USB Detection Problem in Red hat Linux

[Ramchandra]

I am facing an issue with my Linux Operating System.My USB Port is not getting detected.I have also tried to go in Computer at GNOME Mode.But still not able to use it.Can anyone solve my Problem.

Following are my PC configuration.
Intel 2.4 Ghz
Original Intel 865 Motherboard.
512mb RAM
120gb HDD.

[Casey]

Sure i will help you out may i know which version are you using ?

[Ramchandra]

I am Using RED hat linux 4.6 version

[Dr. V]

You may need to alter the BIOS settings for the USB controllers so that Linux will be alterted to automount the drive. Also, if the drive has an NTFS file system on it, you will need to manually mount the drive. I would Prefer you to upgrade to RedHat 5.2 (the current version)? It handles this stuff much better.

[Harshavardhan]

We will assume your running a kernel that supports
both USB and SCSI Disk (sd_mod). Once you plug in the USB drive, wait 10 seconds and type dmesg, the output should list a new devices at /dev/sd_ and it will likely be /dev/sda, but that is up to the OS/udev to decide. Once you know that your usb drive is /dev/sda, then you can mount it with mount -t vfat /dev/sda /mnt/usb assuming you have /mnt/usb created. You could mount it to any empty path you choose.

[Ramchandra]

Thanks a lot it worked for me and i will update it to Redhat 5.2