Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3566 mails)

[John O'Gorman <john@xxxxxxxx>]

> > > But, on opensuse 10.2, the device does not even seem to be noticed by
> > > the system (does not register with lsusb or dmesg).
> > 
> > John, you might try the new kernel that was posted about within the last
> > three days, where usbfs is re-enabled.
> 
> This kernel changes absolutely nothing with hotplugging USB Storage Deviecs.
>  
> > I think that 10.2 sort of leaves mounting up to the desktop software (kde) or
> > something, because if I plug in a usb drive at runlevel 3 I get results 
> > similar to yours.
> 
> It should show up in lsusb from the start even so.

Is an enabled usbfs a necessary (if not sufficient) condition for USB
HDDs?

Note on this same system USB memory sticks still work fine. It's just
the external USB enclosure which makes no impression.

John
> 
> Ciao, Marcus

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