HP USB 2.0 DVD+RW Drive Not Recognized?

Kim Lux lux at diesel-research.com
Fri Nov 5 21:10:49 UTC 2004


I've got a transfer speed of 25MB/sec, so I am pretty sure it is USB 2,
regardless of what the system log says. 


On Fri, 2004-11-05 at 14:07 -0700, Kim Lux wrote:
> Here is what 2 hotplug events looked like on my machine:
> 
> Nov  5 14:02:25 localhost kernel: usb 1-1: new high speed USB device
> using address 3
> Nov  5 14:02:25 localhost kernel: SCSI subsystem initialized
> Nov  5 14:02:25 localhost kernel: Initializing USB Mass Storage
> driver...
> Nov  5 14:02:25 localhost kernel: scsi0 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass
> Storage devices
> Nov  5 14:02:27 localhost hald[2651]: Timed out waiting for hotplug
> event 308. Rebasing to 310
> Nov  5 14:02:29 localhost scsi.agent[22675]: disk
> at /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb1/1-1/1-1:1.0/host0/0:0:0:0
> Nov  5 14:02:29 localhost kernel:   Vendor: WDC WD20  Model: 0BB-00DEA0
> Rev:  0 0
> Nov  5 14:02:29 localhost kernel:   Type:   Direct-Access
> ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> Nov  5 14:02:29 localhost kernel: usbcore: registered new driver usb-
> storage
> Nov  5 14:02:29 localhost kernel: USB Mass Storage support registered.
> Nov  5 14:02:29 localhost kernel: SCSI device sda: 39102336 512-byte
> hdwr sectors (20020 MB)
> Nov  5 14:02:29 localhost kernel: sda: assuming drive cache: write
> through
> Nov  5 14:02:29 localhost kernel:  sda: sda1
> Nov  5 14:02:29 localhost kernel: Attached scsi disk sda at scsi0,
> channel 0, id 0, lun 0
> Nov  5 14:02:35 localhost fstab-sync[22763]: added mount
> point /media/usbdisk for /dev/sda1
> Nov  5 14:02:40 localhost kernel: usb 1-1: USB disconnect, address 3
> Nov  5 14:02:40 localhost fstab-sync[22822]: removed mount
> point /media/usbdisk for /dev/sda1
> Nov  5 14:02:41 localhost kernel: usb 1-1: new high speed USB device
> using address 4
> Nov  5 14:02:41 localhost kernel: scsi1 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass
> Storage devices
> Nov  5 14:02:41 localhost kernel:   Vendor: WDC WD20  Model: 0BB-00DEA0
> Rev:  0 0
> Nov  5 14:02:41 localhost kernel:   Type:   Direct-Access
> ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> Nov  5 14:02:41 localhost kernel: SCSI device sda: 39102336 512-byte
> hdwr sectors (20020 MB)
> Nov  5 14:02:42 localhost kernel: sda: assuming drive cache: write
> through
> Nov  5 14:02:42 localhost kernel:  sda: sda1
> Nov  5 14:02:42 localhost kernel: Attached scsi disk sda at scsi1,
> channel 0, id 0, lun 0
> Nov  5 14:02:42 localhost scsi.agent[22912]: disk
> at /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb1/1-1/1-1:1.0/host1/1:0:0:0
> Nov  5 14:02:45 localhost fstab-sync[23005]: added mount
> point /media/usbdisk for /dev/sda1
> 
> 
> I am getting USB 1.1 when it is really a USB2 device. 
> 
> 
> Here is what my mounts look like:
> 
> 
> # mount /dev/sda1 tmp
> # cd tmp
> # mount /dev/sda1 tmp
> # cd tmp
> # ls
> index.html  lost+found  music  pictures
> # cd ..
> # umount tmp
> # mount /media/usbdisk tmp
> mount: /media/usbdisk is not a block device
> 
> <this is because /media/usbdisk is a file, not a block device, DOH !
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Fri, 2004-11-05 at 14:58 -0600, Thomas Cameron wrote:
> > On Fri, 2004-11-05 at 13:54 -0700, Kim Lux wrote:
> > > Please show me System Tools->System Logs->System Log.  The last few
> > > messages concerning the USB hot plug event. 
> > 
> > It's exactly what I posted before, sorry there's nothing new there:
> > 
> > Nov  5 14:10:29 thomas kernel: usb 1-1: new high speed USB device using
> > address 2
> > Nov  5 14:10:29 thomas kernel: scsi3 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass
> > Storage devices
> > Nov  5 14:10:29 thomas kernel:   Vendor: HP        Model: DVD Writer
> > 200j   Rev: 1.13
> > Nov  5 14:10:29 thomas kernel:   Type:   CD-ROM
> > ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> > Nov  5 14:10:29 thomas scsi.agent[6618]: cdrom
> > at /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:04:03.2/usb1/1-1/1-1:2.0/host3/3:0:0:0
> > Nov  5 14:10:29 thomas kernel: sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 32x/32x writer
> > cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
> > 
> > -- 
> > A: Because people read from top to bottom.
> > Q: Why is top-posting bad?
> > 
> > Thomas Cameron, RHCE, CNE, MCSE, MCT
> > 
> -- 
> Kim Lux (Mr.)  Diesel Research Inc
> 
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