USB refuses to work

Scott J. Henson shenson at mix.wvu.edu
Mon Nov 20 00:18:52 UTC 2006


Serg B. wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I installed Edgy and my USB (flash) key and portable USB drive stopped working.
> 
> They work fine on Dapper (other machines in the house) so I know that
> the hardware is working fine. Also when I connect my iPod (also no
> longer recognised) it starts charging, keyboard and mouse work fine
> via USB so I know the USB ports work...
> 
> lsmod|grep usb shows the following:
> 
> :~$ lsmod | grep -i usb
> usb_storage            73408  0
> libusual               15632  1 usb_storage
> usbhid                 42464  0
> usbcore               130304  6 usb_storage,libusual,usbhid,ehci_hcd,ohci_hcd
> scsi_mod              141320  2 usb_storage,libata
> 
> 
> :~$ dmesg | grep -i usb shows the following:
> 

Can I see the last 20 lines of dmesg after you plug it in.
It looks like its working, but I can't see the pmount stuff
(aka creating /dev/sda and trying to mount stuff onto
there).  Can you mount the device manually?

-- 
Scott Henson
LCSEE Systems Staff
WVU MAE Undergraduate
Ubuntu User





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