[Gllug] Dell Problems

[Robert]

On 15/04/12 22:31, Christopher Hunter wrote:
> On Sun, 2012-04-15 at 22:21 +0100, Christopher Hunter wrote:
>> All
>>
>> My neighbour wants to try Ubuntu on his Dell Latitude D830 after the
>> usual Windows disasters.  A quick install of the latest Ubuntu was
>> entirely successful except for one issue - the USB ports don't work.  
>>
>> We recovered a whole lot of media from the hard drive of the laptop
>> before formatting it, and now want to restore it using a USB stick.
>>
>> All the USB devices I've tried work OK on my machines, but cannot be
>> seen by this Dell.  Any suggestions?
>>
> One bit of further information - a USB mouse plugged into the ports
> works OK.  It just seems to be storage media that it can't "see".
>
> Chris
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Hi Chris,

Like Keith said, plug in the USB drive, check the tail end of your dmesg
log to see if it is detected and just not mounted.

If so:
A quick search on the web for "linux auto mount usb" will give you the
step by step guide you need to get working as you desire.


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