Which devices?

Post #92,179 by jake123 3/27/03 11:22:12 AM Reply	Which devices? 1) the system only has USB 2.0 so I changed the config.sys lines to read: \r\n\r\n BASEDEV=USBEHCD.SYS\r\nBASEDEV=USBD.SYS /REQ:USBEHCD$ \r\n\r\n I cannot get it to recognize devices plugged into it. Using RMVIEW /IRQ I noticed that the USB controller was sharing IRQ 10 with the sound card(I also noticed the built in NIC was sharing one with the SCSI controller). I figure either the USB driver doesn't like to share the IRQ, or maybe I need to load the 1.x USB driver along side the 2.0 USB driver since the only devices I have are 1.x. \r\n\r\n That shouldn't be it. Are you loading the other drivers? Eg- you need to load the MSD driver if you're trying to plug in a camera (USBMSD.SYS). Further, go take a look at Hobbes; there's a recently released version that's been modified to be able to recognise more cameras. \r\n\r\n If you're trying to use a USB mouse and keyboard, you'll want to include USBKBD.SYS and USBMOUSE.SYS (check spelling). \r\n\r\n Etc. \r\n\r\n 2) I installed Xworkplace but it won't let me select auto-power-off. Apparently the APM.SYS isn't installed as it lists the version as 0. I've installed the driver FP3 and base FP3. I've not done any research on this issue yet as it was well past my bedtime :-) \r\n\r\n Make sure you have a "RUN=APMDAEMN.EXE" in the config.sys too. \r\n\r\n As an aside - I was skimming the motherboard's manual in bed and find that I can individually assign IRQs for the PCI slots. That'll let me change the sound card to a different IRQ so the USB controller has it's own IRQ. While the NIC and SCSI controllers appear to be cooperating, I'll set them up to have their own IRQs as well. \r\n\r\n So far, I've had very good luck with sharing IRQs; it mostly appears to be a problem with older NIC and sound card drivers that haven't been updated. \r\n\r\n I think I figured out the long pause before the eCS blob shows up. The boot device selections only gave me the choice of "none" or "floppy" for boot sequences 1, 2 and 3. No options for CDROM, ZIP, etc. I set 1 to floppy and the others to none. The last option for boot sequence is "check others?" which I set to YES. The "check others" sequence has SCSI as the last thing to check for after along list of other devices; of course, my system is SCSI based. I think the reason it only showed floppy was I'd forgotten to connect the SCSI cable to the controller the first time I booted, so it didn't recognize any bootable SCSI devices when I set up the bios options. I'll have to check tonight to see if it now lists SCSI. \r\n\r\n Well, the boot blob is the first thing that os2ldr does, so any pauses before it shows up aren't the responsibility of the Op Sys... as I'm sure you know:) --\r\n-------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n* Jack Troughton jake at consultron.ca \r\n [link\|http://consultron.ca\|http://consultron.ca] [link\|irc://irc.ecomstation.ca\|irc://irc.ecomstation.ca] \r\n Kingston Ontario Canada [link\|news://news.consultron.ca\|news://news.consultron.ca] *\r\n-------------------------------------------------------------------
Post #92,188 by SpiceWare 3/27/03 12:04:55 PM Reply	Re: Which devices? That shouldn't be it. Are you loading the other drivers? all the other USB lines are still in the config.sys, I only listed those 2 lines as those were the only lines I'd changed for 2.0 support. Forgot to mention - one of the last things I did last night was add a /V at the end of it to make sure it was loading, and it is. I originally had BASEDEV=USBEHCD.SYS in there a few times because there's 6 USB ports(I had to add multiple 1.x driver entries to get the SOYO's multiple USB ports to work). However, the additional entries put up a message along the lines of "no other USB controllers found". I suspect either the USB 2.0 driver automatically handles multiple controllers, or the 6 USB ports are really a built-in 6 port hub. Make sure you have a "RUN=APMDAEMN.EXE" in the config.sys too. I'll check that tonight. So far, I've had very good luck with sharing IRQs; it mostly appears to be a problem with older NIC and sound card drivers that haven't been updated. The ESS Solo's driver is from '99, so the sound card sharing it's IRQ with the USB controller just might be the problem. I don't always mention it - but mega thanx for all your help :-) Darrell Spice, Jr. [link\|http://www.spiceware.org/cgi-bin/spa.pl?album=./Artistic%20Overpass\|Artistic Overpass]\n[link\|http://www.spiceware.org/\|SpiceWare] - We don't do Windows, it's too much of a chore
