I am following the instructions in http://openinkpot.org/wiki/SSHAccess to allow ssh access to my BeBook running openinkpot 2009 03 26.

I am pretty sure the ubuntu is a standard install. But it runs on a rather old P3 desktop with usb < 2.0.

I edited the /etc/network/interfaces file to include:

iface usb0 inet static
address 192.168.111.2
netmask 255.255.255.0


then try the ifconfig command:

ralph@en:~/BeBook$ ifconfig usb0 up
usb0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device

ralph@en:~/BeBook$ sudo ifconfig usb0 up
[sudo] password for ralph:
usb0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device

ralph@en:~/BeBook$ ifconfig -v usb0 up
usb0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
WARNING: at least one error occured. (-1)


As you can see I am not getting very far. My knowledge of these things is slight. Any help/suggestions are most welcomed

regards

See the dmesg output

Hi Dottedmag,

thanks for the suggestion.

I restarted the computer and ran dmesg. the output (rather long) is attached.


I tried the "ifconfig usb0 up" again, then dmesg, but there seem to be no additional messages.

regards.

USB 1.1 is more than enough.

From the dmesg I can conclude your computer does not see the device at all (just to make sure: did you plug it in in powered on state?) - try another USB cable and then another computer to figure out what exactly is broken.

For the reference, Linux output the following lines to the log when something like V3 is attached:

[763343.412071] usb 3-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 3
[763343.618604] usb 3-1: New USB device found, idVendor=0525, idProduct=a4a2
[763343.618613] usb 3-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
[763343.618619] usb 3-1: Product: RNDIS/Ethernet Gadget
[763343.618624] usb 3-1: Manufacturer: Linux 2.6.29-v3 with s3c2410_udc
[763343.618830] usb 3-1: configuration #1 chosen from 2 choices

Hi Dottedmag,

from your message I gather the BeBook should be plugged in to the PC via usb cable. From the help page I thought that step came later.

Anyway I tried a few things, hoping they might throw some light on the problem. Please see the transcript below.

Thanks for your interest. Regards.


transcript follows:



I started PC normally without BeBook connected.


ralph@en:~/BeBook$ dmesg
[ 0.000000] BIOS EBDA/lowmem at: 0009fc00/0009fc00
...
[ 33.916031] I will go on reclaiming the buffers anyway.
[ 98.479984] PPP BSD Compression module registered
[ 98.523041] PPP Deflate Compression module registered


### as before except for my dail up connection


### now I plug in BeBook (it is powered up & running openinkpot)


ralph@en:~/BeBook$ dmesg
[ 0.000000] BIOS EBDA/lowmem at: 0009fc00/0009fc00
...
[ 33.916031] I will go on reclaiming the buffers anyway.
[ 98.479984] PPP BSD Compression module registered
[ 98.523041] PPP Deflate Compression module registered
[ 939.984045] usb 1-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
[ 940.241874] usb 1-2: configuration #1 chosen from 2 choices
[ 940.380830] usb0: register 'cdc_ether' at usb-0000:00:1f.4-2, CDC Ethernet Device, 46:21:4f:bc:54:59
[ 940.381793] usbcore: registered new interface driver cdc_ether
ralph@en:~/BeBook$


### ok extra usb stuff



ralph@en:~/BeBook$ ifconfig usb0 up
SIOCSIFFLAGS: Permission denied

ralph@en:~/BeBook$ sudo ifconfig usb0 up
[sudo] password for ralph:

### no error message so assume command worked



ralph@en:~/BeBook$ dmesg
...
[ 940.381793] usbcore: registered new interface driver cdc_ether
[ 1104.544024] usb0: no IPv6 routers present


### one extra line.



ralph@en:~/BeBook$ ifconfig

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:02:a5:65:f7:89
...

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
...

ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
...

usb0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 46:21:4f:bc:54:59
inet6 addr: fe80::4421:4fff:febc:5459/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:468 (468.0 B)


### looks like new device is seen


### try ssh

ralph@en:~/BeBook$ ssh root@192.168.111.1
ssh: connect to host 192.168.111.1 port 22: Connection timed out


ralph@en:~/BeBook$ sudo ssh root@192.168.111.1
ssh: connect to host 192.168.111.1 port 22: Connection timed out






### ok now I restart the PC with the BeBook connected & powered on (running openinkpot - of course)


ralph@en:~/BeBook$ dmesg | grep usb
[ 1.166795] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[ 1.166847] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[ 1.166938] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[ 3.757860] usb usb1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 3.758345] usbcore: registered new interface driver libusual
[ 3.758440] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial
[ 3.758522] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial_generic
[ 3.758530] usbserial: USB Serial Driver core
[ 4.072205] usb 1-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
[ 4.298907] usb 1-2: configuration #1 chosen from 2 choices
[ 16.010280] usb0: register 'cdc_ether' at usb-0000:00:1f.4-2, CDC Ethernet Device, 46:21:4f:bc:54:59
[ 16.010370] usbcore: registered new interface driver cdc_ether


ralph@en:~/BeBook$ ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:02:a5:65:f7:89
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)


ralph@en:~/BeBook$ sudo ifconfig usb0 up
[sudo] password for ralph:


ralph@en:~/BeBook$ ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:02:a5:65:f7:89
...

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
...

usb0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 46:21:4f:bc:54:59
inet6 addr: fe80::4421:4fff:febc:5459/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:3 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:238 (238.0 B)




### try ssh again

ralph@en:~/BeBook$ sudo ssh root@192.168.111.1
ssh: connect to host 192.168.111.1 port 22: Network is unreachable
ralph@en:~/BeBook$

Ah, it's a known Ubuntu bug: use 'ifconfig usb0 192.168.111.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 up' once the device is plugged.

IIRC this way you won't need an entry in /etc/network/interfaces

Hi again,

this time success. Many thanks for your help. I look forward to messing around inside the BeBook.



transcript follows:



### unplug - then replug

ralph@en:~/BeBook$ sudo ifconfig usb0 192.168.111.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 up
[sudo] password for ralph:

ralph@en:~/BeBook$ ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:02:a5:65:f7:89
...
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
...
ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
...

usb0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 46:21:4f:bc:54:59
inet addr:192.168.111.2 Bcast:192.168.111.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::4421:4fff:febc:5459/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:25 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:3744 (3.7 KB)


### looks hopeful



ralph@en:~/BeBook$ sudo ssh root@192.168.111.1
The authenticity of host '192.168.111.1 (192.168.111.1)' can't be established.
RSA key fingerprint is 61:6b:2e:82:77:a7:d2:c0:d6:db:e8:fe:f9:17:cc:43.
Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? yes

Warning: Permanently added '192.168.111.1' (RSA) to the list of known hosts.
root@192.168.111.1's password:

Linux ip 2.6.28-v3ext #2 Wed Mar 18 11:00:05 UTC 2009 armv4tl unknown

IPlinux comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent
permitted by applicable law.
#
# ls
# pwd
/root

# echo $PATH
/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin

# env
USER=root
HOME=/root
LOGNAME=root
TERM=dumb
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
SHELL=/bin/sh
PWD=/root

# exit

Connection to 192.168.111.1 closed.

Great. I've updated SSHAcces wiki page.

Thanks again,

the wiki looks good. The previous reference to that bug really didn't help me. Now the solution is right where you need it.

Regards Lampadena

... use 'ifconfig usb0 192.168.111.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 up' once the device is plugged.

IIRC this way you won't need an entry in /etc/network/interfaces

This worked great for me, too. I've been trying (on and off) for several months to ssh into the BeBook on Ubuntu. Thanks, Dottedmag!