I just got a Compaq Persario R3240 laptop and have been trying and trying to get my bluetooth dongle to work. Just today I discovered that the device doesn't show up in /proc/bus/usb/devices when it is inserted into the USB port. I figure that this is some sort of hardware or low level driver issue...... the laptop has an nvidia n-force chip set. Kernel is 2.6.8-gentoo-r4 Looking at the messages file when plugging the device in, here's as far as we get: Oct 12 11:35:18 localhost kernel: ehci_hcd 0000:00:02.2: GetStatus port 2 status 001803 POWER sig=j CSC CONNECT Oct 12 11:35:18 localhost kernel: hub 1-0:1.0: port 2, status 0501, change 0001, 480 Mb/s Oct 12 11:35:18 localhost kernel: hub 1-0:1.0: debounce: port 2: total 100ms stable 100ms status 0x501 Oct 12 11:35:18 localhost kernel: hub 1-0:1.0: port 2 not reset yet, waiting 50ms Oct 12 11:35:19 localhost kernel: ehci_hcd 0000:00:02.2: port 2 full speed --> companion Oct 12 11:35:19 localhost kernel: ehci_hcd 0000:00:02.2: GetStatus port 2 status 003001 POWER OWNER sig=se0 CONNECT no other messages are shown. Other USB devices do work. Those that do work have a line right after the GetStatus line that is something to the effect usb: GetStatus ... usb: new device strings: Mfr=x, Product=x, SerialNumber=x ... usb: hotplug usb: adding x-x:x.x (config #... etc. We're not getting this far in this case. I don't really know how to debug this problem any further. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. plug in usb dongle 2. check /proc/bus/usb/devices Actual Results: Device was not shown in /proc/bus/usb/devices and therefore does not work. Expected Results: the device normally appears in /proc/bus/usb/devices. An attachment to this bug will contain the output for this device from another comptuer when it is working normally. crackrock root # emerge info Portage 2.0.50-r11 (default-amd64-2004.2, gcc-3.3.4, glibc-2.3.4.20040605-r0, 2.6.8-gentoo-r4) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.8-gentoo-r4 x86_64 4 Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r3 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.3 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O2" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/env /usr/kde/3.3/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.ccccom.com/ http://gentoo.osuosl.org/" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X aac acpi acpi4linux aim alsa amd64 apache2 apm arts avi bdf berkdb bitmap-fonts bluetooth bonobo c cddb cdinstall cdr chroot codecs crypt cups curl cyrus dga dillo directfb dv dvd dvdr emacs encode esd ethereal ex f77 faac faad fax fbcon fbdev festival ffmpeg fftw flac foomaticdb freetype fs ftp gb gdbm ggi gif gimp gmp gnome gphoto2 gpm gtk gtk2 icq ieee1394 imap imlib ipv6 irda irmc java javascript jit jpeg kde ladcca lcd libg++ libwww live lm_sensors lzw mad mbox mikmod mime mmap mng mono motif mozilla mpeg mpeg4 msn multilib n32 n64 nas ncurses net nls nogcj oggvorbis opengl openssh oscar oss pam pdf pdflib perl png ppds python qt quicktime readline samba sasl sdl serial slang slp smartcard sndfile sox speedo spell ssl svg tcltk tcpd tetex threads tiff timidity truetype type1 vim vim-with-x virus-scan vnc wavelan wifi wmf wolk-supermount wxwin wxwindows xine xinetd xml2 xmms xosd xprint xscreensaver xv zlib"
Created attachment 41683 [details] output from /proc/bus/usb/devices on a working computer The attached output is from a system running 2.6.4-gentoo-r1 On this computer usbcore is compiled in the kernel and ehci-hcd driver is loaded. No bluetooth modules have been loaded but this demonstrates how the device shows up on the usb bus without any drivers. I should be able to get this far on my laptop but obviously can't.
Created attachment 41684 [details] cat /proc/bus/usb/devices on the broken machine usb dongle has been inserted... we only see the nvidia nforce device on the usb bus........
this is specific to ehci all devices work with ohci so looks like ehci is lacking nforce support? checking on this.
Is this still an issue? Perhaps you could test with 2.6.9 (or 2.6.10-rc1?) and if the problem still remains then post a bug report to linux-usb-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
no response, closing
