On Sat, 2004-10-02 at 00:21, Temlakos wrote: > Next question: Do I need a card reader designed for USB 1.1 and not 2.0? > If so, I guess I'll mock up another search on eBay... No you don't. A USB 2.0 device will usually fall back to 1.x modes -- the designers of the spec are not _that_ naive... And even if it wouldn't fall back, there's no reason at all it should trigger a kernel panic! As a first shot, can you pls connect the reader only without a medium in it? What's happening then? Next, what reader do you have? And, is it mentioned here: http://www.linux-usb.org/ ? Further, is the USB hardware on your motherboard officially supported by the kernel? HaJo -- HaJo Schatz <hajo@xxxxxxxx> http://www.HaJo.Net PGP-Key: http://www.hajo.net/hajonet/keys/pgpkey_hajo.txt