usb not detected

tribeone · 11-26-2006, 05:42 PM

Does anyone know how to get the usb reader ( ECS K7VTA3 rev 8) for this MB to work with ubuntu?

nadroj · 11-26-2006, 07:29 PM

just after plugging in the usb device run 'dmesg | tail' and post the output. also post the output of 'lsusb' and 'lsmod'.
i think thats a start for us to help.

tribeone · 11-26-2006, 08:30 PM

lsmod returns this

:~$ lsmod
Module Size Used by
rfcomm 40216 0
l2cap 26244 5 rfcomm
bluetooth 50020 4 rfcomm,l2cap
ppdev 9220 0
cpufreq_userspace 4696 0
cpufreq_stats 5636 0
freq_table 4740 1 cpufreq_stats
cpufreq_powersave 1920 0
cpufreq_ondemand 6428 0
cpufreq_conservative 7332 0
video 16260 0
tc1100_wmi 6916 0
sony_acpi 5644 0
pcc_acpi 12416 0
hotkey 11556 0
dev_acpi 11140 0
container 4608 0
button 6672 0
acpi_sbs 19980 0
battery 9988 1 acpi_sbs
ac 5252 1 acpi_sbs
i2c_acpi_ec 5120 1 acpi_sbs
ipv6 265728 6
dm_mod 58936 1
md_mod 72532 0
af_packet 22920 2
lp 11844 0
snd_seq_dummy 3844 0
snd_seq_oss 33536 0
snd_seq_midi 9376 0
snd_seq_midi_event 7552 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 51984 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_via82xx 28824 2
gameport 15496 1 snd_via82xx
snd_ac97_codec 93216 1 snd_via82xx
snd_ac97_bus 2304 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm_oss 53664 0
snd_mixer_oss 18688 2 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 89864 3 snd_via82xx,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer 25220 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc 10632 2 snd_via82xx,snd_pcm
snd_mpu401_uart 7808 1 snd_via82xx
snd_rawmidi 25504 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_mpu401_uart
snd_seq_device 8716 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi
floppy 62148 0
snd 55268 13 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_via82xx,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mpu40 1_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device
soundcore 10208 2 snd
tsdev 8000 0
nvidia 4551028 0
parport_pc 35780 1
i2c_viapro 8980 0
psmouse 36100 0
i2c_core 21904 3 i2c_acpi_ec,nvidia,i2c_viapro
parport 36296 3 ppdev,lp,parport_pc
via_ircc 26900 0
via_rhine 23940 0
serio_raw 7300 0
mii 5888 1 via_rhine
shpchp 45632 0
pci_hotplug 29236 1 shpchp
pcspkr 2180 0
irda 187068 1 via_ircc
crc_ccitt 2304 1 irda
rtc 13492 0
via_agp 9856 1
agpgart 34888 2 nvidia,via_agp
evdev 9856 1
ext3 135816 1
jbd 58772 1 ext3
ide_generic 1536 0
ide_cd 33028 0
cdrom 38560 1 ide_cd
ide_disk 17664 3
via82cxxx 9988 0 [permanent]
generic 5124 0
thermal 13576 0
processor 23360 1 thermal
fan 4868 0
capability 5000 0
commoncap 7296 1 capability
vga16fb 13704 1
vgastate 10368 1 vga16fb
fbcon 42784 72
tileblit 2816 1 fbcon
font 8320 1 fbcon
bitblit 6272 1 fbcon
softcursor 2304 1 bitblit

lsusb returns
nothing except command line

dmesg | tail returns this

~$ dmesg | tail
[17179608.268000] NET: Registered protocol family 31
[17179608.268000] Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized
[17179608.268000] Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized
[17179608.344000] Bluetooth: L2CAP ver 2.8
[17179608.344000] Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized
[17179608.344000] Bluetooth: RFCOMM socket layer initialized
[17179608.344000] Bluetooth: RFCOMM TTY layer initialized
[17179608.344000] Bluetooth: RFCOMM ver 1.7
[17179624.704000] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
[17179913.732000] ibm_acpi: ec object not found

nadroj · 11-26-2006, 08:41 PM

also can you post lspci?

