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USB ports not working

Asked by Ernesto Mata

I took a perfectly working (although aging) HP Pavilion XT938 (RAM 1GB -maxed out-, 40GB HD), deleted Win XP and installed the 3 flavors of Ubuntu (11.04). As I was trying to transfer data files into the machine, I found that the USB ports would not work, neither the ones in the back (4 USB 1.1 from factory) nor the ones in the front (4 USB 2.0, an upgrade). I haven't gotten to the point of verifying if transferring files through Ethernet is possible, but no USB access is a major limitation for me. What is the proper procedure to make the USB 2.0 to work on Ubuntu?

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ahambidge (ahambidge) said : 		#1

Hello,

Go to the Synaptic Package Manager and uninstall usbmount.

This worked for me.

Regards,

Allan :)

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Ernesto Mata (ejmata305) said : 		#2

Thanks Allan. But I think my problem was that I did not have usbmount installed, so I installed it and it seems to be working.

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ahambidge (ahambidge) said : 		#3

Hello,

As long as it works that is what counts. I will reinstall usbmount and see if it conflicts.

Regards,

Allan :)