from a shell in Ubuntu right after you plug it in, if you run sudo dmesg, does the usb device show up? <div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 7:27 PM, bfdamkoehler <<a href="mailto:bfdamkoehler@sbcglobal.net">bfdamkoehler@sbcglobal.net</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> Does anything show up in /var/log/messages when you plug in the USB cable? When you unplug it? The fact that the blue light lights up seems to indicate that at least part of the USB is working (newer USB drives don't tend to power up unless a USB cable is plugged in). Have you tried a different USB cable? Ian Walker wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> Sounds to me like the USB bridge could be bad. Pop the drive out and put it into a known-good enclosure? -- Ian Walker Sent from my mobile. On Jun 13, 2010, at 3:34 PM, Richard Houser <<a href="mailto:rick@divinesymphony.net" target="_blank">rick@divinesymphony.net</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> Bring it to the bbq? On 6/13/10, Frank Dolinar <<a href="mailto:frank.dolinar@comcast.net" target="_blank">frank.dolinar@comcast.net</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> Hi, everyone, I'm trying to get at the data on an IOMega HDD040 desktop HD. The device appears to be functional, nice blue LED on top tells me it's getting power and a very low level hum indicating This is a USB device and I've tried connecting to it from WinXP, Ubuntu 9.10, and Mac OS X, to no avail. It is utterly invisible. The IOMega site indicates that there is no separate driver for this device because it's a USB device and such drivers are built into modern operating systems. That's the theory anyway. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks, Frank *----------------------------------------------------------------* * Frank Dolinar <a href="mailto:frank.dolinar@comcast.net" target="_blank">frank.dolinar@comcast.net</a> * * nanoSteps, LLC <a href="http://www.nanosteps.net" target="_blank">www.nanosteps.net</a> * * PO Box 886 517.351.1899 * * East Lansing, MI 48826-0886 * *----------------------------------------------------------------* * Toward the future, one small step at a time. * *----------------------------------------------------------------* </blockquote> -- Sent from my mobile device _______________________________________________ linux-user mailing list <a href="mailto:linux-user@egr.msu.edu" target="_blank">linux-user@egr.msu.edu</a> <a href="http://mailman.egr.msu.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-user" target="_blank">http://mailman.egr.msu.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-user</a> </blockquote> _______________________________________________ linux-user mailing list <a href="mailto:linux-user@egr.msu.edu" target="_blank">linux-user@egr.msu.edu</a> <a href="http://mailman.egr.msu.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-user" target="_blank">http://mailman.egr.msu.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-user</a> </blockquote> _______________________________________________ linux-user mailing list <a href="mailto:linux-user@egr.msu.edu" target="_blank">linux-user@egr.msu.edu</a> <a href="http://mailman.egr.msu.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-user" target="_blank">http://mailman.egr.msu.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-user</a> </blockquote></div>