tribeone · 11-27-2006, 12:19 AM

~$ lspci
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8377 [KT400/KT600 AGP] Host Bridge
0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 PCI Bridge
0000:00:09.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6105 [Rhine-III] (rev 86)
0000:00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 ISA Bridge
0000:00:11.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
0000:00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 50)
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200] (rev a1)

nadroj · 11-27-2006, 12:25 AM

it looks strange to me that your USB controller isnt listed here.. does the USB port work in say windows?

in the mean time try these commands as root (and post all of the outputs please):
modprobe uhci
modprobe usbcore
(now plug in your device)
dmesg | tail

also post: "dmesg | grep -i usb"

tribeone · 11-27-2006, 12:56 AM

~$ sudo modprobe uhci
FATAL: Module uhci not found.

sudo modprobe usbcore return command line only

~$ dmesg | tail
[17179608.344000] Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized
[17179608.344000] Bluetooth: RFCOMM socket layer initialized
[17179608.344000] Bluetooth: RFCOMM TTY layer initialized
[17179608.344000] Bluetooth: RFCOMM ver 1.7
[17179624.704000] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
[17179913.732000] ibm_acpi: ec object not found
[17210164.108000] cdrom: This disc doesn't have any tracks I recognize!
[17210696.652000] scsi: unknown opcode 0x01
[17211257.148000] usbcore: registered new driver usbfs
[17211257.148000] usbcore: registered new driver hub

nadroj · 11-27-2006, 12:00 PM

when you modprobe something and it doesnt give output that means it was inserted properly.

did you plug the device in a usb2.0 port? can you plug it into a regular usb port in the back of the computer thats integrated into the motherboard?

also as mentioned previously can you verify that any of these ports work in another OS such as windows for simplicity? also check the BIOS for anything USB-related and make sure its enabled.

tribeone · 11-27-2006, 01:15 PM

Yes everything worked before I installed ubuntu including the integrated usb and modem. As far as anything related to USB this is the return on the $ dmesg | tail command before device connected
~$ dmesg | tail
[17179608.268000] NET: Registered protocol family 31
[17179608.268000] Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized
[17179608.268000] Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized
[17179608.344000] Bluetooth: L2CAP ver 2.8
[17179608.344000] Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized
[17179608.344000] Bluetooth: RFCOMM socket layer initialized
[17179608.344000] Bluetooth: RFCOMM TTY layer initialized
[17179608.344000] Bluetooth: RFCOMM ver 1.7
[17179624.704000] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
[17179913.732000] ibm_acpi: ec object not found

and after usb device connected
~$ dmesg | tail
[17179608.344000] Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized
[17179608.344000] Bluetooth: RFCOMM socket layer initialized
[17179608.344000] Bluetooth: RFCOMM TTY layer initialized
[17179608.344000] Bluetooth: RFCOMM ver 1.7
[17179624.704000] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
[17179913.732000] ibm_acpi: ec object not found
[17210164.108000] cdrom: This disc doesn't have any tracks I recognize!
[17210696.652000] scsi: unknown opcode 0x01
[17211257.148000] usbcore: registered new driver usbfs
[17211257.148000] usbcore: registered new driver hub

How do I check the BIOS?

nadroj · 11-27-2006, 01:26 PM

if you are positive these ports work as tested in another OS and you havent changed any hardware settings or the BIOS then we can cancel those out. but for your information, when you first power on your computer itll display a bunch of hardware and firmware information and you can usually press something like DEL key and it will enter BIOS. anyways..
can you post 'lspci -v' and 'dmesg | grep -i usb'. also search apt for anything usb, let us know what you find and whats installed or not

edit: can you also post 'dmesg | grep -i hci'

tribeone · 11-27-2006, 04:25 PM

how do u search apt?

tribeone · 11-27-2006, 04:28 PM

Ok,here it goes:

~$ lspci -v
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8377 [KT400/KT600 AGP] Host Bridge
Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8377 [KT400/KT600 AGP] Host Bridge
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 8
Memory at d0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
Capabilities: <available only to root>

0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 PCI Bridge (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
Memory behind bridge: e0000000-e1ffffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: d8000000-dfffffff
Capabilities: <available only to root>

0000:00:09.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6105 [Rhine-III] (rev 86)
Subsystem: D-Link System Inc: Unknown device 1406
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 10
I/O ports at d000 [size=256]
Memory at e2010000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Expansion ROM at 30000000 [disabled] [size=64K]
Capabilities: <available only to root>

