You could try unmounting it (as root): umount /media/usb-blah-blah-blah I think hotplug would then redetect it when you plug it back in. You definitely shouldn't have to reboot. Jon -- Jonathan Brooks (Ph.D.) Dept of Human Anatomy & Genetics & FMRIB Centre, University of Oxford tel/fax: 01865-282675 http://www.fmrib.ox.ac.uk/~jon -----Original Message----- From: eddie [mailto:eddie.howson@dsl.pipex.com] Sent: 01 October 2004 08:34 To: suse-linux-e@suse.com Subject: [SLE] re-detecting USB flash drive After removing my flash drive, if I reinsert it my system fails to find it. Is there a way of getting my system to rescan the USB ports, without doing a reboot? TIA Eddie -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com

* eddie [10-01-04 02:35]:

After removing my flash drive, if I reinsert it my system fails to find it. Is there a way of getting my system to rescan the USB ports, without doing a reboot?

as root: rchotplug restart -- Patrick Shanahan Registered Linux User #207535 http://wahoo.no-ip.org @ http://counter.li.org HOG # US1244711 Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/photos

* eddie [10-01-04 11:19]:

Tried rchotplug restart but doesn't help.

If you have the flash drive plugged into an extension cable, unplug the *cable* from the computer, wait ~2 minutes and replug it with the flash drive connected. Wait ~1 minute and try again. If it's still not there, try 'rchotplug' again. -- Patrick Shanahan Registered Linux User #207535 http://wahoo.no-ip.org @ http://counter.li.org HOG # US1244711 Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/photos