In a previous message, Tom Emerson wrote:
see if you can determine the device "ID" using a program such as "usbview" [X-windows] or poking around /proc/bus/usb
Hmmm. usbview doesn't seem to work (terminal just sits there after issuing the command) and trying to open /proc/bus/usb causes the filer to hang. Perhaps this is telling me that there's a problem in my usb system? Anyhow, did you mean the vendor and device IDs, which were in my original email? They are: vend/prod - 0x7c4/0xac01. Using KDE's control centre, I've had a look at what's happening. With the device unplugged, the "SCSI" information section contains one device (my cd writer): Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00 Vendor: Memorex Model: Twelve MAXX 1032 Rev: LSXA Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02 When I plug in the card reader, I find that there is a new entry: Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00 Vendor: Generic Model: USB SC Reader Rev: 2.00 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 This suggests to me that the device is actually being recognised by the system. I have tried mounting /dev/sr1 (assuming that, because the CDRW is scsi0 and mounts from /dev/sr0, the card reader at scsi1 will mount from /dev/sr1) but this says that this is an unknown device. If I try to access the USB information section, it hangs the app, just like usbview or opening /proc/bus/usb. FWIW, here is the relevant line from my fstab: usbdevfs /proc/bus/usb usbdevfs noauto 0 0 The KDE control centre also shows an oddity with my USB controller in the info section - it lists it as "Via Technologies, Inc. (Wrong ID) USB controller". Thanks, John -- John Pettigrew Headstrong Games john@headstrong-games.co.uk Fun : Strategy : Price http://www.headstrong-games.co.uk/ Board games that won't break the bank Knossos: escape the ever-changing labyrinth before the Minotaur catches you!