Bugzilla – Bug 118476
failed loading firmware for speedtouch usb adsl modem because of non existent /dev/usb
Last modified: 2005-09-26 13:05:14 UTC
1. when running the speedmgmt utility from hardware vendor, /var/log/messages records these related messages : Sep 22 19:00:27 linux kernel: usbcore: registered new driver speedtch Sep 22 19:00:27 linux kernel: speedtch 1-2:1.0: no stage 1 firmware found! Sep 22 19:26:56 linux Speedmgmt[7469]: Directory /dev/usb does not exits. Sep 22 19:26:56 linux Speedmgmt[7469]: Cannot find usb file system Unknown error 4294967274 2. in fstab -> usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs noauto 0 0 3. mount gives -> usbfs on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw) 4. in /dev, we have : crw-rw---- 1 root root 189, 0 Sep 22 19:00 /dev/usbdev1.1 crw-rw---- 1 root root 189, 2 Sep 22 19:00 /dev/usbdev1.3 crw-rw---- 1 root root 189, 128 Sep 22 19:00 /dev/usbdev2.1 crw-rw---- 1 root root 189, 256 Sep 22 19:00 /dev/usbdev3.1 crw-rw---- 1 root root 189, 257 Sep 22 19:00 /dev/usbdev3.2 5. with SuSE 9.3, it work without problems.
only the last 2 lines from /var/log/messages come after running "speedmgmt", the first 2 lines where from boot/startup.
Sorry, no idea. The "Speedmgmt" program is binary-only, right?
Yes, it is a binary only firmware loader with firmware included in the binary, the version I used and worked well with suse9.3 was 1.3.4 After searching a bit, I found this page helpfull: http://www.linux-usb.org/SpeedTouch/suse/index.html after installing speedtch-1.bin and speedtch-2.bin in /lib/firmware/, the firmware loads OK. But in Yast / network devices / DSL my modem is not detected. Should I submit it as new bug ?
Yes, you may try this. Closing this bug, cause udev/hotplug seems not the issue.