On Wed, Nov 15, 2006 at 10:20:37PM +1300, Ron Dean wrote:
Ian McDonald wrote:
On 11/15/06, Ron Dean <rvdean(a)ihug.co.nz> wrote:
I foolishly used a usb 1 device on my computer and since then have not been able to use my usb 2 card reader or my pen drive or usb hard drive. I rebooted with the devices plugged in but they still weren't detected.
Normally there is nothing "wrong" with doing this, a USB 1 device will just make all the USB devices on the same controller run at the slower USB1 speed instead of the much faster USB2 speed. (There are also USB1.1 devices that run at the slower speed but allow the other devices on the same controller to run at the proper speed.)
They didn't work from the live cd but a small piece fell out of the front usb port. Maybe thats the reason it wouldn't work and its also effecting the rear ports as well.
well that sounds much worse. that sounds like one of the ports has shorted and maybe damaged the controller. If it's a laptop, try removing the battery and power and leave it off for a few minutes (I had a laptop that had a usb port accidentally shorted that wouldn't power back on until we did that.) If it's a new enough machine (either laptop or desktop), it should have multiple controllers so at least some of the ports should still work, so you can buy an external USB hub if you need to attach more USB devices to it. (Also, I might be entirely wrong and there is no permanent hardware damage. Check the system log for any messages from the usb drivers, eg "dmesg | less") John