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YYCseismic

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From: Calgary, AB, Canada

Registered: 2009-05-12

Posts: 5

Please Help: USB devices not connecting

Hi all,

I need some help here.  I've noticed that my USB devices are not being connected as I would expect.  That is to say, I don't get something like /dev/ttyUSB* after plugging in a device.  Specifically, I am trying to get my Garmin GPSmap 60CSx working and accessible by someone other than root.

Here's a snippet of what I get for dmesg|tail immediately after plugging in the device:

usb 2-1: USB disconnect, address 2
usb 2-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 3
usb 2-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice

and lsusb says:

Bus 005 Device 004: ID 04f2:b071 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd 
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 0b05:b700 ASUSTek Computer, Inc. 
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 091e:0003 Garmin International GPSmap (various models)
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 046d:c526 Logitech, Inc. 
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

So I know the Garmin device is being detected correctly.

I've also gone through /etc/udev/rules.d/50-gpsd.rules, and all looks good there.  Taking some other advice, I've looked at and edited the file /lib/udev/gpsd.hotplug.wrapper and added the file hotplug.functions.  This still doesn't work.

Note that I can access the GPS device using gpsbabel as root (using the usb: filehandle).  But I really need to be able to run it without root priveleges.

Anyone have  any ideas?  Thanks in advance!

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anonymous

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From: Arch Linux Forums

Registered: 2008-11-29

Posts: 9,418

Re: Please Help: USB devices not connecting

Try this howto:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1022921

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Askeptykal

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From: Pennsylvania

Registered: 2009-04-24

Posts: 36

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Re: Please Help: USB devices not connecting

I don't know if it's just the Garmin devices that are having problems... I can't seem to mount any of my USB devices.

At first I thought it was just my phone, an LG Vu, that was giving me problems, but I just now found out my external hard drive, a Passport, won't mount either. In fact, they don't even show up in PCMan at all, though they do seem to be detected by lsusb:

Bus 001 Device 008: ID 1058:0704 Western Digital Technologies, Inc.    <--- External HD
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 413c:a005 Dell Computer Corp. Internal 2.0 Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 005 Device 002: ID 04d9:048e Holtek Semiconductor, Inc. 
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 05c6:1000 Qualcomm, Inc.                        <--- Phone
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

I'm kind of at a loss here... especially since the external HD worked just a week or two ago.

EDIT: Of course, after I post this, I reboot my laptop and my external HD connects right away... well, still doesn't recognize the phone, which it used to do.

Last edited by Askeptykal (2009-06-03 23:37:57)

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