Other host already uses address -

[Partha]

On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 08:29:34AM -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote:
>>
>        I have another problem! The thumb drives are not being properly
>        detected. They show up in lsusb are listed under Gnome "Places"
>        but do not appear on the desktop? I believe they should show up
>        under /media, ll or cd there results in "No such file or directory"
>
>        I'm beginning to think I've found a computer that doesn't work
>        with Linux? Is there such a thing ... If there is I would find it!
>



when you plug them in does something appear in /var/log/messages ? 

what does fdisk -l show ?

can you mount them manually ?