m...@mweb.co.za wrote: > Hi Peter > > > > I had a similar problem with my Fujitsu Siemens laptop. Try opening up > Terminal and type in lsusb and then press enter. I do this for my usb > ports to be recognised. Sometimes I have to do this 3 or 4 times before > it sees my usb ports. I am running Ubuntu 9.10 and I still have to do > this. I have no idea why this is so. > > > > Hope this helps! Let me know how it goes. > > > > ----- Original Message ------ > From:komputes > Sent:Wednesday, December 30, 2009 20:37 > To:J Peter Graham jpg...@gmail.com; laptop-testing-team@lists.ubuntu.com; > Subject:Re: Acer laptop > > > > J Peter Graham wrote: > > >> Hi, >> > > >> I'm new to Ubuntu and have installed Ultimate Edition 2.4 and cannot seem to >> > > >> get any of my usb port to work. This includes the ports and card reader and >> > > >> the build in web camera. >> > > >> I have an Acer Aspire 5100 using AMD Turion 64x2 mobile techology not sure >> > > >> what other info you need? >> > > >> I have been to the hardware under system and it does show the usb >> > > >> controllers and ports and the card reader... cannot find anything about the >> > > >> web camera. >> > > > > >> Thanks for any suggestions that you might be able to give me to make this >> > > >> work. >> > > > > >> Peter >> > > > > > > That's odd Peter, have you tried booting from the standard 32-bit (x86) > > Desktop CD to see if the USB ports are recognized. Try Karmic (9.10) and > > if that doesn't work Jaunty (9.04) should I would recommend the official > > Ubuntu release: > > http://releases.ubuntu.com/karmic/ > > http://releases.ubuntu.com/jaunty/ > > > > Let us know how it goes. > > > > Cheers, > > > > -komputes > > > > (]( -. .- )[) > > > > > > Moki,
Are you also having this issue with 9.04? Can you test the LiveCD to check, or even install 9.04 on a usb key and boot from it to test this out. If not a physical issue, I would suspect this is a kernel bug starting in karmic. I can check for bugs reported against the USB controllers if you guys (Moki & Peter) provide the output of this command (please paste the output onto pastebin.ubuntu.com to keep emails short and clean): $ lspci -nnk Cheers, -komputes (]( -. .- )[) -- laptop-testing-team mailing list laptop-testing-team@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/laptop-testing-team
