On Fri, 2005-03-11 at 22:24 +0000, Paul wrote: > Hi, > > > Out of curiousity, can you try the 2.6.11 kernel at > > http://people.redhat.com/davej/kernels/Fedora/FC3/RPMS.kernel/ > > and let me know if that has the same problem ? > > Yep. Get the same problem. > > I have noticed that hald is failing to start on boot up, but I can start > it from a terminal window (this is using your version of the kernel, not > the rawhide version). However, the USB card reader still doesn't appear > - everything else does though (CD/DVD and Zip) Few questions: 1. does hald appear to work when starting from a terminal window? E.g. can you run lshal or hal-device-manager? (remember to run it as root with --daemon=no --verbose=yes --retain-privileges) 2. Is the situation the same with the 2.6.11-1.1177_FC4 kernel you original had problems with? In either case, please file a bug so we can take the discussion there. David