Thanks for your reply. Yes, my usb key it's a generic pen drive, and I experienced the same problem both with my laptop and with other two desktop. The OS is always Ubuntu 8.04.
Here the output of uname -a command: Linux alessandro 2.6.24-18-generic #1 SMP Wed May 28 20:27:26 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux and lsusb: Bus 005 Device 024: ID 067b:2515 Prolific Technology, Inc. Flash Disk Embedded Hub Bus 005 Device 023: ID 046d:0892 Logitech, Inc. Bus 005 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Bus 004 Device 002: ID 1241:1166 Belkin optical mouse w/ scrollwheel Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Thanks, Alessandro -- Cannot read my pen drive usb https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/301116 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs