On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 10:44 AM, steve <[email protected]> wrote: > On 11/17/2009 10:07 PM, Kussh Singh wrote: > To verify what is happening, open a terminal and execute > $ tail -f /var/log/messages > > I did that but no change was detected in the var/log/messages even while the drive was plugged and unplugged a few times.
Now connect the disk and then check the output on the terminal, if the > system > detects /anything/ connected to the USB port the event would be logged. If > the > system detects the disk but start complaining with something like > 'DiskReadError' (I don't know the exact strings ...but something to that > effect) > ...then it's time to dig out that warranty card/purchase receipt. > > If you don't get any such messages, paste the messages you get here and we > can > debug this further. > > I will try again with the USB 2 ports and see if its a USB1 vs USB2 issue. Thanks for the help. > cheers, > - steve > > Regards, Kussh -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
