Re: device drivers
From: steve (sdifiori_at_nc.rr.com)
Date: 11/29/04
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Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 02:54:08 GMT
Peter Jensen wrote:
> steve wrote:
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>>I'm very nooob.
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> Everyone was at one point, though some people tend to forget that ...
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>>I dumped windows xp the last time it crashed on my machine. Went to a
>>book store. Bought and installed Red hat enterprise linux.
>>
>>I used some DOS years ago when it was supported and got around with
>>it. Since then I have been pointing and clicking and buying software
>>to remove spyware aware and other attacks from the internet.
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> If you learned how to do all that, you will have little trouble learning
> Linux. Just don't expect it to be a Windows clone, and you'll be fine.
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>>I don't miss the toolbar helpers and aware, but finding device drivers
>>seems to be a problem.
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> OK, you should know that almost every single driver you'll ever need is
> in one place, namely the kernel that ships with your Linux distribution.
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>>I have a Sharp digital camera that was reconised as a scsi drive in
>>windows. I got hold of sharpusa.com and was informed that they have no
>>drivers for anything but windows.
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> I'm not really surprised. Those who don't provide drivers are one of
> two things. Either they choose to ignore Linux (which will come back to
> bite them), or they don't provide drivers because they are already part
> of the kernel. Since you say it's recognized as a SCSI drive in
> Windows, I'm guessing it's the latter case.
>
> Of course you provided absolutely no relevant info about the camera, so
> it's a bit difficult to give you any more info. Please report back its
> exact model and what kind of connection it has with the computer. If
> it's USB, please find its USB ID number. If you're using KDE, this can
> be found in "K Menu" -> "System" -> "Info Center" -> "USB Devices" when
> the camera is plugged in. 'lsusb' from the command line will also tell
> you.
>
> I'm guessing it's recognized by the system as a USB mass storage device,
> and you merely have to setup mount points or something like that. Can't
> say for sure at this point, though.
>
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>>I have a bunch of other devices, but they are not inportant for now.
>>Anyone know about drivers? I'm getting a lot of confusion in searching
>>for information.
>
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> This is a good place to ask, but next time *please* provide relevant
> data as well. If you're looking for drivers for a PCI card, include the
> info from 'lspci'. If you're looking for drivers for USB devices,
> 'lsusb' provides relevant data.
>
And now some relevent data.
While awating help I scowered the internet and found some nifty commands
uname -sr gives me
Linux 2.6.9-1.6_FC2
KDE hardware browser gace me some info
Drive /dev/sda(Geom: 207/2/32)(Model: 04DD 7002)
start 1 meg end 1 meg <1meg free space
sda1 1 207 6 No filesystem
208 208 <1 free space
When I tryed to mount then camera (a Sharp vl-nz100 usb) using
# mkdir /mnt/usb this was ok. The directory was made, but when
# mount /mnt/usb was entered I got
mount: can't find /mtb/usb in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab
Now what did I brake?
I found this on a web site.
# cat/proc/scsi/scsi
Attached devices:
Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
Vendor: 04DD Model: 7002 Rev: 0010
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
I didn't know I had scsi/scsi in proc
When trying to put a filesystem on the camera
# mke2fs -m /dev/sda1 gives me:
bash: mke2fs: command not found
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# cat /proc/bus/usb/devices gave me:
CUT
(a lot of empty USB slots)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
T: Bus=04 Lev=02 Prnt=02 Port=03 Cnt=02 Dev#= 5 Spd=12 MxCh= 0
D: Ver= 1.10 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs= 1
P: Vendor=04dd ProdID=7002 Rev= 0.10
C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=c0 MxPwr= 0mA
I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 3 Cls=08(stor.) Sub=05 Prot=01 Driver=usb-storage
E: Ad=01(O) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 64 Ivl=0ms
E: Ad=82(I) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 64 Ivl=0ms
E: Ad=83(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 8 Ivl=255ms,
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CUT
Now what do I do ?
Thanks for any advice.
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