[olpc-help] external CD/DVD drive ?

[Andrew]

>Can we rule out hardware? 
>Do other USB devices work in that USB port?  >Is there any difference if you plug the USB into another port?

On the XO end, we can rule it hardware.  An enclosed hard drive connects (and auto-mounts) fine, in the two right-side ports (i haven't tried the left one).

>Could this be a power-draw type problem? Is this a self-powered drive or >does it draw it's power from the XO?  Is the XO plugged-in?

On the peripheral end - this is a self-powered enclosure, and has worked with many other systems.  I just checked again, with a "regular" laptop with Fedora 8 - connect & works.

Also just connected to an XP system.

On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 9:57 PM, Andrew <andrew2006 at flight.us> wrote:
I connect an enclosed DVD drive over USB (2.0?) but get no hotplug response from the system -- as if nothing happened. (This configuration has always worked in other linux systems)

any ideas?

is there not a proper device in /dev for this?

If not, can one MAKEDEV what's needed?

TIA
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