[Novalug] repeating key problem, usb flashdrive related

[Ed James]

Dan,

    I'm guessing not.  I replaced the USB keyboard with a PS/2 keyboard
and tried again.  The flashdrive blinks several times, then goes dark.
The machine knows there's a USB mass storage device plugged in, but
I can't figure which /dev/xxxx thingie it is - tried all the usual
tricks, but "mount" borks with a

    mount: /dev/sda1 is not a valid block device

ditto for sda, sdbx, and painfully so on.

    So, I'm doing the natural thing and recompling the kernel.  Seems
this is a fairly common problem, based on Google.  The solution isn't
common, though. :P

Ed James

Quoting Dan Arico <dan_arico at aricosystems.com>:

> On Thu June 7 2007 9:32 pm, Ed James wrote:
>> All,
>>
>>     Got an old Pentium II with RedHat 9 on it.  Has a USB keyboard,
>> works fine.  Insert a USB flashdrive into the next USB port and the
>> keyboard borks: hit one key and that key repeats itself until the
>> flashdrive is yanked out of the USB port.  Flashdrive works fine on my
>> other computers. Any clues, advice, rays of hope?
>>
>> Ed James
>
> Low voltage on the port?
>
> Dan Arico
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