A question and a problem Ubuntu 8.10

[jimf]

Question:
How does one automatically load KOrganizer upon boot?


Problem:

My desktop fails to recognize any USB memory stick when I plug it in.
(My USB connected mass storage is detected and usable).
Is there a system or a boot log that I can look at to see if there are any initialization errors?

Thanks

[devils casper]

How does one automatically load KOrganizer upon boot?

You can add its entry in Session. Look for it in Prefrences menu.

My desktop fails to recognize any USB memory stick when I plug it in.
(My USB connected mass storage is detected and usable).
Is there a system or a boot log that I can look at to see if there are any initialization errors?

tail -s 3 -f /var/log/messages
dmesg | less

[jimf]

Thank you for your answer Devils Casper
The answer to the question works perfectly.

The USB problem still persists. (sort of)
I have an ultra hub (separately powered) working OK, and plugged into one of the ports on the back of the PC, however the ports on the front panel seem to be inoperative (they work OK in xp)
I noticed a warning message in the messages log. I'm not sure if this may be causing a problem.

Heres the warning message:

 Warning! ehci_hcd should always be loaded before uhci_hcd and ohci_hcd, not after

the ehci_hcd statements are logged after uhci_hcd


Also there is one group of messages that indicate a usb hub error

hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found
[    3.156470] hub 5-0:1.0: 8 ports detected
[    3.205920] hub 1-1:1.0: hub_port_status failed (err = -71)
[    3.206912] hub 1-1:1.0: hub_port_status failed (err = -71)
[    3.207916] hub 1-1:1.0: hub_port_status failed (err = -71)
[    3.209519] hub 1-1:1.0: hub_port_status failed (err = -71)

I'm not sure how to identify which ports belong to which plugs on my PC let alone to what (err = -71) refers.

Any comments on the messages?