[GRLUG] usb stuff

[Michael Mol]

On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 3:04 PM,  <topher at t1kdevelopment.com> wrote:
> I have a sansa clip that works great in linux.  Every now and again though,
> plugging in USB things seems to not be noticed, or only half noticed by my
> system.
>
> For example, my clip is usually loaded at /dev/sdb when I plug it in.  At
> the moment, it doesn't get anything at all in /dev/.  However, lsusb lists
> it just fine.
>
> What might be broken, and what should I restart to get it back?
>
> Topher

Check dmesg. It could be a race condition where the device doesn't get
itself initialized before the kernel/hotplug/udev asks it for some
stuff related to creating device nodes.


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