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It seems I need three different instructions: /etc/init.d/usb restart /sbin/modprobe usb-storage and mount -t vfat /dev/????????? /mnt/camera I can put the first two in the file you suggest. Does the order of the two instructions matter? I understand that I have to execute the last command manually. I'll start a new thread asking how I go about finding out what the device is that is to be mounted at /mnt/camera. Too bad these things can't just automount, but I guess that is asking too much. I guess I'll give up on trying to get webcams to work. If it takes this much trouble just to access a digital cam, I would never be able to figure out why a webcam wasn't working. Thanks for your help!

Yep, that did it. Thanks much! Now if I could just get my cam mounted....... (usb problems)

fstab as follows: # This file is edited by fstab-sync - see 'man fstab-sync' for details /dev/hda5 / reiserfs notail 1 1 /dev/hdb1 /home reiserfs notail 1 2 /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom auto umask=0,user,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,noauto,ro,exec,users 0 0 /dev/hdd /mnt/cdrom2 auto umask=0,user,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,noauto,ro,exec,users 0 0 none /mnt/floppy supermount dev=/dev/fd0,fs=ext2:vfat,--,umask=0,iocharset=iso8859-1,sync,codepage=850 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 none /tmp tmpfs defaults 0 0 /dev/hda1 swap swap defaults 0 0

I notice that if I use konqueror and click on the /mnt directory that konqueror becomes non responsive for appx. 30 seconds. I notice that the drive light on the floppy comes on, and seems to remain on until a reboot. (There is no diskette in the drive.) Does something somewhere think that the floppy is mounted on /mnt instead of /mnt/floppy? This is on Mandriva 2006, kernel 2.6.12.17. Any ideas?

Seems that usb may not have been started. I can do the following: [root@localhost rvd]# /etc/init.d/usb restart Initializing USB controller (ohci-hcd): [ OK ] Initializing USB controller (ehci-hcd): [ OK ] [root@localhost rvd]# Afterwards I can do: [root@localhost rvd]# lsusb Bus 003 Device 004: ID 054c:0010 Sony Corp. DSC-S30/S70/S75/F505V/F505/FD92 Cybershot/Mavica Digital Camera Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 [root@localhost rvd]# So, now the system recoginizes that I have USB, and that I have a cam. Seems I have to do this after each boot. Is there somewhere to put that restart command so I con't have to execute it manually after each reboot? Now that the system knows that I have a digital cam, how do I go about mounting it? Nothing is in the /mnt directory except cdrom, cdrom2 and floppy. Also, why is it that when I click on the mnt directory it takes 30 seconds to get a response. Nothing new appears after double clicking the devices icon. Getting closer, but still don't know how to access the cam.

scarecrow: Ok, deleted that usb related line from fstab. The files in /etc/udev/rules.d are as follows: 50-mdk.rules, 60-dynamic.rules, 60-hal.rules, 70-hotplug_map.rules, 70-hp1000fw.rules, 70-libgphoto2.rules, 70-libusbscanner.rules, alsa.rules, hotplug.rules, provision.tbl. pmpatrick: modprobe.conf has the following line: install usb-interface /sbin/modprobe ohci-hcd; /sbin/modprobe ehci-hcd; /bin/true

Well, I have a directorcy called /etc/udev/rules.d however, there is not a /udev.rules file in that directory. Sorry.

harddrake is running and starts on boot. Thee is nothing in MCC under services that calls itself "hotplug". The only thing with the word "plug" in it is netplugd which is stopped, and not brought up on boot. The info button for this says it is a daemon for managing non-static network interfaces. By the way, on my buddy's system (also Mandriva 2006) on which all of this same stuff works fine, there is no line in his fstab related to usb.

All of my bios settings are as they were when everything worked fine. I have a feeling the reason things have stopped working is related to having done updates. I think it is about reinstall time, but it takes so long to get the system back right again, that I'm considering going back to the "Dark Side." At least stuff works over there. What harddrake deamon are you suggesting I run? Please give the specific command.

Well, I don't know what you mean by making sure my udev is functional. I see processes running called dbus-daemon-1 (2 instances) and dbus-launch. hald is also running. I made the change to fstab and rebooted and see nothing different. I don't have a /proc/bus/usb directory. Is there some log I should examine to see if there is anything different? I did see the following in the boot log: Mar 19 13:11:52 localhost haldaemon: haldaemon startup succeeded Mar 19 13:11:52 localhost mount: mount: mount point /proc/bus/usb does not exist Mar 19 13:11:52 localhost netfs: Mounting other filesystems: failed

Well, I did that, but it doesn't seem to have any effect on anything. lsusb still shows nothing. /proc/bus/usb is still an empty directory. Plugging in my digital cam causes no popup. Nothing related to usb shows when doubleclicking the devices icon. Is there somewhere that items line "modprobe usbdevfs" and "modprobe usbcore" belong so that they get executed during the boot process? What about items such as: usb-storage, usb-ohci, usb-uhci ? Not really sure what they are, just have come across them in newsgroups.

