I am using Ubuntu 12.04. When I mount a USB flash drive, my laptop does not recognise those devices. Can you help me to solve this problem?lsusb output:
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 008 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0bda:0158 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. USB 2.0 multicard reader
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 04f2:b091 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd Webcam
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 7614:1236If you need more details just ask :( sorry but i really new in ubuntu >"< give me some specific details please... thanks
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There is probably a problem with the drive, or the partition/MBR is messed up.
After you plug it in, enter this in the terminal:
dmesg | tail
what does it say? Usually from the error message you can tell what the problem is.
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