Hello I recently installed Linux MInt 8. The PCI usb card will not work. Whatever you plug into it will not mount to the computer

Here is the lspci

00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Xpress 200 Host Bridge (rev 01)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge
00:11.0 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 Serial ATA Controller (rev 80)
00:12.0 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 Serial ATA Controller (rev 80)
00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 SMBus Controller (rev 82)
00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 IDE Controller (rev 80)
00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB4x0 High Definition Audio Controller (rev 01)
00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-ISA Bridge (rev 80)
00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-PCI Bridge (rev 80)
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RC410 [Radeon Xpress 200]
02:02.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
02:03.0 USB Controller: ALi Corporation USB 1.1 Controller (rev 03)
02:03.1 USB Controller: ALi Corporation USB 1.1 Controller (rev 03)
02:03.2 USB Controller: ALi Corporation USB 1.1 Controller (rev 03)
02:03.3 USB Controller: ALi Corporation USB 2.0 Controller (rev 01)
02:04.0 Network controller: RaLink RT2561/RT61 802.11g PCI

Also here is the lsusb

Bus 001 Device 012: ID 1004:6083 LG Electronics, Inc.
Bus 001 Device 010: ID 05e3:0608 Genesys Logic, Inc. USB-2.0 4-Port HUB
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub


As you can see from the lsusb that the computer recognizes the 4 port hub that is plugged into the card. It also recognizes my phone that I plugged in. Anyone have any idea how to get devices to start connecting to the computer?

hi

could you explain this pls?

The PCI usb card will not work. Whatever you plug into it will not mount to the computer

I thought you meant ...the pci card was already installed into the motherboard...but I am now thinking you just mean some kind of usb device?

2) Can you name the make, model and function of this usb device pls?

otherwise you have an error in the way your pci system is talking to your system...assuming that..ali USB 1.1 Controller is your original onboard usb system and you are trying to get pci card to give you usb2?

3) can you also show the results for

your results should include module for usb1 and usb2.....uhci_hcd,ehci_hcd

If your pci card has Gensys Logic chip it seems to be appearing on usb, not pci
I am surprised the sb400 has no integral usb. I have the sb600 and it has, as device 13 on the lspci output.
But go through the steps and find where the mount is breaking down.
Is the correct module for your hub installed (ohci or uhci)
Is the module(s) for the phone or whatever the device is installed?
Is it properly recognized after you plug it in in dmesg |tail?
Have you something nutty set in the BIOS?
Is any module in /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist
Is there a hint for the kernel what module the hub wants in /.etc/modprobe.d
etc.

Yes the PCI usb card is already installed. The original on board usb stopped working a year or so ago when the computer was running windows xp so I installed PCI usb card. What I meant was I have tried plugging in several devices ( a usb flash drive, my LG phone which will act like a usb storage device and an Ipod ) none of these items will work on this computer. I have plugged the same items into my laptop that is also running Linux Mint 8 and all of them work fine.

Here are the results of
lsmod | grep usb

usb_storage 52544 0

USB doesn't work? I had a motherboard like that too. Trouble is, electronic failure can be contagious, especially inside fpgas like the northbridge & southbridge.

Can you try that pci card in another box and see if it behaves? Another pci slot? etc.

Yes I will swap the card to another slot and see if it works. Im beginning to think it could be a problem with the motherboard. I will report back with my findings.

hi

ok if your pci card is Genesys Logic, Inc. but as business_kid says.....it may be hardware=motherboard.....that is not good.

I would just like to observe you also have no usb modules showing up in the lsmod result...............equally not good.

Well I swapped the card to another slot and still no usb. So either the card is bad or the motherboard has issues.
I went ahead and replaced the motherboard and it fixed my problems. The on board usb on the replacement motherboard is working great with Linux Mint 8. I'm gonna mark this solved.Thanks everyone for your help.

well I am suffering same kind of problem
1) HIgh CPU usage by xorg. This is a known Jaunty issue. None of the usual fixes have worked for me.
2) Logout on suspend to RAM
3) USB mouse does not work on resume. This should be fixable by shutting down USB on sleep and restarting on resume, but that has to be done in a different way to what worked for 6 and I have not tried the new way yet.
4) Switch user gives blank screen and unresponsive.
5) Random X crash preceded by "cannot load kmserver" error message
6) Unpredictable sluggishness, sometimes leading to freeze.

All in all, either I am VERY unlucky or you should not run Mint (or Ubuntu Jaunty) on this.

I am also having some issues on a desktop PC with Mint 7 KDE as well, so maybe I am just unlucky.