0000:00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 ISA Bridge
Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems L7VTA v1.0 Motherboard (KT400-8235)
Flags: bus master, stepping, medium devsel, latency 0
Capabilities: <available only to root>

0000:00:11.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems L7VTA v1.0 Motherboard (KT400-8235)
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 11
I/O ports at e000 [size=16]
Capabilities: <available only to root>

0000:00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 50)
Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems L7VTA v1.0 Motherboard (KT400-8235)
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 5
I/O ports at e400 [size=256]
Capabilities: <available only to root>

0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 11
Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
Memory at d8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
Expansion ROM at e1000000 [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: <available only to root>

:~$ dmesg | grep -i usb
[17179574.456000] SLPB PCI0 USB0 USB1 USB2 USB6 USB7 USB8 USB9 LAN0 MC97 UAR1 ECP1

:~$ dmesg | grep -i hci
[17179613.664000] Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized
[17179613.664000] Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized

nadroj · 11-27-2006, 06:58 PM

well none of that output gives me any hints. to me it looks like the USB controller on your motherboard isnt enabled or working, but you said it is so that cant be the case. i dont know how to search with apt because i dont use a .deb based system, but run 'man apt-get'. im sure its something like 'apt-get --search *usb*'

tribeone · 11-27-2006, 07:05 PM

YAHHOOOOOOO!!! I went into BIOS and found that my usb and onboard modem was not enabled they were both disabled. All I had to do was enable them restart pc and viola now I have 2 working ethernet cards and get this

Code:

