Wont recognize usb stick

[donaldfarkas]

i got an ibm 8173-kub and i just installed simply mepis 8.0 and when i plug in usb stick before i turn on computer then it will recognize it but when the computer is on and i plug in a usb stick it wont show up on my desktop. ny ideas?

[devils casper]

Plug-in stick and execute this in Terminal :

tail -s 3 -f /var/log/messages

Does it recognize stick and assign any drive letter to it? Post output here.

[donaldfarkas]

root@user:/home/User# tail -s 3 -f /var/log/messages
Dec 11 09:26:04 user -- MARK --
Dec 11 09:30:38 user kernel: usb 1-5: USB disconnect, address 4
Dec 11 09:30:38 user kernel: scsi 2:0:0:0: [sdb] READ CAPACITY failed
Dec 11 09:30:38 user kernel: scsi 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Result: hostbyte=0x01 driverbyte=0x00
Dec 11 09:30:38 user kernel: scsi 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Sense not available.
Dec 11 09:30:38 user kernel: scsi 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
Dec 11 09:30:38 user kernel: scsi 2:0:0:0: [sdb] READ CAPACITY failed
Dec 11 09:30:38 user kernel: scsi 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Result: hostbyte=0x01 driverbyte=0x00
Dec 11 09:30:38 user kernel: scsi 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Sense not available.
Dec 11 09:30:38 user kernel: scsi 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off

i have 10 of these machines and they all have the same problem i tried few different usb stick and i know the usb sticks work

[svinoba]

May be a 'hotplugging' issue? Did you try with any other another distro?

[donaldfarkas]

May be a 'hotplugging' issue? Did you try with any other another distro?

well i have a compaq machine which as the same distro on it and no issue with this problem. so must be related to the chipset the ibm are using. thats my guess. On a side note i realy want to go with SimplyMepis on this cause I feels more XP like which more users are used to and are more willing to to try it.