fishor: I went back to some of your earlier suggestions and did them. I wehnt to this web site and downloaded You can you try this ubuntu_kernel... http://rapidshare.com/files/29473557/linux-image-2.6.22-2-386_2.6.22-2.6_i386.deb
Then on terminal [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo dpkg -i linux-image-2.6.22-2-386_2.6.22-2.6_i386.deb Password: Selecting previously deselected package linux-image-2.6.22-2-386. (Reading database ... 88900 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking linux-image-2.6.22-2-386 (from linux-image-2.6.22-2-386_2.6.22-2.6_i386.deb) ... Done. Setting up linux-image-2.6.22-2-386 (2.6.22-2.6) ... Running depmod. update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.22-2-386 find: /lib/firmware/2.6.22-2-386: No such file or directory find: /lib/firmware/2.6.22-2-386: No such file or directory find: /lib/firmware/2.6.22-2-386: No such file or directory find: /lib/firmware/2.6.22-2-386: No such file or directory find: /lib/firmware/2.6.22-2-386: No such file or directory find: /lib/firmware/2.6.22-2-386: No such file or directory Running postinst hook script /sbin/update-grub. You shouldn't call /sbin/update-grub. Please call /usr/sbin/update-grub instead! Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub Testing for an existing GRUB menu.lst file ... found: /boot/grub/menu.lst Searching for splash image ... none found, skipping ... Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22-2-386 Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.20-15-generic Found kernel: /boot/memtest86+.bin Updating /boot/grub/menu.lst ... done [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ I then restarted Ubuntu and put a flash drive into USB (at boot time there was a message about a 'compressed kernal. but it came up.) I then ran these commands on terminal [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ md5sum linux-image-2.6.22-2-386_2.6.22-2.6_i386.deb b7e2909a2502b3a98f7fe39ba08cd6db linux-image-2.6.22-2-386_2.6.22-2.6_i386.deb [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ lsusb [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dmesg > my-demesg [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ The dmesg output is in the attachment. I didn't try the USB 2.0 idea. ** Attachment added: "my-demesg" http://librarian.launchpad.net/7590838/my-demesg -- Feisty can't access USB ports https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/112357 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs