From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jul 28 00:56:14 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5647616A420 for ; Sat, 28 Jul 2007 00:56:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chris@chrismaness.com) Received: from ns1.kq6up.org (rrcs-74-62-158-214.west.biz.rr.com [74.62.158.214]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1251513C459 for ; Sat, 28 Jul 2007 00:56:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chris@chrismaness.com) Received: from squirrel.kq6up.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by ns1.kq6up.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l6S0dHid015081; Fri, 27 Jul 2007 17:39:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from chris@chrismaness.com) Received: from 76.238.148.150 (SquirrelMail authenticated user chris) by squirrel.kq6up.org with HTTP; Fri, 27 Jul 2007 17:39:18 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <1075.76.238.148.150.1185583158.squirrel@squirrel.kq6up.org> In-Reply-To: References: Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 17:39:18 -0700 (PDT) From: chris@chrismaness.com To: youshi10@u.washington.edu User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.10a MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal Cc: Chris Maness , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Abit VP6 Mother Board no USB X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2007 00:56:14 -0000 > On Fri, 27 Jul 2007, Chris Maness wrote: > >> I moved a hard drive from a system that had working usb to an abit VP6 >> PIII >> board, and FreeBSD is complaining that it can't find the USB host >> controller. >> Any suggestions? >> >> Chris Maness > > 1. Check that the BIOS a) has USB support turned on, b) has PnP support > properly setup (ASUS for instance has a non-PnP capable USB setting where > the BIOS arbitrates USB usage and resource configuration, but since > FreeBSD is PnP capable I turn that option off). > 2. Make sure that you have correct USB support compiled into your kernel > (just compile in ehci, ohci, and uhci in case). > 3. Try a 7-CURRENT snapshot disk and see if USB support works or not. > > More information would be helpful as well if those suggestions don't > work (what version of FreeBSD are you running, exact motherboard > specs, etc). > Thanks, > -Garrett > > I am such a retard. I took your advice and scanned through the BIOS, and I saw where USB needed to enabled. That is wierd that USB is turned off by default. I had to reset the CMOS after changing a battery. Thanks, Chris Maness