On Fri, 2004-06-04 at 21:17, Nadeem Bitar wrote: > On é, 2004-06-04 at 21:13 +0200, john brennan-sardou wrote: > > Hello, > > you are certainly not the only one with usb storage problems. With > > my Olympus camera I am getting the same message "non valid device" with > > /dev/sda1. I have just updated the kernel and it has done nothing. It is > > completely blocked, what is more my epson perfection scanner is not even > > seen at boot time in the usb chat. Usbview blocks, info in Kde blocks as > > well. I'm stuck on this one and on the verge of graphical suicide! > > John Brennnan-Sardou > > > > I had few usb storage problems that were solved by upgrading to > kernel 2.6.6-1.403. Now all my USB devices (external hard disk, memory > stick reader, and a multi-function printer) work perfectly. Well, i am running 2.6.5-1.358 and i am having a *lot* of problems. Besides USB, i can't even log out x without freezing the whole system. However, you say you solved by upgrading: what version did you upgrade to and how? DId you compile? Can you give us more hints so that we can solve too? :) Thanks E.