[capty99]

ubuntu laptop.

not the newest release, whatever the last one was called.
dapper drake?

anyways,
cant get anything i plug into the usb ports to work,
not a new problem,
just has never worked.

trying to get an external dvd drive to plug in so i can get to edgy eft or w/e the heck its called.

thanks.

[Amadeus]

Meaning no offense, but are you mounting the USB devices (or the usb folder), or just plugging in?

[capty99]

hey complete noob when it comes to anything linux so im just plugging them in.
i know im gonna be retarded on it.

[capty99]

okay,
tried mounting.
still getting nothing.
it doesn't even seem to recognize the usb ports are there.

[Nova Dragoon]

run the command
dmesg
then plug something into a usb port
then run dmesg again, it should have some info about any hardware events

[capty99]

[17268425.852000] usb 4-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 6
[17268425.984000] scsi4 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
[17268425.984000] usb-storage: device found at 6
[17268425.984000] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
[17268431.096000] usb 4-1: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 6
[17268431.340000] usb 4-1: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 6
[17268431.584000] usb 4-1: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 6
[17268431.716000] usb-storage: device scan complete

put it in tags for sanity sake.

so its there.


hey put a hold on this thread,
im going to install fiesty flamingo.

then i may or may not have another question.


thanks.

if i post agian, please take a look.