Sounds like you've covered the basic points correctly, Chuck. At this point, it's a search and repair mission, I guess. Sorry I have no wisdom to add. Chuck Hallenbeck writes: > Hi Janina, > > Thanks for the URL. I have built the uhci_hcd driver into the kernel, > and have selected usb_hid, usb_hiddev, usb_devicefs, and so on, and the > software components seem to be in place. But something very strange is > going on with my hardware. I cannot figure out why IRQ 5 is misbehaving > and becoming disabled shortly after bootup. The uhci_hcd driver wants to > use IRQ 5, but when it fails, communication with the UPS fails. I can > still "see" the device. Unplugging it produces a disconnect message, and > plugging it back in produces a recognition message with make and model > of the UPS displayed, followed by a "failed to register" message. > > I have been relying on the very extensive manual accompanying the > software I want to use, "apcupsd," but will give the web site a look > that you mentioned. > > Joseph L. thinks it is a kernel configuration problem, but I'm damned if > I can figure out what. I am running 2.6.11.11 on this Debian system, > although the kernel is not a Debian package and I have configured and > compiled it the old fashioned (Slackware) way! Some old dogs just cannot > be taught new tricks. > > One other anomaly that makes me think Joseph might be correct: My bootup > messages end with a complaint about an "unknown_bootoption" followed by > an offset of some sort, but I have only specified the usual > "speakup_synth=ltlk" option explicitly. If that is what it is > complaining about, it is a benign message. But if it is something else, > I cannot imagine what it might be. > > Chuck > > > On Thu, 23 Jun 2005, Janina Sajka wrote: > > >Do you have an uhci-hcd module loaded? I have the following statement in my > >(Fedora) /etc/modprobe.conf: > > > >alias usb-controller uhci-hcd > > > >I found the following web site helpful, by the way: > > > >http://www.linux-usb.org/USB-guide/book1.html > > > > -- > The Moon is Waning Gibbous (95% of Full) > But you can still get downloads from http://www.mhcable.com/~chuckh > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Chair, Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) janina at freestandards.org http://a11y.org Janina Sajka Phone: +1.202.494.7040 Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC http://www.CapitalAccessibility.Com Bringing the Owasys 22C screenless cell phone to the U.S. and Canada. Go to http://www.ScreenlessPhone.Com to learn more.
