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    More new kernel (-21) fun!

    So, I just updated to the new kernel, and, as always, I told the updater to replace the old menu.lst with the one from the kernel maintainer. Every time I do this, the new menu.lst has my ACPI=OFF boot option (this prevents random lock-ups on my machine), but never inherits the IRQPOLL boot option that I need to allow my USB 2.0 add-on card to work (old machine, Abit KT7A-RAID; only USB 1.1 on motherboard). Anyway, I'm used to this. So I edit menu.lst to add IRQPOLL, save and reboot. I open a terminal and tail syslog as I plug in a Sandisk USB thumb drive. Nothing happens. No new entries into syslog, and the thumb drive's LED doesn't come on. I unplug it, wait a few seconds, and try again. Nothing. While watching the syslog tail, I open another terminal and enter "lsusb". Lsusb returns this:
    Code:
    mike@penguin:~$ lsusb
    Bus 005 Device 003: ID 0409:0058 NEC Corp. HighSpeed Hub
    Bus 005 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
    Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
    Bus 003 Device 002: ID 04b8:0103 Seiko Epson Corp. Perfection 610
    Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
    Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
    Bus 001 Device 004: ID 1532:0101
    Bus 001 Device 003: ID 06a3:8020 Saitek PLC
    Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
    Notice no Sandisk thumb drive. However, almost instantly, the other terminal becomes active and the thumb drive LED comes on. The new syslog entries are here:

    Code:
    Oct 15 18:24:56 penguin kernel: [ 332.104233] usb 5-4.1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 4
    Oct 15 18:24:56 penguin kernel: [ 332.213192] usb 5-4.1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
    Oct 15 18:24:56 penguin NetworkManager: <debug> [1224113096.440412] nm_hal_device_added(): New device added (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_781_5406_00001862657275D6').
    Oct 15 18:24:56 penguin kernel: [ 332.396477] usbcore: registered new interface driver libusual
    Oct 15 18:24:56 penguin kernel: [ 332.454366] Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
    Oct 15 18:24:56 penguin kernel: [ 332.465764] scsi2 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
    Oct 15 18:24:56 penguin kernel: [ 332.468673] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
    Oct 15 18:24:56 penguin kernel: [ 332.468689] USB Mass Storage support registered.
    Oct 15 18:24:56 penguin kernel: [ 332.469437] usb-storage: device found at 4
    Oct 15 18:24:56 penguin kernel: [ 332.469442] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
    Oct 15 18:24:56 penguin NetworkManager: <debug> [1224113096.685783] nm_hal_device_added(): New device added (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_781_5406_00001862657275D6_if0').
    Oct 15 18:25:01 penguin kernel: [ 337.461914] usb-storage: device scan complete
    Oct 15 18:25:01 penguin kernel: [ 337.462908] scsi 2:0:0:0: Direct-Access   SanDisk U3 Cruzer Micro 4.05 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
    Oct 15 18:25:01 penguin kernel: [ 337.477745] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] 8027789 512-byte hardware sectors (4110 MB)
    Oct 15 18:25:01 penguin kernel: [ 337.478352] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off
    Oct 15 18:25:01 penguin kernel: [ 337.478358] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] Mode Sense: 03 00 00 00
    Oct 15 18:25:01 penguin kernel: [ 337.478362] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through
    Oct 15 18:25:01 penguin kernel: [ 337.480702] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] 8027789 512-byte hardware sectors (4110 MB)
    Oct 15 18:25:01 penguin kernel: [ 337.481323] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off
    Oct 15 18:25:01 penguin kernel: [ 337.481329] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] Mode Sense: 03 00 00 00
    Oct 15 18:25:01 penguin kernel: [ 337.481333] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through
    Oct 15 18:25:01 penguin kernel: [ 337.481345] sdc: sdc4
    Oct 15 18:25:01 penguin kernel: [ 337.482944] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI removable disk
    Oct 15 18:25:01 penguin kernel: [ 337.483020] sd 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0
    Oct 15 18:25:01 penguin NetworkManager: <debug> [1224113101.819900] nm_hal_device_added(): New device added (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_781_5406_00001862657275D6_if0_scsi_host').
    Oct 15 18:25:01 penguin NetworkManager: <debug> [1224113101.825898] nm_hal_device_added(): New device added (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_781_5406_00001862657275D6_if0_scsi_host_scsi_device_lun0').
    Oct 15 18:25:01 penguin NetworkManager: <debug> [1224113101.849980] nm_hal_device_added(): New device added (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_781_5406_00001862657275D6_if0_scsi_host_scsi_device_lun0_scsi_generic').
    Oct 15 18:25:01 penguin NetworkManager: <debug> [1224113101.977201] nm_hal_device_added(): New device added (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_serial_SanDisk_U3_Cruzer_Micro_00001862657275D6_0_0').
    Oct 15 18:25:02 penguin NetworkManager: <debug> [1224113102.035250] nm_hal_device_added(): New device added (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/volume_uuid_452A_B7AD').
    Oct 15 18:25:06 penguin hald: mounted /dev/sdc4 on behalf of uid 1000
    Oct 15 18:25:15 penguin kernel: [ 350.781478] ALSA /build/buildd/linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-2.6.24/debian/build/build-generic/sound/alsa-driver/pci/bt87x.c:299: Aieee - PCI parity error detected!
    Yay. It found and mounted the drive. And then running lsusb again yielded this:

