[Soekris] USB port recognized but non-functional on net5501

[Darrick Hartman (lists)]

Mike Kelly wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I've been trying to install AstLinux on my brand new net5501 and
> haven't had much luck with the USB port. The port is recognized
> correctly on boot, but seems unpowered - any devices I connect to it
> (USB flash drives, hubs (powered and unpowered), printers) are not
> recognized.
> 
> Since net5501 support is only in the dev. version of AstLinux, I've
> also tried Voyage Linux and OpenBSD with similar results. In each
> case the OS seems to detect the port, but the port itself appears
> unpowered. No new USB entries appear in dmesg output when I plug in a
> device.
> 
> Is there any trick to getting this to work, or could I have a bad
> board? Everything else on the board appears to work properly.
> 
> Regards, - Mike

Mike,

What kernel is Voyage Linux using?  I know we (Astlinux) plan to upgrade
after we branch trunk to 0.6.  The kernel version we're using now
(2.6.20.x) is getting to be pretty old.

I haven't seen your name on the Astlinux mailing list.  If you could
send some specific information to that list, I can see what we can do to
help out.  I'm one of the developers for the project and use several of
the net5501's.

Darrick

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