That probably means your device doesn't provide the same ID when it is reconnected.
On Sat, 15 Feb 2003, Kostas Anagnostopoulos wrote: > > I have a Disk On Key 128MB on Linux 2.4.18-3, Red Hat 7.3 ,works fine > when plugged for the first time. After unplugging it and replugging it > it is impossible to mount it again. The commands mount /dev/sda1 > /mnt/diskonkey or fdisk -l /dev/sda hang and I cannot even reboot (I > have to switch off the machine) > > Each time it is replugged it is attached to a new device. From > /var/log/messages: > Feb 15 00:49:37 m kernel: usb.c: USB disconnect on device 2 > Feb 15 01:00:11 m kernel: hub.c: USB new device connect on bus1/1, assigned device >number 3 > [root@m usb]# ls -l /proc/bus/usb/001/ > total 1 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 18 Feb 15 01:01 001 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 18 Feb 15 01:01 003 > > why is a new device assigned? Isn;t this strange? How can it be > avoided and which /dev is the key attached each time? > > > -- /------------------------------------+-------------------------\ |Stephen J. Gowdy | SLAC, MailStop 34, | |http://www.slac.stanford.edu/~gowdy/ | 2575 Sand Hill Road, | |http://calendar.yahoo.com/gowdy | Menlo Park CA 94025, USA | |EMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Tel: +1 650 926 3144 | \------------------------------------+-------------------------/ ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users
