lost usb/dvd on gutsy->hardy upgrade

[James Tappin]

On Fri, 27 Jun 2008 23:50:06 +0200
"Jonas Norlander" <jonorland at gmail.com> wrote:

JN> 2008/6/27 Greg  Gamble <gregg at maths.uwa.edu.au>:
JN> > Thanks for the reply Pablo,
JN> >
JN> > $ lsmod | grep usb
JN> > usb_storage            82496  0
JN> > libusual               23520  1 usb_storage
JN> > usbhid                 35296  0
JN> > hid                    44992  1 usbhid
JN> > usbcore               169904  6 usb_storage,libusual,usbhid,ehci_hcd,ohci_hcd
JN> > scsi_mod              178488  5 usb_storage,sg,sr_mod,sd_mod,libata
JN> >
JN> > $ lsmod | grep cdrom
JN> > cdrom                  41512  1 sr_mod
JN> >
JN> 
JN> Hi Greg!
JN> 
JN> You say you lost USB but exactly what is it that dont work for you?
JN> It looks like it has detected and loaded the drivers for your USB. To
JN> see what USB devices you have connected you can run the lsusb command
JN> from a console.

The other thing that may be worth doing is running:
tail -f /var/log/messages
in a terminal and watching to see if any messages are generated when you plug in  device.


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