rio500 device /dev/usb/rio500 not created under Ubuntu (Hoary)

Do you still have this problem? And if so, are you still using Hoary, or a newer version of Ubuntu?

Yes - still a problem.

The summary is that Hoary only works with 100% manual intervention.

I have a 2nd box that I've been testing Breezy Badger (5.10) and things are improved. Installing the "rio500" package (version 0.8.1-6) works great, the /dev/usb/rio500 gets created and can be used (e.g. via /usr/bin/rio_stat) without the need to modprobe, and create the device by hand. BUT on a reboot the device disappears (just like Hoary), the good news is that running "/usr/bin/rio_stat" in automatic mode does work (unlike Hoary) but I have to do this on every reboot. I've tried this with both the default "stock" 386 kernel and the 686 image.

You can test this without the need for a rio500 device, just install the package "rio500" and after install you should find /dev/usb/rio500 exists, if you reboot /dev/usb/rio500 will be missing again. There doesn't appear to be any "hotplug" detection (and I don't think there should be). Once the rio500 setup has been run, I would assume the device would always get created after a reboot BUT this is out of my area of expertise so I'm willing to accept user error if there is something else I should do.

Thanks for checking back on this issue and not forgetting about it I know you are busy.

Chris

--- Daniel Robitaille <email address hidden> wrote:

> Do you still have this problem? And if so, are you
> still using Hoary, or
> a newer version of Ubuntu?
> --
> rio500 device /dev/usb/rio500 not created under
> Ubuntu (Hoary)
> https://launchpad.net/bugs/1476
>

Sorry for the late reply, I've been out of town!

I updated the bug note - copy/pasted below too.

Thanks again for looking into this,

Chris

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Yes - still a problem.

The summary is that Hoary only works with 100% manual
intervention.

I have a 2nd box that I've been testing Breezy Badger
(5.10) and things are improved. Installing the
"rio500" package (version 0.8.1-6) works great, the
/dev/usb/rio500 gets created and can be used (e.g. via
/usr/bin/rio_stat) without the need to modprobe, and
create the device by hand. BUT on a reboot the device
disappears (just like Hoary), the good news is that
running "/usr/bin/rio_stat" in automatic mode does
work (unlike Hoary) but I have to do this on every
reboot. I've tried this with both the default "stock"
386 kernel and the 686 image.

You can test this without the need for a rio500
device, just install the package "rio500" and after
install you should find /dev/usb/rio500 exists, if you
reboot /dev/usb/rio500 will be missing again. There
doesn't appear to be any "hotplug" detection (and I
don't think there should be). Once the rio500 setup
has been run, I would assume the device would always
get created after a reboot BUT this is out of my area
of expertise so I'm willing to accept user error if
there is something else I should do.

Thanks for checking back on this issue and not
forgetting about it I know you are busy.

Chris

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Can you test this device on Dapper 6.06.1 and / or Edgy beta so we can see if this problem still exists. If I recall correctly Alan Cox submitted a few Rio 500 patches for the kernel a while back that may have improved support for the device.

I'll give a dapper a go, I did briefly try it on my Wife's desktop but I had some bizare problem with it not finding a repository for the rio500 - I suspect this might be something to do with the way it was upgraded from breezy to dapper.

I'll try and do a fresh install of dapper and try that, it may take me a week or so but I'll come back with a proper report.

Chris

----- Original Message ----
From: Timothy Smith <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Sent: Friday, October 13, 2006 12:37:19 PM
Subject: [Bug 1476] Re: rio500 device /dev/usb/rio500 not created under Ubuntu (Hoary)

Can you test this device on Dapper 6.06.1 and / or Edgy beta so we can
see if this problem still exists. If I recall correctly Alan Cox
submitted a few Rio 500 patches for the kernel a while back that may
have improved support for the device.

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rio500 device /dev/usb/rio500 not created under Ubuntu (Hoary)
https://launchpad.net/bugs/1476

> From: Timothy Smith <email address hidden>
> To: <email address hidden>
> Sent: Friday, October 13, 2006 12:37:19 PM
> Subject: [Bug 1476] Re: rio500 device /dev/usb/rio500 not created under Ubuntu (Hoary)
>
> Can you test this device on Dapper 6.06.1 and / or Edgy beta so we can
> see if this problem still exists. If I recall correctly Alan Cox
> submitted a few Rio 500 patches for the kernel a while back that may
> have improved support for the device.

Short answer; Dapper is missing the required package (rio500) to connect to the rio so there is no way to create the device apart from by hand

Longer answer;

I just performed a fresh install of Dapper 6.06.1. The rio500 kernel module exists and a manual modprobe appears to work. But I can't find the rio500 package to actually test device connections. I've added the unofficial repositories just in case but it isn't showing up there either. I checked http://packages.ubuntulinux.org/cgi-bin/search_packages.pl?keywords=rio500&searchon=names&subword=1&version=dapper&release=all but it looks like it isn't available under Dapper (or Edgy). It was under Breezy (which worked much better than Hoary, "dpkg-reconfigure rio500: worked in Breezy, it just didn't survive a reboot). I'll try and pull down source; either the deb source (librio500-dev) from breezy or http://sourceforge.net/projects/rio500 and see if I can do anything with that. Side note; the rioutils package is NOT appropriate

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rio500 device /dev/usb/rio500 not created under Ubuntu (Hoary)
https://launchpad.net/bugs/1476

You reported this bug a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering is this still an issue for you? Can you try with latest Ubuntu release? Thanks in advance.

--- On Sat, 8/9/08, Jame <email address hidden> wrote:

> You reported this bug a while ago and there hasn't been
> any activity in
> it recently. We were wondering is this still an issue for
> you?

There is still an issue, I not sure though if this needs a new bug number though. More below.

> Can you try with latest Ubuntu release? Thanks in advance.

I just tried 8.04.1 LTS Hardy Heron and I can see the module in:
/lib/modules/2.6.24-19-generic/kernel/drivers/usb/misc/rio500.ko

There is no usb device in /dev though, probably as the rio500 setup has not been run.

I can no longer find a rio500 package :-( Is there a rio500 package somewhere for 8.04(.1)? I tried enabling the 3rd party repository in Synaptic but I don see anything there.

Thanks for looking at this again, I would love to be able to use my Rio with a supported version of Ubuntu!

Chris

Unfortunately, according to http://packages.qa.debian.org/r/rio500/news/20050729T123432Z.html (cf. http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2005/06/msg00014.html), the package had an RC bug(s) that was not cared for. Because the source package is no longer in a supported version of Ubuntu, the maintainers can no longer care for it in a timely fashion.