USB problems on Lombard Powerbook ... and more

Dear noctambules (and others too ...)

I am struggling with my USB port (I have a 1999 Lombard PowerBook G3
(PPC 750)).
What I want to have is a connection to my cool 250 Zip USB.

I have the following problems:

1.

(kernel 2.2.15pre17 compiles fine, with usb modules. I think the kernel
I am using
has a USB backport coming from 2.3. Actually I got these sources from
linuxcare - see point 2)

When I try to mount the Zip drive, it fails:

[root]# cat /etc/fstab
/dev/hda8               /                       ext2    defaults
1 1
/dev/hda12              swap                    swap    defaults
0 0
/dev/fd0                /mnt/floppy             ext2    noauto
0 0
/dev/cdrom              /mnt/cdrom              iso9660 noauto,ro
0 0
none                    /proc                   proc    defaults
0 0
none                    /dev/pts                devpts  mode=0622
0 0
/dev/hda10  /mnt/shared  hfs defaults 0 0
/dev/sda4  /mnt/usbzip  hfs noauto,user 0 0

[root]# mount /mnt/usbzip/
mount: the kernel does not recognize /dev/sda4 as a block device
       (maybe `insmod driver'?)


The drive is powered up, connected to the USB port, with a Zip
drive in it (I am not sure if the password protection is active or
not ... If this is an issue for my current problem, I will verify it)

BTW, I use hfs as filesystem because I am in a mac environment.


Here you have some command outputs:
[root]ls -l  /proc/bus/usb
dr-xr-xr-x   2 root     root            0 Apr 20 01:06 001
dr-xr-xr-x   2 root     root            0 Apr 20 01:06 002
-r--r--r--   1 root     root            0 Apr 20 01:06 devices
-r--r--r--   1 root     root            0 Apr 20 01:06 drivers

[root@dhcp-213-224-41-154]# ls 001

(empty)

[root]# ls 002
001
[root]# cat 002/001

(empty)

[root@dhcp-213-224-41-154]# cat devices
T:  Lev=00 Prnt=00 Port=00 Cnt=00 Dev#=  1 Spd=12  MxCh= 2
D:  Ver= 1.00 Cls=09(hub  ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs=  1
P:  Vendor=0000 ProdID=0000 Rev= 0.00
C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=40 MxPwr=  0mA
I:  If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=09(hub  ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=hub
E:  Ad=81(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS=   8 Ivl=255ms
T:  Lev=00 Prnt=00 Port=00 Cnt=00 Dev#=  0 Spd=12  MxCh= 2
D:  Ver= 0.00 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 0 #Cfgs=  0
P:  Vendor=0000 ProdID=0000 Rev= 0.00
T:  Lev=01 Prnt=00 Port=00 Cnt=01 Dev#= -1 Spd=12  MxCh= 0
D:  Ver=10.01 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS=64 #Cfgs=  0
P:  Vendor=0000 ProdID=0000 Rev= 0.00

[root]# cat drivers
usb_scsi
hub

I check the scsi tree:
[root]# cat /proc/scsi/scsi
Attached devices: none
Since nothing is there, I issue the command mentioned in
"The Linux USB sub-system" document:
[root]#  echo "scsi add-single-device 1 0 0 0" > /proc/scsi/scsi
[root]# cat /proc/scsi/scsi
Attached devices: none

... So the command had no effect (sb knows why???)


More output in case it is useful:

[root]# cat /proc/devices
Character devices:
  1 mem
  2 pty
  3 ttyp
  4 ttyS
  5 cua
  7 vcs
 10 misc
 29 fb
 56 adb
108 ppp
128 ptm
136 pts
180 usb

Block devices:
  1 ramdisk
  3 ide0
  7 loop
 22 ide1

[root]# cat /proc/filesystems
 ext2
nodev proc
nodev nfs
 hfs
nodev autofs
nodev devpts

[root]# lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
usb-scsi               16068   1
usb-ohci-hcd           21916   0  (unused)
usb-ohci               27236   1
hub                     5100   0  (unused)
usbcore                31456   0  [usb-scsi usb-ohci-hcd usb-ohci hub]

I also attach the /var/log/messages output.

BTW,  I see a message in that log which says:
'Check your kern.debug logs for the bulk of it.'

Where is this kern.debug file ?



2. (For the PPC people) I have rsynced with linuxcare:
rsync -avz --delete linuxcare.com.au::linux-pmac-devel .
When I try to compile I get the attached log (compile.log)

Why is this ?

3.  The so often-mentioned usbdevfs is not available in my system.
In the The Linux USB sub-system" document they mention that
I should issue the command:

mount -t usbdevfs none /proc/bus/usb

I can not because I don't have usbdevfs (you can see that in a previous
output).
But this seems not to be an issue since my /proc/bus/usb directory looks
fine.

Here you have a list of my mounted volumes. Why is/proc/bus/usb not
mentioned?

[root]# mount
/dev/hda8 on / type ext2 (rw)
none on /proc type proc (rw)
none on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,mode=0622)
/dev/hda10 on /mnt/shared type hfs (rw)



4. Info:
I am not very happy with my decission of installing LinuxPPC in my
machine.
The installation is a nightmare (the X installer does not work, the
wrong X server
gets installed ...) Besides, I got two CDs, one with the installation
bulk and another
with the sources. Five days ago I tried to read the sources ... The
CD is completely
empty !!! So I have more or less wasted my money ... thanks to my cable
connection
I am able to easily download source code.

5. Curiosity:
Is the linux tree completely centralized? I mean, the intel, Alpha, PPC
... sources
are all kept, mantained and developed in a centralized way, or do we
have several
linuxes wandering around ?



Regards and have a nice night ...

Daniel