Bug 366893

Summary:	sys-fs/udev: Coldplugging USB mass storage devices fails
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	basti <bas89>
Component:	[OLD] Core system	Assignee:	udev maintainers <udev-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED NEEDINFO
Severity:	normal	CC:	genzilla
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-877301-start-0-postdays-0-postorder-asc-highlight-.html?sid=6ee5b1640afc54c43e75b21d59a8322b
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Description basti 2011-05-11 15:16:15 UTC

Since approx. half a year my USB HDD isn’t detected anymore if it is connected while booting. Disconnecting and connecting helps. After some trying I see that compiling “usb-storage“ into the Kernel helps solving that problem.

I think openrc should coldplug the device at booting even if usb-storage is just a module, it should load that module if that’s necessary.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.compile “usb-storage“ as module
2. connect any USB mass storage device like an HDD or stick
Actual Results:  
device just shows up in “lsusb“, no device files like /dev/sdb1 are created.

Expected Results:  
openrc should “coldplug“ the device at boot.

Comment 1 Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2011-05-13 00:43:42 UTC

I think this would be a udev thing, not openrc in particular.

Comment 2 Christian Ruppert (idl0r) gentoo-dev

2011-09-18 14:55:07 UTC

OpenRC has nothing to do with it.

Comment 3 Samuli Suominen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2013-01-28 12:00:12 UTC

Try with recent kernel, latest openrc and udev-197 (or higher). If the problem is still there, attach your `dmesg` output here (plug-in, plug-out if you can)
Thanks