My reply in the other topic was
Only on TTY1 means something special - but I don't know what
I saw reports on this error where different kernels or at least different distros gave different results
I'll take a look at the USB stuff
I think you have some hardware error but I'm not sure
This link is informative even if it speaks of a Thinkpad
http://community.livejournal.com/debian/335933.html
The drive you attach to USB is it externally powered or powered by USB?
In the later case you should try to use another cable and always use one of these cables that have two connectors in one end (to be plugged in two USB jacks that are on
different USB ports - if they are on the same port you don't get any extra umph)
Talking of umph - go into the BIOS and check the voltages in your computer - I can't tell you where to look as that varies, but it's in there somewhere - the 5 V should be between 4.75 and 5.25 V
This is highly educational - I find a lot of questions to ask people with problematic USB drives....
And according to this link
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+sour ... +bug/39449
the kernel in Intrepid handles this better
If you google for
you get lots of hits interesting ones too
From what I read I get the impression this is faulty hardware - it may not be detected in Windows
And here is an example of this problem in Win XP
http://www.computing.net/answers/hardwa ... 50493.html