USB, CD-writer not working any more

[shrek-m at gmx.de]

Antonio M schrieb:
> 2007/12/7, Antonio M <antonio.montagnani at gmail.com>:
>   
>> Really surprised: no USB key is working any more, no CD/DVD is mounted
>> any more, no sound as user.
>>
>>
>> One step forward, two steps backward??? Running F9T
>>
>> --
>> Antonio Montagnani
>> Skype : antoniomontag
>>
>>     
> CD writer is not found!!!! not only unmounted.
>
> Who/what caused all these troubles???
>
>   

what can you see if you plugin/out your usb-devices in /var/log/messages ?

# tail -f /var/log/messages
[...]
Dec  7 12:46:19 localhost kernel: usb 2-1: USB disconnect, address 2
[...]
Dec  7 12:46:32 localhost kernel: usb 2-1: new high speed USB device
using ehci_hcd and address 5
Dec  7 12:46:33 localhost kernel: usb 2-1: configuration #1 chosen from
1 choice
Dec  7 12:46:33 localhost kernel: scsi7 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass
Storage devices
Dec  7 12:46:38 localhost kernel: scsi 7:0:0:0: CD-ROM           
LITE-ON  DVDRW SOHW-1633S BS0H PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
Dec  7 12:46:38 localhost kernel: sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 48x/48x writer
cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
Dec  7 12:46:38 localhost kernel: sr 7:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg5
type 5


are the devices created ?
# ls /dev/scd*        (= scsi cd)
# ls /dev/sd*        (= scsi hdd)

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shrek-m