my 1st Gentoo install, compiled the 2.6.16.-r6 Gentoo-Sources version 2.6.16-r6 (the latest up to this moment) & didn't have any USB functionality! i've spent 72hours of reading/searching both the net & the WiKi's for a solutions but no avail. no matter how i compile the Kernel, no matter which USB/HID options i use, no USB functionality at all. finally, i masked the Gentoo-Sources-2.6.16-r6, & emerged the Gentoo-Sources-2.6.16-r5, without changing ANY HID/USB related options, & voilla! i have the USB functionality back. & yet to be sure a bit more, i then recompiled the 2.6.16-r6 version with THE SAME OPTIONS as the 2.6.16-r5, & once again the USB support vanished! symptoms: when using "lsusb", i only get the following output: Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 now it might be a specific hardware related problem, though i doubt it! :) anyway, here are the hardware used: AMD A64 3000+ Socket939 Winie DFI nF4 Infinity Ultra - using latest BIOS 2x256MB DDR400 2-2-2-5 eVGA GeForce 7300GS 256MB PCIe WD 80GB SATA - WD8000JS LiteON x52 CDRW Logitech Media K/B via PS/2 (*) Logitech MX1000 via USB (*) Logitech Optical via USB (*) Sandisk Micro 256MB via USB thanks in advance, Nael
can you post: - dmesg - kernel .config from both -r5 and -r6 please?
btw, don't post it as a comment, attach the files please.
Closing until info has been provided. This is almost certainly just a simple user error. The *only* change between -r5 and -r6 is a tiny compile fix for a network driver.