    Code:
    mike@penguin:~$ lsusb
    Bus 005 Device 004: ID 0781:5406 SanDisk Corp. Cruzer Micro 4GB Flash Drive
    Bus 005 Device 003: ID 0409:0058 NEC Corp. HighSpeed Hub
    Bus 005 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
    Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
    Bus 003 Device 002: ID 04b8:0103 Seiko Epson Corp. Perfection 610
    Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
    Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
    Bus 001 Device 004: ID 1532:0101
    Bus 001 Device 003: ID 06a3:8020 Saitek PLC
    Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
    So the work-around seems to be to force some kind of activity on the USB modules. The system can be made to read the thumb drive, it just requires opening a terminal and typing lsusb. Unfortunately, now I'm back running another command, just like in the bad old days when I had to mount a thumb drive manually. *sigh*

    Anyway, just thought I'd post that in case anyone else ran across it, and maybe someone's already come up with a fix. I should mention that with previous kernels (-19, -18, -17, -16, and -12), thumb drives were always detected and automagically mounted without any user intervention.

    P.S. The only other weirdness is the last line of the syslog tail above, where it says "Aieee - PCI parity error detected!" about the alsa driver. Has anyone seen that?


    -mike

    Linux user #199542<br />WARNING:Got Unsolicited BITE_REPLY

    #2
    Re: More new kernel (-21) fun!

    As to the IRQPOLL option. Edit the menu.lst file and add the option to the last line shown below:
    ## additional options to use with the default boot option, but not with the
    ## alternatives
    ## e.g. defoptions=vga=791 resume=/dev/hda5
    # defoptions=acpi=off
    The new line show show as:
    # defoptions=acpi=off IRQPOLL
    Windows no longer obstructs my view.
    Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
    "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes

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      #3
      Re: More new kernel (-21) fun!

      Ah, cool. I'll do that. Thanks!


      -mike
      Linux user #199542<br />WARNING:Got Unsolicited BITE_REPLY

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        #4
        Re: More new kernel (-21) fun!

        Hm, I just had the upgrade to the .21 kernel and it all went very smoothly. All I had to do was plonk the NVIDIA driver on again (legacy, I don't buy new hardware for three years and I'm already legacy!). Running as advertised

        Hope you get your stuff sorted!
        Once your problem is solved please mark the topic of the first post as SOLVED so others know and can benefit from your experience! / FAQ

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          #5
          Re: More new kernel (-21) fun!

          Well, I got the thumbdrives to work again...by going back to the -19 kernel weeks ago.

          Interestingly, the "Aieee - PCI parity error detected!" errors went away, too.

          So it was with some interest that I noticed last night, as soon as I installed the newest (10) upgrades, the "Aieee" error was back.

          Installed files were:

          Code:
          2008-11-12 16:12:35 status installed libdbus-1-3 1.1.20-1ubuntu3.2
          2008-11-12 16:12:35 status installed module-init-tools 3.3-pre11-4ubuntu5.8.04.1
          2008-11-12 16:12:37 status installed dbus 1.1.20-1ubuntu3.2
          2008-11-12 16:12:37 status installed dbus-x11 1.1.20-1ubuntu3.2
          2008-11-12 16:12:37 status installed foo2zjs 20071205-0ubuntu3.1
          2008-11-12 16:12:41 status installed samba-common 3.0.28a-1ubuntu4.7
          2008-11-12 16:12:41 status installed smbclient 3.0.28a-1ubuntu4.7
          2008-11-12 16:12:41 status installed update-notifier-common 0.70.10
          2008-11-12 16:12:41 status installed libsmbclient 3.0.28a-1ubuntu4.7
          2008-11-12 16:12:44 status installed libc6 2.7-10ubuntu4
          Why should any of those files affect the ALSA sound driver and trigger a PCI parity error, and do it almost immediately upon installation?




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            #6
            Re: More new kernel (-21) fun!

            So...just installed the newest kernel version (2.6.24-23), plugged in a thumb drive and...nothing. Just like -20, -21, and -22, this kernel (-23) doesn't recognize a USB drive until I run lsusb (or some other USB-based command). So I'm back to running -19. Again.

            I should probably try 8.10, but I'm afraid of it. If simple kernel upgrades kill my USB subsystem, what else is going to break with a major kernel version increment?

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              #7
              Re: More new kernel (-21) fun!

              Have you written a "bug" on the kernel -- with the complete info you have given here? If not it might be useful.
              The next brick house on the left
              Intel i7 11th Gen | 16GB | 1TB | KDE Plasma 5.27.11​| Kubuntu 24.04 | 6.8.0-31-generic



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                #8
                Re: More new kernel (-21) fun!

                I probably should. I didn't know they were still taking bug reports on the 2.6.24 kernel.

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