[CentOS] plug in USB device no longer noticed by system

Thu May 1 22:26:56 UTC 2014
Fred Smith <fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us>

On Thu, May 01, 2014 at 02:39:19PM -0400, Fred Smith wrote:
> Hi all!
> 
> My C6 box seems to have developed this problem somewhere during recent
> weeks. not quite sure when, but I've noticed it several times lately.
> 
> Whenever I plug in a USB device, be it a camera or a HD or a mouse,
> nothing happens. I mean nothing. /var/log/messages doesn't show any
> activity, lsusb does not show the new device.
> 
> Back at the start of Feb I did move the raid1 pair of HDs to a new
> motherboard, so I suppose it could go back that far. I did try to
> make sure everything was working at that time, and I can't remember
> if I verified that USB autodiscovery was working. But it for sure
> isn't now.
> 
> I use a USB keyboard and USB mouse, but they seem to be discovered
> at boot time and work fine thereafter. but adding any other devices
> after boot isn't working.
> 
> I'd appreciate thoughts on how to troubleshoot/fix this.
> 
> thanks!

Hmmm. the problem seems to have gone away after a reboot.

Never mind! :)
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