> On 08/06/2009 01:22 PM, Steven P. Ulrick wrote: > > Hello Everyone > > I am running a Fedora 11 system based on the Supermicro SuperWorkstation > > 5046AXB. It has approximately 10-12 USB ports, with two on the front of the > > machine that are very handy for my camera and card reader. Unfortunately, those > > two ports in front seem to have disappeared as far as Fedora is concerned. I > > can plug my card reader into a port in the back and it automounts right away. > > But plugging anything into the front two ports does nothing. Nothing in > > /var/log/messages, nothing... Just to be sure I unplugged the cable that those > > two ports are connected to and plugged it back into the motherboard. Still > > nothing. My bios is set to support 12 USB ports. > > The really strange thing is that I have knowingly done nothing to cause this. > > The only thing that I can think of is that I just installed a DVD burner and > > perhaps something got damaged then. Unfortunately I can't remember if I have > > used those USB ports since I put the DVD burner in. I have even tried booting > > into a different kernel, to see if that might be the issue. No joy... > > I'm hoping it is as simple as getting a new one of the removable unit that > > contains any optical drives I might have, in addition to the power button, reset > > button, two USB ports and assorted lights. > > > > Thank you in advance for anything you can do to help me :) > > > > Steven P. Ulrick > > > > > how about looking at dmesg output after boot, any burps in the hw > enumeration? Hello Jack Using the following command: "grep -i usb dmesg" I got the following: http://www.afolkey2.net/~steve/dmesg-20090806 "grep -i hub dmesg" returned the following: hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found hub 1-0:1.0: 6 ports detected hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found hub 2-0:1.0: 6 ports detected hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found hub 3-0:1.0: 2 ports detected hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found hub 4-0:1.0: 2 ports detected hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found hub 5-0:1.0: 2 ports detected hub 6-0:1.0: USB hub found hub 6-0:1.0: 2 ports detected hub 7-0:1.0: USB hub found hub 7-0:1.0: 2 ports detected hub 8-0:1.0: USB hub found hub 8-0:1.0: 2 ports detected Anyone's help in interpreting all of this is greatly appreciated. Steven P. Ulrick -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
