thank you SO much. I will try these suggestions and check back in! kate --- In [email protected], Scott <scottro@...> wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 10:35:59AM -0500, J wrote: > > > > > I've had Linux for almost 2 months and am substantially less confused > > > than I was. YAY! I've been using Windows since the very beginning of > > > Windows & DOS before > > > that so I'm pretty literate in Windows. I'm also not afraid of this > > > machine! I have a laptop & have tried to get it to recognize a USB floppy > > > drive without success. > > Well, that's what I tell my users--when I walk over, and the problem has > magically stopped, I say, "They're like dogs and horses--you can't show > them fear." > > > > > > FWIW, Ubuntu is not terribly floppy friendly anymore as floppies have > > really gone the way of the dodo. It may be that you just need to load > > the proper driver (maybe it's usb_floppy?? I don't recall) or it could > > be something else. > > > > In general terms, however, a USB device is a USB device and floppies > > have historically just worked. So this is not proper behaviour > > (IMHO). > > I tend to agree with the second paragraph. > > > > > Open a terminal > > Run the command "lsusb" > > Plug the floppy in and wait a few seconds (does the floppy light up > > when you plug it in indicating it's getting power?) > > Run the "lsusb" command again and see if the floppy appears in the output > > > > You can also look at the logs (/var/log/messages or /var/log/syslog) > > and see if there are errors that appear when you plug the floppy drive > > in. > > > What I do to trouble shoot USB is run dmesg |tail > > after plugging it in--this usually gives me some information. > > > -- > Scott Robbins > PGP keyID EB3467D6 > ( 1B48 077D 66F6 9DB0 FDC2 A409 FA54 EB34 67D6 ) > gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys EB3467D6 >
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