im using redhat 9 kernel 2.4.26 right now.....i have tried to set up a USB connection with a zaurus-5500...but once i type the command # ifup usb0 --> it says that usbnet usb0 does not seem to be present

then i tried with ifconfig -a , it only shows eth0 and lo ......no usb0 there.....what should i do ?

thanks a lot

Hi,
I hesitate to post this because there may be different ways to do this and you are using an old kernel and i have never used a zaurus keyboard:
(preface with i think -- but might be wrong).
you don't access usb that way and it never shows up in ifconfig.
usb has to be initialized at boot and with the propper modules
pointed to in modprobe.conf.
try looking at /proc/bus/usb
see if you have a devices file ??
i think /proc/bus/usb
should be mounted as usbdevfs
after the modules are loaded by the init script.
for red hat i think it would be in rc.sysinit ??
loading the modules should
cause the usb system to be recognized and if a usb device is found proper modules for that device shoud load as well.
look in kernel boot logs.
the modules for my more modern kernel are
(lines from modprobe.conf)
alias usbdevfs usbcore
alias usb-controller uhci-hcd
alias usb-controller1 ehci-hcd

i dont have any single files in the proc.bus/usb directory. What should i do?