feisty laptop not recognising usb stick

[Karl Goetz]

Peter Schwenke wrote:
> Hi Karl,
> 
> Karl Goetz wrote:
>> hi all,
>> I got given a feisty laptop which has stopped recognising usb sticks.
>>
>> When i gave it to the person, usb worked fine. they say they unmounted a
>> usb stick (or eject, whatever the feisty GUI says), waited a few seconds
>> then pulled it out.
>> Since then its not accepted new usb sticks, and the kernel doesnt seem
>> to look.
> 
> So it's not appearing in /proc/partitions?
> 
sorry for the delay -
no it wasn't. However, when i plugged in a pcmcia card and removed it,
usb came back to life... bleh.
I've returned the laptop to the person, so hopefully its not a
reoccurring thing.
kk

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Karl Goetz
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