Post #92,298 by madodel 3/27/03 8:33:50 PM Reply	Re: Which devices? "all the other USB lines are still in the config.sys, I only listed those 2 lines as those were the only lines I'd changed for 2.0 support. Forgot to mention - one of the last things I did last night was add a /V at the end of it to make sure it was loading, and it is. I originally had BASEDEV=USBEHCD.SYS in there a few times because there's 6 USB ports(I had to add multiple 1.x driver entries to get the SOYO's multiple USB ports to work). However, the additional entries put up a message along the lines of "no other USB controllers found". I suspect either the USB 2.0 driver automatically handles multiple controllers, or the 6 USB ports are really a built-in 6 port hub." I have read that the OS/2 USB drivers only supports up to 4 controllers. Also did you leave the USB 1.1 drivers in config.sys? I have read that these are required to support backward compatibilty. That for each 2.0 controller there is a 1.1 controller to handle any 1.1 USB devices attached. This is all just what I have read in Usenet, as I have no USB 2.0 to play with. Do you have USB 2.0 devices to plug in? Most times there are 2 USB ports for each controller I think, or in the case of 2.0 I think there may be 3 USB 2.0 ports and 3 USB 1.1 ports. Are any of the ports labelled differently? You should run PCI.EXE to see what you actually have. In my case PCI.EXE shows only two UHCI controllers, and I have only 2 USB ports.: "Vendor 8086h Intel Corporation Device 2442h 82801BA/BAM USB Controller #1 (ICH2/ICH2-M B5 step) Command 0005h (I/O Access, BusMaster) Status 0280h (Supports Back-To-Back Trans., Medium Timing) Revision 05h, Header Type 00h, Bus Latency 00h Self test 00h (Self test not supported) PCI Class Serial, type USB (UHCI) Subsystem ID 10271025h Unknown Subsystem Vendor 1025h Acer Inc Address 4 is an I/O Port : 00008000h System IRQ 11, INT# D Vendor 8086h Intel Corporation Device 2444h 82801BA/BAM USB Controller #2 (ICH2/ICH2-M B5 step) Command 0005h (I/O Access, BusMaster) Status 0280h (Supports Back-To-Back Trans., Medium Timing) Revision 05h, Header Type 00h, Bus Latency 00h Self test 00h (Self test not supported) PCI Class Serial, type USB (UHCI) Subsystem ID 10271025h Unknown Subsystem Vendor 1025h Acer Inc Address 4 is an I/O Port : 00008060h System IRQ 11, INT# C" Mark For a choice in the future JOIN VOICE NOW check out [link\|http://www.os2voice.org/index.html\|http://www.os2voice.org/index.html]
Post #92,308 by SpiceWare 3/27/03 9:01:26 PM Reply	it needed the OHCI lines I ended up with EHCI once on irq 10 and OHCI three times on irqs 5, 14 and 15. I tested the 6 ports with my Linksys 64MB "memory disk", and each instance of OHCI handled 2 ports. Reading in the motherboard manual I find this rather interesting statement Each of the six USB ports can be automatically routed to support a High-speed USB 2.0 devices or Low-speed USB 1.1 devices. Sounds like EHCI only comes into play if there's a 2.0 device plugged in. I don't have any USB 2.0 devices to test it out with. I got the memory disk for $10 at Fry's(it lists for $45). I suspect the 1.1 versions of the memory disks are being cleared out for faster 2.0 versions. Darrell Spice, Jr. [link\|http://www.spiceware.org/cgi-bin/spa.pl?album=./Artistic%20Overpass\|Artistic Overpass]\n[link\|http://www.spiceware.org/\|SpiceWare] - We don't do Windows, it's too much of a chore

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