USB Controler

Sylak · 10-08-2004, 01:17 PM

I recently installed Debian on my older computer, which is a gateway, but it isn't detecign ym USB 1.1 controler, so i can't connect it via usb to my modem. i think i didn't install a package for usb but i don't know which one. dose anyone know what i should do?

Tino27 · 10-08-2004, 01:23 PM

Well, assuming that the modules for USB were built as modules (they usually are), issuing a 'lsmod' at the command prompt should show you whether the modules are currently being loaded or not. When I do it, I get the following modules ...

usbcore
usb-storage
uhci

At a minimum you should have usbcore loaded. If it's not there, try loading it with 'modprobe usbcore'. You may have to go poking around the /usr/src/linux/.config file to see if it's been include in the kernel that came with your Debian install.

Sylak · 10-08-2004, 01:48 PM

when i run lsmod as, it shows me modules, but how do i load modules?

Tino27 · 10-08-2004, 02:18 PM

Load modules using 'modprobe <modulename>'

Sylak · 10-08-2004, 02:35 PM

it responds "modcore: can't load module usbcore"