[KLUG Members] RH 8.0 (BSware 8.0 #12.0 )

[Bruce Smith]

> I just spent two solid days trying to understand why RH 8.0 would not
> automagically load the the USB drives for my MOBO.
> 
> I have to add only *one* line to /etc/modules.conf
> alias usb-controller usb-uhci
> 
> I have NO FREAKING CLUE why this fixed the problem.
> 
> Did any else have to mess with their modules.conf file to get RH 8.0 to
> load the USB driver?

Yup, I've had to do that once or twice.

Except sometimes you need to load the usb-ohci module instead of 
the usb-uhci module, depending on your USB controller's chipset.

> I even messed with the /etc/hotplug/blacklist file to see why usb-uhci
> was blacklisted. Again, NFC!

I'm guessing that the Redhat installer doesn't recognize all the
different USB controllers out there.

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Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
System Administrator / Network Administrator
Armstrong International, Inc.
Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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