From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263279AbTDGGhJ (for ); Mon, 7 Apr 2003 02:37:09 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263285AbTDGGhJ (for ); Mon, 7 Apr 2003 02:37:09 -0400 Received: from granite.he.net ([216.218.226.66]:12044 "EHLO granite.he.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263279AbTDGGhA (for ); Mon, 7 Apr 2003 02:37:00 -0400 Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2003 23:51:01 -0700 From: Greg KH To: Jens Ansorg Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: USB devices in 2.5.xx do not show in /dev Message-ID: <20030407065101.GA20257@kroah.com> References: <1049632582.3405.0.camel@lisaserver> <20030406201638.GC18279@kroah.com> <1049696485.3321.16.camel@lisaserver> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1049696485.3321.16.camel@lisaserver> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Apr 07, 2003 at 08:21:26AM +0200, Jens Ansorg wrote: > On Sun, 2003-04-06 at 22:16, Greg KH wrote: > > You have to have an actual device for the /dev node to show up. Do you > > have any USB devices plugged in? What does: > > tree /sys/bus/usb/ > > show? > > > > yes, I have both, a scanner and a printer plugged into the computer > > but there is nothing under /proc/bus/usb, it's empty Please see: http://www.linux-usb.org/FAQ.html#gs3 You probably have to mount usbfs yourself, as some distro's startup scripts seem to not like 2.5 and don't do it for you. > (there is no /sys/ on my PC?) Make the directory: mkdir /sys and then mount sysfs there: mount -t sysfs none /sys Edit your /etc/fstab to add it so that it is always mounted at startup. > the usbview application also complains that there is no usbfs although > it gets registered by the core usb driver Sounds like you don't have a USB host controller driver getting loaded, right? What does lsmod show? thanks, greg k-h