Suggested Subject for Talk at BLU Meeting

[Martin Owens]

This is a problem which is specific to your computer and perhaps a few
other computers since many many people use the mass storage device
specification for all sorts of devices from ipods, phones, hard drives
and usb memory sticks so it might be worth investigating the problem
on your computer; is this a laptop or a desktop and are you able to
bring it with you?

It might have been a good idea to a have attended the linux install
fest which is specifically set up for these kinds of issues, next one
is in 3 months right?

If you want to conduct some self admin and see what dmesg is doing you
might have an odd fault in your kernel which an upgrade may solve.

Best Regards, Martin Owens

On 11/03/07, paul_jameson at comcast.net <paul_jameson at comcast.net> wrote:
> Hi Christoph,
>
> I have been having persistent difficulty using a usb memory stick with a number of different Linux distributions, eg. Ubuntu, Mepis, Kubuntu. A short time after recognizing and opening the stick the system will close the stick and reopen it in another window. It might then close and reopen the stick more than 10 times in 5-10 minutes.
>
> This has been a major impediment to the utility of Linux for me.  I would like to transfer information between work and home on a usb stick but I can't do it. I find I have to use MS Windows to usefully transfer information.
>
> Jerry Feldman said this was a known problem with the gnome desktop, but I've had it with a kde desktop also.
>
> I would very much appreciate it if you would address this subject in your Linuxsoup talk. How does one reliably use a usb stick with Linux?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Paul Jameson
>
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