On Sat, 2011-03-12 at 00:06 +0000, Martin Gregorie wrote: > On Fri, 2011-03-11 at 12:57 -0700, Linuxguy123 wrote: > > On Fri, 2011-03-11 at 19:49 +0000, Martin Gregorie wrote: > > <snip > > > > > > Does the dmesg display show what device name was assigned to the HPP-22 > > > somewhere in the next few lines? That's normally logged after a USB > > > device is plugged and recognised. It may be easier to spot if you run > > > the command "sudo tail -f /var/log/messages" before you plug the device > > > in - this should let you see all the HPP-22 related messages as that are > > > logged. Use Ctrl-C to exit from tail when you're done with it. > > > > Thanks for replying. > > > > That is the entire log for the plug in event. > > > OK. That shows that the kernel saw the device being plugged in but > didn't recognise what it was. In that case there is no driver defined > for the HPP-22. To me it looks as though the HPPP-22 contains a USB hub > and several connected USB devices but I could easily be wrong. Check > other threads about usblib etc. for similar threads and people who can > advise on how to create or find a driver. > Thanks ! I'll do that and report back.