On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 10:35:59AM -0500, J wrote:
> > I've had Linux for almost 2 months and am substantially less confused than > > I was. YAY! I've been using Windows since the very beginning of Windows & > > DOS before > > that so I'm pretty literate in Windows. I'm also not afraid of this > > machine! I have a laptop & have tried to get it to recognize a USB floppy > > drive without success. Well, that's what I tell my users--when I walk over, and the problem has magically stopped, I say, "They're like dogs and horses--you can't show them fear." > > FWIW, Ubuntu is not terribly floppy friendly anymore as floppies have > really gone the way of the dodo. It may be that you just need to load > the proper driver (maybe it's usb_floppy?? I don't recall) or it could > be something else. > > In general terms, however, a USB device is a USB device and floppies > have historically just worked. So this is not proper behaviour > (IMHO). I tend to agree with the second paragraph. > > Open a terminal > Run the command "lsusb" > Plug the floppy in and wait a few seconds (does the floppy light up > when you plug it in indicating it's getting power?) > Run the "lsusb" command again and see if the floppy appears in the output > > You can also look at the logs (/var/log/messages or /var/log/syslog) > and see if there are errors that appear when you plug the floppy drive > in. What I do to trouble shoot USB is run dmesg |tail after plugging it in--this usually gives me some information. -- Scott Robbins PGP keyID EB3467D6 ( 1B48 077D 66F6 9DB0 FDC2 A409 FA54 EB34 67D6 ) gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys EB3467D6 ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [email protected] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
