Kernel 2.6.10 and later issues with USB

[thephotoman]

Magnus Therning wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 07, 2005 at 01:22:02AM -0500, thephotoman wrote:
> 
>>Cybe R. Wizard wrote:
>>
>>>On Tue, 06 Sep 2005 21:05:54 -0500
>>>thephotoman <rantman_2000 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>>That's the kernel I use, too.  Not using Gnome, though, I have to:
>>>>>sudo gnome-volume-manager  <password>
>>>>>in a terminal before plugging in my USB stuff and all is cool.
>>>>>Cybe R. Wizard
>>>>
>>>>Nope,  Problem not fixed.
>>>
>>>You do have hal installed?  Cybe R. Wizard
>>
>>Yeah.  I do.
> 
> 
> I've had problems with USB storage devices not showing up. The problem
> was that two host controllers where loaded. If 'lsmod|grep hcd' shows
> both uhci_hcd and ehci_hcd then try sticking one of them in a file in
> /etc/hotplug/blacklist.d/ (I chose to blacklist ehci_hcd). Hope it
> helps.
> 
> /M
> 
> 
Having some trouble blacklisting the services.  Could I get a pointer on 
that?