Fw: [conspire] USB Memory Stick

Sun Aug 8 12:40:49 PDT 2004

The following transpired between Sean Berry and I; with his help I have an operable USB Memory Stick!

Bill

Begin forwarded message:

Date: Sun, 8 Aug 2004 12:36:16 -0700
From: Bill Stoye <skiffworks at earthlink.net>
To: Sean Berry <berry at housebsd.org>
Subject: Re: [conspire] USB Memory Stick

I was wondering about sharing it; somehow, left everyone out of the loop.

I guess I won't throw the PC out the window and back over it with the truck... yet.  

:)
Bill

On Sun, 8 Aug 2004 13:56:10 -0500 (CDT)
Sean Berry <berry at housebsd.org> wrote:

> 
> post a summary back to the conspire list, save someone else the hair.  :)
> 
> -- 
> Sean Berry works with UNIX, especially Solaris and NetBSD.     (414) 559-3019
> http://www.housebsd.org/~berry/photo/
> 
> On Sun, 8 Aug 2004, Bill Stoye wrote:
> 
> > OK! YES!!
> >
> > root at skiffworks:/home/bill# mount /dev/sdc1 /mnt
> > root at skiffworks:/home/bill# df -k
> > Filesystem           1K-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
> > /dev/hda2             76001188   5915240  70085948   8% /
> > /dev/sdc1               125780         0    125780   0% /mnt
> >
> >
> > root at skiffworks:/mnt# cp /home/bill/PBAY2.jpg /mnt
> > root at skiffworks:/mnt# ls
> > pbay2.jpg
> > root at skiffworks:/mnt#
> >
> > It works, cool!
> >
> > Do I have to be 'root' to access/move files on the memory stick? I tried using 'emlfm' and 'nautilus' as 'user' and get a "permission denied" message.
> >
> > Thanks for your help Sean, I've lost a lot of valuable hair over this.
> >
> > Bill
> >
> > On Sun, 8 Aug 2004 13:06:52 -0500 (CDT)
> > Sean Berry <berry at housebsd.org> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> ok, try this as root:
> >>
> >> # mount /dev/sdc1 /mnt
> >>
> >> or:
> >>
> >> # mount -t msdos /dev/sdc1 /mnt
> >>
> >> or possibly:
> >>
> >> # mount -t vfat /dev/sdc1 /mnt
> >>
> >> Do "df -k" after each, and see if /dev/sdc1 is listed.  If so, you've
> >> successfully mounted your new USB memory stick.  :)
> >>
> >> --
> >> Sean Berry works with UNIX, especially Solaris and NetBSD.     (414) 559-3019
> >> http://www.housebsd.org/~berry/photo/
> >>
> >> On Sun, 8 Aug 2004, Bill Stoye wrote:
> >>
> >>> This may be more than you want, I pasted any reference to USB:
> >>>
> >>> usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout
> >>> usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout
> >>> usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout
> >>> usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout
> >>> usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout
> >>> usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout
> >>> usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout
> >>> usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout
> >>> 0: nvidia: loading NVIDIA Linux x86 nvidia.o Kernel Module  1.0-4496  Wed Jul
> >>> 19:03:09 PDT 2003
> >>> Linux agpgart interface v0.99 (c) Jeff Hartmann
> >>> agpgart: Maximum main memory to use for agp memory: 816M
> >>> agpgart: Detected Via Apollo Pro KT400 chipset
> >>> agpgart: unable to determine aperture size.
> >>> 0: NVRM: AGPGART: unable to retrieve symbol table
> >>> usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout
> >>> usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout
> >>> usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout
> >>> usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout
> >>> usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout
> >>> usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout
> >>> usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout
> >>> usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout
> >>> usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout
> >>> usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout
> >>> usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout
> >>> usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout
> >>> usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout
> >>> usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout
> >>> usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout
> >>> usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout
> >>> hub.c: new USB device 00:10.4-7, assigned address 3
> >>> scsi4 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
> >>>  Vendor: Kingston  Model: DataTraveler 2.0  Rev: 4.10
> >>>  Type:   Direct-Access                      ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> >>> Attached scsi removable disk sdc at scsi4, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
> >>> SCSI device sdc: 251904 512-byte hdwr sectors (129 MB)
> >>> sdc: Write Protect is off
> >>> sdc: sdc1
> >>> WARNING: USB Mass Storage data integrity not assured
> >>> USB Mass Storage device found at 3
> >>> usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout
> >>> usbdevfs: USBDEVFS_CONTROL failed dev 3 rqt 128 rq 6 len 9 ret -110
> >>> usbdevfs: USBDEVFS_CONTROL failed dev 3 rqt 128 rq 6 len 1024 ret -71
> >>> usbdevfs: USBDEVFS_CONTROL failed dev 3 rqt 128 rq 6 len 18 ret -71
> >>> usbdevfs: USBDEVFS_CONTROL failed dev 3 rqt 128 rq 6 len 18 ret -71
> >>> usb.c: USB disconnect on device 00:10.4-7 address 3
> >>> usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout
> >>> usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout
> >>> usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout
> >>> usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout
> >>> usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout
> >>> usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout
> >>> usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout
> >>> usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout
> >>> hub.c: new USB device 00:10.4-7, assigned address 4
> >>> WARNING: USB Mass Storage data integrity not assured
> >>> USB Mass Storage device found at 4
> >>>
> >>> Bill
> >>> On Sun, 8 Aug 2004 12:43:50 -0500 (CDT)
> >>> Sean Berry <berry at housebsd.org> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>> The dmesg command will show you current kernel messages.  Look for
> >>>> anything about USB or the brand name of the stick you bought.  Paste it
> >>>> back to me if you find it, or just the last 5-10 lines if there isn't
> >>>> anything you recognize.
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>> Sean Berry works with UNIX, especially Solaris and NetBSD.     (414) 559-3019
> >>>> http://www.housebsd.org/~berry/photo/
> >>>>
> >>>> On Sun, 8 Aug 2004, Bill Stoye wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> Sean:
> >>>>> I guess I need some basic skills, I'm unable to answer your questions.
> >>>>> Bill
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On Sun, 8 Aug 2004 11:18:21 -0500 (CDT)
> >>>>> Sean Berry <berry at housebsd.org> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Does the hardware detect?  What's it probe as?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> --
> >>>>>> Sean Berry works with UNIX, especially Solaris and NetBSD.     (414) 559-3019
> >>>>>> http://www.housebsd.org/~berry/photo/
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> On Sun, 8 Aug 2004, Bill Stoye wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Conspirators:
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> I've been unable to mount and use a USB Memory Stick(USB flash memory); the stick is a Kingston 128MBs, I'm trying to mount it in a Libranet 2.8.1 OS.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Thanks, Bill
> >>>>>>>
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