usb devices only mounted or recognized during startup
Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 8:34 am
hello all
this is my first time posting a topic on a linux forum since starting to run it month or so ago. So far the books I have google and persistence have either showed me what could be done or couln't be...but with this I just have no idea where to start.
I am running Mint LTS 5 on an IBM Thinkcentre, the install went superbly, I already have a little experience with Debian so I was able to configure everything i needed very quickly but there is one thing odd i have noticed......
*****USB devices can only be recognized or mounted if they are loaded into the ports during boot up!
You can't plug in a mouse, controller or external hard drive after booting and have the system recognize it.
This is a minor, but extremely irritating problem as I am going to be needing to use flash drives a lot over the next few weeks.
Things have noted that may be of help in solving the problem:
- The computer is also dual booting windows xp which is able to recognize the devices normally.
- lsusb lists nothing at all in the ports where devices are connected AFTER booting
- I have verified that all the usb ports all DO work, none are "dead" or disconnected.
- I checked dmesg to see if there was anything odd during boots that might be related, nothing odd, (but I AM a noob soo...if any one thinks those results might be useful I can post them.. )
If anyone has any ideas for how to fix this, or any commands I could try to get some me more information, I would REALLY appreciate it as it is the only thing I really need to do to have this computer fully capable of handling my everyday tasks.
"zug zugzug zug uzug zug" ('l-l')
this is my first time posting a topic on a linux forum since starting to run it month or so ago. So far the books I have google and persistence have either showed me what could be done or couln't be...but with this I just have no idea where to start.
I am running Mint LTS 5 on an IBM Thinkcentre, the install went superbly, I already have a little experience with Debian so I was able to configure everything i needed very quickly but there is one thing odd i have noticed......
*****USB devices can only be recognized or mounted if they are loaded into the ports during boot up!
You can't plug in a mouse, controller or external hard drive after booting and have the system recognize it.
This is a minor, but extremely irritating problem as I am going to be needing to use flash drives a lot over the next few weeks.
Things have noted that may be of help in solving the problem:
- The computer is also dual booting windows xp which is able to recognize the devices normally.
- lsusb lists nothing at all in the ports where devices are connected AFTER booting
- I have verified that all the usb ports all DO work, none are "dead" or disconnected.
- I checked dmesg to see if there was anything odd during boots that might be related, nothing odd, (but I AM a noob soo...if any one thinks those results might be useful I can post them.. )
If anyone has any ideas for how to fix this, or any commands I could try to get some me more information, I would REALLY appreciate it as it is the only thing I really need to do to have this computer fully capable of handling my everyday tasks.
"zug zugzug zug uzug zug" ('l-l')