Here is what 2 hotplug events looked like on my machine: Nov 5 14:02:25 localhost kernel: usb 1-1: new high speed USB device using address 3 Nov 5 14:02:25 localhost kernel: SCSI subsystem initialized Nov 5 14:02:25 localhost kernel: Initializing USB Mass Storage driver... Nov 5 14:02:25 localhost kernel: scsi0 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices Nov 5 14:02:27 localhost hald[2651]: Timed out waiting for hotplug event 308. Rebasing to 310 Nov 5 14:02:29 localhost scsi.agent[22675]: disk at /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb1/1-1/1-1:1.0/host0/0:0:0:0 Nov 5 14:02:29 localhost kernel: Vendor: WDC WD20 Model: 0BB-00DEA0 Rev: 0 0 Nov 5 14:02:29 localhost kernel: Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Nov 5 14:02:29 localhost kernel: usbcore: registered new driver usb- storage Nov 5 14:02:29 localhost kernel: USB Mass Storage support registered. Nov 5 14:02:29 localhost kernel: SCSI device sda: 39102336 512-byte hdwr sectors (20020 MB) Nov 5 14:02:29 localhost kernel: sda: assuming drive cache: write through Nov 5 14:02:29 localhost kernel: sda: sda1 Nov 5 14:02:29 localhost kernel: Attached scsi disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 Nov 5 14:02:35 localhost fstab-sync[22763]: added mount point /media/usbdisk for /dev/sda1 Nov 5 14:02:40 localhost kernel: usb 1-1: USB disconnect, address 3 Nov 5 14:02:40 localhost fstab-sync[22822]: removed mount point /media/usbdisk for /dev/sda1 Nov 5 14:02:41 localhost kernel: usb 1-1: new high speed USB device using address 4 Nov 5 14:02:41 localhost kernel: scsi1 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices Nov 5 14:02:41 localhost kernel: Vendor: WDC WD20 Model: 0BB-00DEA0 Rev: 0 0 Nov 5 14:02:41 localhost kernel: Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Nov 5 14:02:41 localhost kernel: SCSI device sda: 39102336 512-byte hdwr sectors (20020 MB) Nov 5 14:02:42 localhost kernel: sda: assuming drive cache: write through Nov 5 14:02:42 localhost kernel: sda: sda1 Nov 5 14:02:42 localhost kernel: Attached scsi disk sda at scsi1, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 Nov 5 14:02:42 localhost scsi.agent[22912]: disk at /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb1/1-1/1-1:1.0/host1/1:0:0:0 Nov 5 14:02:45 localhost fstab-sync[23005]: added mount point /media/usbdisk for /dev/sda1 I am getting USB 1.1 when it is really a USB2 device. Here is what my mounts look like: # mount /dev/sda1 tmp # cd tmp # mount /dev/sda1 tmp # cd tmp # ls index.html lost+found music pictures # cd .. # umount tmp # mount /media/usbdisk tmp mount: /media/usbdisk is not a block device <this is because /media/usbdisk is a file, not a block device, DOH ! On Fri, 2004-11-05 at 14:58 -0600, Thomas Cameron wrote: > 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 > -- Kim Lux (Mr.) Diesel Research Inc