Mandriva 2006. ls mod follows: (without having done a "modprobe usbdevfs") [root@localhost rvd]# lsmod Module Size Used by it87 25248 0 eeprom 5616 0 i2c_sensor 2592 2 it87,eeprom i2c_isa 1600 0 i2c_nforce2 5568 0 i2c_core 17360 5 it87,eeprom,i2c_sensor,i2c_isa,i2c_nforce2 nvidia 4068944 12 raw 6592 1 md5 3584 1 ipv6 233984 10 snd_seq_dummy 2532 0 snd_seq_oss 31136 0 snd_seq_midi_event 5696 1 snd_seq_oss snd_seq 46960 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event snd_pcm_oss 48960 0 snd_mixer_oss 16896 1 snd_pcm_oss snd_emu10k1 116516 5 snd_rawmidi 19616 1 snd_emu10k1 snd_seq_device 6828 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_emu10k1,snd_rawmidi snd_ac97_codec 83900 1 snd_emu10k1 snd_pcm 79784 6 snd_pcm_oss,snd_emu10k1,snd_ac97_codec snd_timer 20548 3 snd_seq,snd_emu10k1,snd_pcm snd_page_alloc 8392 2 snd_emu10k1,snd_pcm snd_util_mem 3232 1 snd_emu10k1 snd_hwdep 6848 1 snd_emu10k1 snd 46116 18 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_emu10k1,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_de vice,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_hwdep soundcore 7008 1 snd lp 10024 0 parport_pc 32612 1 parport 31976 2 lp,parport_pc forcedeth 16544 0 af_packet 16392 2 floppy 55444 0 video 14052 0 thermal 10792 0 tc1100_wmi 5092 0 processor 17876 1 thermal fan 3172 0 container 3008 0 button 4848 0 battery 7460 0 ac 3268 0 ide_cd 37988 0 loop 14504 0 supermount 31956 1 amd64_agp 9928 1 agpgart 29032 2 nvidia,amd64_agp reiserfs 266420 2 sd_mod 16112 0 sata_nv 5892 0 libata 41828 1 sata_nv scsi_mod 120808 2 sd_mod,libata [root@localhost rvd]#

My /proc/bus/usb directory doesn't exist. I used to be able to plug in my digital cam and I would get a popup asking if I wanted to copy pictures to the system. Now nothing happens. It seems that somehow my usb capability has "gone away" sometime within the last two or three months. Is there a way to install (reinstall) "usb capability"?

Another group suggested I try the following three commands. The only one that produced any results was the third. [root@localhost rvd]# dmesg|grep usb [root@localhost rvd]# lsmod|grep usb [root@localhost rvd]# cat /var/log/messages|grep usb|tail -n 25 Mar 18 15:01:48 localhost kernel: usbcore: registered new driver usbfs Mar 18 15:01:48 localhost kernel: usbcore: registered new driver hub Mar 18 15:01:48 localhost kernel: usb 1-3: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 2 Mar 18 15:37:53 localhost mount: mount: mount point /proc/bus/usb does not exist Mar 18 16:19:41 localhost mount: mount: mount point /proc/bus/usb does not exist [root@localhost rvd]# Those last couple of lines were from my adding the following to fstab: usbdevfs /proc/bus/usb usbdevfs rw 0 0 Didn't work, so I removed it again. Any ideas?

Well, the explanation for mdnsresponder in MCC is as follows: This is a daemon which runs on Howl clients to perform Zeroconf service discovery on a network. mDNSResponder must be running on systems that use Howl for service discovery. mDNSResponder should not be running otherwise." Anyway, I turned it on and rebooted and see no difference.

I rebooted with the cam plugged in and still nothing on lsusb. Plus, I don't see the cam in the hardware section of MCC.

I can't see any reference to the camera anywhere on my system. All of the following services are disabled on my system. Are any of these needed for this lsusb or cam recognition purpose? freshclam, lisa, lm-sensors, mDNSResponder, netplugd, nfslock, nsifd, numlock, oki4daemon, partmon, sshd, xinetd.

Well, I brought up gnome system monitor, and there is nothing called harddrake running. How do I start it? Well, I just went into MCC and I see that harddrake is running, and is started when the system comes up. Any other ideas?

Trying to install a cam on my Mandriva 2006 system, but am having a problem with the quickcam.sh script. It says that the usb file system is not mounted. If I run lsusb it returns nothing. Why would this be? I have the cam plugged in to the usb port, but even if I didn't, shouldn't I still get some output from lsusb? Any ideas?

Gowater, I found your example most illuminating. Thanks for sharing. Reminds me of a software manager I had to work with once who had never written a line of code. In fact he attended a meeting of such managers, and when he said he had never written a line of code he was given an ovation.

Have a problem trying to use "write" in ssh with another machine, so I've been trying it to myself (user: rvd) on my own machine. If I open a new terminal window and do "mesg" it is always "n" If I try "mesg y", I get a "mesg: error: tty device is not owned by group `tty'" So, I do a "chgrp tty /dev/pts/*" and can then do a "mesg y". But, if I try to do a "write rvd" I get "write: rvd has messages disabled". Each new item that comes into "/dev/pts" seems to be in a non "tty" group: "rvd", "root", "mike", etc. and not "tty". So, somewhere it seems I need to set the group to "tty", but I must not be doing it in the right place. Or, am I totally barking up the wrong tree here.

Well, I do use multiple desktops too, but my taskbar still gets quite busy just with the items I have on the visible screens. For example, gaim. It is always visible. There is not really any need for it to have an entry on the taskbar. Plus there are a couple of other applications that are always up. One can still always get to the application by doing an alt-tab, even if it were minimized. it would be nice if there were an optional way to prevent the appearance of an item on the taskbar.

I have a dual monitor setup, and my taskbar gets rather busy. Is there any way to prevent a program from appearing on the taskbar when it is started, or remove it after it is running? At least, could one have it appear in the system tray instead? [moved from Software by spinynorman]

I use the mondo/mindi set of applications from http://www.mondorescue.org/ I backup to dvd, but there are many options available, such as backing up over a network, etc. I know several people who use it and all are happy with it. Might be worth a look see.

Similarly to remark from null about device icons, I also don't get the device icons even though I turned them on in kcontrol. I just have the "devices" icon. I don't get any icons that appear when I insert a cd or dvd. I did restart kde and even rebooted. (This is on 2006) Is that because of the new "devices" icon?