I have a SimpleTech 256MB USB 2.0 flash drive I received for Christmas 2 years ago and it has been working GREAT with Windows XP (on a machine with USB 1.1) on our desktop machine and on my Ubuntu Dapper Laptop (which has USB 2.0). I recently wiped XP off the desktop and installed Ubuntu Edgy. Edgy does NOT detect the drive. I tried Dapper on the desktop machine and yielded the same result. What can I do to fix that issue?

Now, my wife has a Sandisk Cruzer Micro M2 512 MB USB 2.0 flash drive and her drive is detected on the Edgy machine, however on the desktop of my Gnome session both a USB device and a CD Rom device icon appears when the flash drive is plugged in. What gives?

Thanks!!!

The appearance of device icons on the desktop is a configuration parameter. Do the devices show up in /media when you plug them in?

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The Sandisk device works great and is listed in /media/. When I plug in the Simpletech drive, the led on the flash drive will go on an off (10 seconds on...10 seconds off). The Simpletech device is NOT detected nor is it listed in /media. Could it be that I need to use a different USB driver for my system? If so, what do I change it to?

Thanks!

The driver for USB card readers is a standard part of Linux and has been around for a while. I've never seen your problem. Almost sounds like it's trying to read that card but can't. I have one Kingston SD that over time stopped working in my Palm PDA but works alright in my Canon camera and with my card reader. I've tried that Kingston card in two different models of Palm, TE2 and Zire 71, it fails in both. I have no solution. I'm curious if anyone else has seen this kind of behavior with SD cards.