~$ lshw
WARNING: you should run this program as super-user.
tribeone
    description: Computer
    width: 32 bits
  *-core
       description: Motherboard
       physical id: 0
     *-memory
          description: System memory
          physical id: 0
          size: 511MB
     *-cpu
          product: AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2500+
          vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
          physical id: 1
          bus info: cpu@0
          version: 6.10.0
          size: 1850MHz
          width: 32 bits
          capabilities: fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr sse syscall mmxext 3dnowext 3dnow
        *-cache:0
             description: L1 cache
             physical id: 0
             size: 128KB
        *-cache:1
             description: L2 cache
             physical id: 1
             size: 512KB
     *-pci
          description: Host bridge
          product: VT8377 [KT400/KT600 AGP] Host Bridge
          vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
          physical id: d0000000
          bus info: pci@00:00.0
          version: 00
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 66MHz
          resources: iomemory:d0000000-d7ffffff
        *-pci
             description: PCI bridge
             product: VT8235 PCI Bridge
             vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
             physical id: 1
             bus info: pci@00:01.0
             version: 00
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             capabilities: pci normal_decode bus_master cap_list
           *-display
                description: VGA compatible controller
                product: NV34 [GeForce FX 5200]
                vendor: nVidia Corporation
                physical id: 0
                bus info: pci@01:00.0
                version: a1
                size: 128MB
                width: 32 bits
                clock: 66MHz
                capabilities: vga bus_master cap_list
                configuration: driver=nvidia
                resources: iomemory:e0000000-e0ffffff iomemory:d8000000-dfffffff irq:11
        *-network:0
             description: Ethernet interface
             product: VT6105 [Rhine-III]
             vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
             physical id: 9
             bus info: pci@00:09.0
             logical name: eth0
             version: 86
             serial: 00:17:9a:ba:d5:3d
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical
             configuration: broadcast=yes driver=via-rhine ip=192.168.0.101 multicast=yes
             resources: ioport:d000-d0ff iomemory:e2010000-e20100ff irq:10
        *-usb:0
             description: USB Controller
             product: VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller
             vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
             physical id: 10
             bus info: pci@00:10.0
             version: 80
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: uhci bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=uhci_hcd
             resources: ioport:d400-d41f irq:11
           *-usbhost
                product: UHCI Host Controller
                vendor: Linux 2.6.15-27-386 uhci_hcd
                physical id: 1
                bus info: usb@1
                logical name: usb1
                version: 2.06
                capabilities: usb-1.10
                configuration: driver=hub maxpower=0mA slots=2 speed=12.0MB/s
        *-usb:1
             description: USB Controller
             product: VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller
             vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
             physical id: 10.1
             bus info: pci@00:10.1
             version: 80
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: uhci bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=uhci_hcd
             resources: ioport:d800-d81f irq:10
           *-usbhost
                product: UHCI Host Controller
                vendor: Linux 2.6.15-27-386 uhci_hcd
                physical id: 1
                bus info: usb@2
                logical name: usb2
                version: 2.06
                capabilities: usb-1.10
                configuration: driver=hub maxpower=0mA slots=2 speed=12.0MB/s
              *-usb
                   description: Generic USB device
                   product: Camera
                   vendor: Logitech, Inc.
                   physical id: 1
                   bus info: usb@2:1
                   version: 1.00
                   capabilities: usb-1.00
                   configuration: driver=quickcam maxpower=500mA speed=12.0MB/s
        *-usb:2
             description: USB Controller
             product: VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller
             vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
             physical id: 10.2
             bus info: pci@00:10.2
             version: 80
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: uhci bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=uhci_hcd
             resources: ioport:dc00-dc1f irq:5
           *-usbhost
                product: UHCI Host Controller
                vendor: Linux 2.6.15-27-386 uhci_hcd
                physical id: 1
                bus info: usb@3
                logical name: usb3
                version: 2.06
                capabilities: usb-1.10
                configuration: driver=hub maxpower=0mA slots=2 speed=12.0MB/s
        *-usb:3
             description: USB Controller
             product: USB 2.0
             vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
             physical id: 10.3
             bus info: pci@00:10.3
             version: 82
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: ehci bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=ehci_hcd
             resources: iomemory:e2011000-e20110ff irq:3
           *-usbhost
                product: EHCI Host Controller
                vendor: Linux 2.6.15-27-386 ehci_hcd
                physical id: 1
                bus info: usb@4
                logical name: usb4
                version: 2.06
                capabilities: usb-2.00
                configuration: driver=hub maxpower=0mA slots=6 speed=480.0MB/s
        *-isa UNCLAIMED
             description: ISA bridge
             product: VT8235 ISA Bridge
             vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
             physical id: 11
             bus info: pci@00:11.0
             version: 00
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: isa bus_master cap_list
        *-ide
             description: IDE interface
             product: VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE
             vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
             physical id: 11.1
             bus info: pci@00:11.1
             version: 06
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: ide bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=VIA_IDE
             resources: ioport:e000-e00f irq:11
           *-ide:0
                description: IDE Channel 0
                physical id: 0
                bus info: ide@0
                logical name: ide0
                clock: 33MHz
              *-disk
                   product: MDT MD800AB-22CBA1
                   physical id: 0
                   bus info: ide@0.0
                   logical name: /dev/hda
                   capacity: 74GB
           *-ide:1
                description: IDE Channel 1
                physical id: 1
                bus info: ide@1
                logical name: ide1
                clock: 33MHz
              *-cdrom
                   product: SONY CD-RW CRX300E
                   physical id: 1
                   bus info: ide@1.1
                   logical name: /dev/hdd
                   capabilities: packet
        *-multimedia
             description: Multimedia audio controller
             product: VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller
             vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
             physical id: 11.5
             bus info: pci@00:11.5
             version: 50
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: cap_list
             configuration: driver=VIA 82xx Audio
             resources: ioport:e400-e4ff irq:5
        *-network:1
             description: Ethernet interface
             product: VT6102 [Rhine-II]
             vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
             physical id: 12
             bus info: pci@00:12.0
             logical name: eth1
             version: 74
             serial: 00:0d:87:56:8d:32
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical
             configuration: broadcast=yes driver=via-rhine multicast=yes
             resources: ioport:ec00-ecff iomemory:e2012000-e20120ff irq:11

and this
~$ ifconfig -a
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:17:9A:BA:D5:3D
          inet addr:192.168.0.101  Bcast:192.168.0.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::217:9aff:feba:d53d/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:162 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:60 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:54832 (53.5 KiB)  TX bytes:6075 (5.9 KiB)
          Interrupt:10 Base address:0xd000

eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:0D:87:56:8D:32
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
          Interrupt:11 Base address:0xec00

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:7 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:7 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:372 (372.0 b)  TX bytes:372 (372.0 b)

sit0      Link encap:IPv6-in-IPv4
          NOARP  MTU:1480  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
 I can't believe it was such a simple thing. Thanks so much guy's.