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Zaurus SL-5500 USB Problem

Hi all,

I just purchased a Sharp Zaurus SL-5500 and am running OpenZaurus/GPE on it. I love the device, but ran into problems when I wanted to connect it to my computer. I am following the directions on the OZ website, but when I put the Zaurus in the cradle, the computer doesn't recognize it. lsusb gives me nothing, and dmesg reports:

Code:

ohci_hcd 0000:00:02.0: wakeup

usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 33

usb 1-1: device descriptor read/64, error -110

usb 1-1: device descriptor read/64, error -110

usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 34

usb 1-1: device descriptor read/64, error -110

usb 1-1: device descriptor read/64, error -110

I'm running Ubuntu 5.04 (Hoary), with the stock kernel (2.6.10-5-386). lsmod |grep usb gives:

Code:

usb_storage            64064  0 

scsi_mod              119936  2 sd_mod,usb_storage

usbnet                25736  0 

mii                    4736  1 usbnet

qcamvc_usb              6784  0 

qcamvc                20612  1 qcamvc_usb

usbcore              107384  7 ehci_hcd,usb_storage,usbnet,qcamvc_usb,ohci_hcd,ndiswrapper

ide_core              118988  5 usb_storage,ide_cd,ide_generic,ide_disk,amd74xx

(I believe I probably loaded usbnet manually to see if it would help the problem).

Any suggestions?

I just put GPE on an older iPaq I had lying around and found an error in my 'dmesg' Googling it, I came up with this thread. As I also run ubuntu, I guessed that I would run into the same issue recompiling my kernel as you mentioned. (Although I have to ask, did you try 'sudo vim /usr/src/linux/thefilethatIwanttoedit.x' ?)

I tried a bunch of different combinations of turning my ipaq on and off and plugging it in at different stages in between, but I got nothing. On a whim, I tried a different USB port. To my amazement, it worked. So the answer to your question? I wish I knew. Maybe try different USB ports, because with some motherboard manufacturers it makes a difference, especially under linux.

Just for the record, here's the relevant portion of my dmesg :

Code:

jedediah@hoju:~$ dmesg | grep -i usb

usbcore: registered new driver usbfs

usbcore: registered new driver hub

ohci_hcd: 2004 Nov 08 USB 1.1 'Open' Host Controller (OHCI) Driver (PCI)

ohci_hcd 0000:00:02.0: ALi Corporation USB 1.1 Controller

ohci_hcd 0000:00:02.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1

hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found

usb 1-2: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 2

usb 1-2: device descriptor read/64, error -110

usb 1-2: device descriptor read/64, error -110

usb 1-2: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 3

usb 1-2: device descriptor read/64, error -110

usb 1-2: device descriptor read/64, error -110

usb 1-2: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 4

usb 1-2: device descriptor read/64, error -110

usb 1-2: device descriptor read/64, error -110

usb 1-2: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 5

usb 1-2: device descriptor read/64, error -110

usb 1-2: device descriptor read/64, error -110

usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 6

usb0: register usbnet at usb-0000:00:02.0-1, Linux Device

usbcore: registered new driver usbnet

Good luck!