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Neil Winchurst wrote: > On Thu, 16 Nov 2006 19:58:09 +0000 > David Bell <grimpen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> They seem to be doing well and expanding. The better internal card readers >> connect directly to the USB connectors on the mobo, some earlier models had >> long leads which connected to the rear usb sockets. I bought my floppy/card >> reader from MISCO but they don't seem to have restocked the item. > >>> I will get back to you re the outcome. >>> >> Will look forward to that. My latest case, an <Antec>, has a very robust set >> of connectors from the front panel to the mobo and the usb sockets have >> worked happily with various hardware items. >> > I have started my research, only the chap who built my machine is away > until Tuesday. > > Meanwhile I have been looking at my USB ports info using kinfocenter. I > find that I have one marked EHCI with a speed of 480 Mbits/s. The other > three are marked OHCI with a speed of 12 Mbits/s. When I asked at the > shop I was told that all my USB ports should be set up as USB2, so they > should all be the same. > > Does anyone have any suggestions about this please? Yes dammit (sorry, 3rd attempt at sending this)- try plugging it in without X running, or at the very least press ctrl+alt+f1 and try it with X in the background. What do you get if plug it in while tailing /var/log/everything? (tail -f /var/log/everything) (might be a slightly different name (if there is no everything then try messages)). -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html