System Does Not Recognize Any USB Devices After Device Unplug and Re-Insertion

I just recently upgraded to openSUSE 12.1. However, when I unplug that same device and re-insert it in any USB port, it refuses to recognize that a USB device has been plugged in. (The system does normally recognize a USB device when plugged in without removal.) In addition to this, after unplugging that USB device and plugging a different USB device in any port, the system does not recognize that a USB device has been plugged in. What could be the problem?

Here is my system information:
Kernel: 3.1.10-1.16-desktop

Thanks for your help.

On 2012-07-14 02:56, Paranelsus wrote:
>
> I just recently upgraded to openSUSE 12.1.

How exactly?

Online upgrade method
Offline upgrade method

> However, when I unplug that
> same device and re-insert it in any USB port, it refuses to recognize
> that a USB device has been plugged in.

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Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 11.4 x86_64 “Celadon” at Telcontar)

Upgrade

Online incorrectly through YaST and then correctly through “zypper -dup”

More details here:
http://forums.opensuse.org/english/get-technical-help-here/install-boot-login/476435-login-errors-after-upgrade-update-opensuse-12-1-a-2.html

Log
What log are you looking for? /var/log/messages? /bin/dmesg?
Also, not to sound to naive, but how would I prove to you that the system did not recognize a USB using the logs, since after checking /var/log/messages and dmesg, nothing is printed when a USB is re-inserted.

Also, I am on a 64-bit machine. Sorry for not mentioning that in my system information.

Thanks!

Why did you start a new thread, when the one you linked to was asking similar questions? In fact, you haven’t answered Henk’s request there, and yet this could be very relevant to the problems you’re experiencing. In fact, I’d be inclined to back up your /home directory, and start with a fresh install. This reads like a bad system upgrade, with inconsistent or missing packages. (For example, problems with udev could cause symptoms like this).

On 07/14/2012 06:36 AM, deano ferrari wrote:
> I’d be inclined to back up your /home directory, and start with
> a fresh install.

+1

Deano’s advice is probably the only likely to be successful approach to
solve this problem…

botched upgrades from one version to the next are a nasty way to loose
lots of time trying to figure out what all got smashed…

i’d just also recommend doing this http://tinyurl.com/2ebcf27 before
the next install attempt, and be sure and do the format implied by his
“backup … fresh install” otherwise, you are likely to leave old bones
lying in the corners, waiting to cause more problems down the line…


dd

On 2012-07-14 06:36, deano ferrari wrote:
>
> Why did you start a new thread, when the one you linked to was asking
> similar questions? In fact, you haven’t answered Henk’s request there,
> and yet this could be very relevant to the problems you’re experiencing.
> In fact, I’d be inclined to back up your /home directory, and start with
> a fresh install. This reads like a bad system upgrade, with inconsistent
> or missing packages. (For example, problems with udev could cause
> symptoms like this).

I concur.

It is possible to do upgrades that work: I have been doing it for years. But the OP did it
incorrectly and is a mess to repair.

As to what log: THE log, obviously, the messages file. Plug a device, unplug it, replug it.
Show the log from the first insertion.

But that is moot now.


Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 11.4 x86_64 “Celadon” at Telcontar)

So in this case there is no way to avoid a fresh installation? Is it possible that I can re-install udev or some related packages?

On 2012-07-15 22:26, Paranelsus wrote:

> So in this case there is no way to avoid a fresh installation? Is it
> possible that I can re-install udev or some related packages?

It is very difficult to know.

Apparently you did a fresh dup with only oss and non-oss repos active, and that did not work -
and that’s the only possible repair option.

Well, there is another drastic method, which is to boot with the DVD, and choose the option
“upgrade installed system”. The procedure will deactivate all repos, do not reactivate them
during the procedure. I have used this procedure on occasion, successfully. After that you will
have to add the needed repos, but only the needed ones. Like packman.

I can not guarantee results.

General doc:
Offline upgrade method


Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 11.4 x86_64 “Celadon” at Telcontar)