Steve, This time I plugged the pcmcia usb2.0 adapter with the cinergy T2 terratec usb cable already plugged in (am I clear ?) ;) so there the output of tail -f /var/log/messages : Dec 6 19:17:20 pastix_laptop kernel: PCI: Enabling device 0000:03:00.0 (0000 -> 0002) Dec 6 19:17:20 pastix_laptop kernel: ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:03:00.0[A] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11 Dec 6 19:17:20 pastix_laptop kernel: ohci_hcd 0000:03:00.0: NEC Corporation USB Dec 6 19:17:20 pastix_laptop kernel: ohci_hcd 0000:03:00.0: irq 11, pci mem 0x20800000 Dec 6 19:17:20 pastix_laptop kernel: ohci_hcd 0000:03:00.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 3 Dec 6 19:17:21 pastix_laptop kernel: hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found Dec 6 19:17:21 pastix_laptop kernel: hub 3-0:1.0: 1 port detected Dec 6 19:17:21 pastix_laptop kernel: PCI: Enabling device 0000:03:00.1 (0000 -> 0002) Dec 6 19:17:21 pastix_laptop kernel: ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:03:00.1[B] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11 Dec 6 19:17:21 pastix_laptop kernel: ohci_hcd 0000:03:00.1: NEC Corporation USB (#2) Dec 6 19:17:21 pastix_laptop kernel: ohci_hcd 0000:03:00.1: irq 11, pci mem 0x20801000 Dec 6 19:17:21 pastix_laptop kernel: ohci_hcd 0000:03:00.1: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 4 Dec 6 19:17:22 pastix_laptop kernel: hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found Dec 6 19:17:22 pastix_laptop kernel: hub 4-0:1.0: 1 port detected Dec 6 19:17:22 pastix_laptop kernel: PCI: Enabling device 0000:03:00.2 (0000 -> 0002) Dec 6 19:17:22 pastix_laptop kernel: ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:03:00.2[C] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11 Dec 6 19:17:22 pastix_laptop kernel: ehci_hcd 0000:03:00.2: NEC Corporation USB 2.0 Dec 6 19:17:22 pastix_laptop kernel: ehci_hcd 0000:03:00.2: irq 11, pci mem 0x20802000 Dec 6 19:17:22 pastix_laptop kernel: ehci_hcd 0000:03:00.2: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 5 Dec 6 19:17:22 pastix_laptop kernel: ehci_hcd 0000:03:00.2: park 0 Dec 6 19:17:22 pastix_laptop kernel: ehci_hcd 0000:03:00.2: USB 2.0 initialized, EHCI 1.00, driver 10 Dec 2004 Dec 6 19:17:22 pastix_laptop kernel: hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found Dec 6 19:17:22 pastix_laptop kernel: hub 5-0:1.0: 2 ports detected Dec 6 19:17:23 pastix_laptop kernel: usb 5-2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2 Dec 6 19:17:23 pastix_laptop pci.agent[5562]: ohci-hcd: already loaded Dec 6 19:17:24 pastix_laptop pci.agent[5599]: ohci-hcd: already loaded Dec 6 19:17:25 pastix_laptop usb.agent[5725]: usbcore: already loaded Dec 6 19:17:25 pastix_laptop pci.agent[5671]: ehci-hcd: already loaded Dec 6 19:17:25 pastix_laptop usb.agent[5655]: usbcore: already loaded Dec 6 19:17:29 pastix_laptop usb.agent[5809]: usbcore: already loaded Dec 6 19:17:29 pastix_laptop usb.agent[5804]: cinergyT2: loaded successfully Dec 6 19:17:29 pastix_laptop kernel: DVB: registering new adapter (TerraTec/qanu USB2.0 Highspeed DVB-T Receiver). Dec 6 19:17:29 pastix_laptop kernel: usbcore: registered new driver cinergyT2 Dec 6 19:17:29 pastix_laptop input.agent[5982]: evdev: already loaded Dec 6 19:17:30 pastix_laptop input.agent[5975]: evdev: already loaded Dec 6 19:28:00 pastix_laptop kernel: ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:02:00.0[A] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11 Dec 6 19:28:02 pastix_laptop kernel: ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:02:00.0[A] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11 Is it good ? thanks for your help Thierry -- Accro de libert? ? Visitez http://knoppix-fr.org et http://linucie.net/