Carl Lowenstein wrote: > I just got a new USB disk drive and have encountered some interesting > problems trying to use it. If I connect it to my Dell mini-server, > everything works as expected (it appears as /dev/sdc and can be put > through the usual fdisk, mkfs routine) After that, the disk is > mounted and an icon appears on the desktop. Fedora Core 3, kernel > 2.6.12-1.1378_FC3smp. > > Trying it on my Thinkpad laptop either on the built-in USB1.1 ports or > through a CardBus USB2.0 adapter, I get no indication that the drive > can be used. Fedora 7, kernel 2.6.22.5-49 Text from dmesg: > new high speed USB device > device not accepting address > > Trying it on my Presario laptop, built-in USB2.0 ports. If I boot the > system with the drive connected it appears as /dev/sdb, is mounted as > /media/usbdisk and can be used. If I unmount it (from the GUI) > /dev/sdb goes away and I can't get it back. Ubuntu 7.10, kernel > 2.6.22-14. If I unplug it and re-plug, nothing happens. Not even new > text from dmesg. > > I think I need a method for re-initializing the USB system without > rebooting the computer. > > Various Google expeditions have not helped me. This was supposed to > be a half-hour getting the new drive set up. So far it has been about > 6 hours with some time off for dinner.
What model drive is it? Not a Seagate FreeAgent, is it? Justaguess: # rmmod usb_storage && modprobe usb_storage Regards, ..jim -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
