On Fri, 2004-11-05 at 13:54 -0700, Kim Lux wrote: > Please show me System Tools->System Logs->System Log. The last few > messages concerning the USB hot plug event. It's exactly what I posted before, sorry there's nothing new there: Nov 5 14:10:29 thomas kernel: usb 1-1: new high speed USB device using address 2 Nov 5 14:10:29 thomas kernel: scsi3 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices Nov 5 14:10:29 thomas kernel: Vendor: HP Model: DVD Writer 200j Rev: 1.13 Nov 5 14:10:29 thomas kernel: Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Nov 5 14:10:29 thomas scsi.agent[6618]: cdrom at /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:04:03.2/usb1/1-1/1-1:2.0/host3/3:0:0:0 Nov 5 14:10:29 thomas kernel: sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 32x/32x writer cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray -- A: Because people read from top to bottom. Q: Why is top-posting bad? Thomas Cameron, RHCE, CNE, MCSE, MCT