hardware as possible, and at
> least as much common hardware as the previous versions.
> 
> So in my opinion it really IS a big deal if USB is not working for 'some'
> of us when it did with previous versions. It doesn't matter if I can solve
> the problem, 

of course it matters - however, you haven't solved any problems, you've just
sidestepped them. 

> some other people might not know this and will not pick 
> Ubuntu for that reason (although Dapper is still recommended). So I did
> file a bug report at launchpad.
> 
> My Setup
> Mainboard: MSI RS480 M2-IL (Socket 939)
> Processor: AMD 64 3200+
> Videocard: onboard
> Memory: 1 GB TwinMos
> PCI USB add-on: 1x Sweex PCI USB 2.0 (there are also 2 onboard USB inputs,
> also do not work)
> 
I don't disagree that it's serious, but I get right ticked when people
insist that their problem is clearly critical, when it's not a problem for
practically everybody else.  That makes it either user error or an unusual
setup.  In either case, the solution is not "make a custom kernel",
it's "figure out what's different between my setup and everybody else's" -
then we can fix it.
-- 
derek