>I thought that could be it until noticing the 40.0 GB capacity. > > Correct, the 40GB thing is not my card reader, but it's an external hard drive connected by firewire. >Should have asked before: What does "lsusb" show? Might find something >by googling the USB device information. > [root at localhost dave]# lsusb Bus 001 Device 008: ID 0b28:1002 Kenwood Corp. Bus 001 Device 007: ID 0b28:1001 Kenwood Corp. Bus 001 Device 006: ID 04a9:2207 Canon, Inc. CanoScan 1220U Bus 001 Device 005: ID 056a:0013 Wacom Co., Ltd Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0411:0059 MelCo., Inc. Bus 001 Device 003: ID 03eb:3301 Atmel Corp. 4-port Hub Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0451:1446 Texas Instruments, Inc. TUSB2040/2070 Hub Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 I think the card reader is listed under "Melco". My card reader is a "Buffalo" brand card reader, but I looked Melco up on the net, and it seems like the two brands are the same company. There's one other oddity here: Why is my Kenwood Audio device (a stereo that I can play computer audio with) showing up twice? Anyway, the Kenwood is working fine, so if it ain't broke... More importantly, is there anything I can do with this information about the Melco thing? Dave