The system does not detect it while watching /var/log/messages... and thanks for the actual command... newbies like myself like things like that. There is no line added to /etc/fstab either. On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 11:18:55 +0000 (GMT), T. Horsnell (tsh) <tsh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > If you watch /var/log/messages, (tail -f /var/log/messages as root) > do you see the system detect it when you plug in your USB device? > And there should also be a line added to /etc/fstab after > the device is inserted. Does this happen? > > Cheers, > Terry. > > > >Hello, > > > >Yes, I have tried rebooting repeatedly, but neither device is > >recognized by FC3 after downloading the updates. I gather that others > >are having similar problems, though there seems to be a workaround > >that looks like voodoo to me. As much as I would like to contribute, > >this is beyond me, so I will have to wait for those of you with more > >brains than I have to find and repair the problem. Hopefully, I won't > >need any backups for a while. > > > > > >On Wed, 02 Feb 2005 08:02:32 +0000, Rob Kirkbride > ><rob.kirkbride@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Dale Raby wrote on 02/02/2005 01:15: > >> > >> >I am running Fedora Core 3. > >> > > >> >Recently I ran Yum Update and now find that my USB storage devices (a > >> >Kingston "pen" drive" and an Iomega Zip 250 drive) are no longer > >> >detected by the system. I had this problem once before, and solved it > >> >by re-installing with the original disks and not updating. I suppose > >> >I could do the same thing again, but surely there must be a better > >> >solution that avoiding updates! > >> > > >> >Both devices worked fine previous to the updates, and they still work > >> >on the same hardware using Knoppix. > >> > > >> > > >> > >> Have you done a reboot following the updates?. I noticed when the > >> haldaemon was updated that a reboot was needed on one of my machines. If > >> you don't want to do a reboot you could do a /etc/rc.d/init.d/haldaemon > >> restart and see if that sorts things first. > >> > >> > >> Rob > >> > >> > > > >-- > >fedora-list mailing list > >fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > > >
