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USB hard drive hangs during read / writes in Ubuntu 8.10

Submitted by benl on Thu, 07/02/2009 - 12:12
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same issue as
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=797789
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=163716

official bug is at:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.20/+bug/88746
and
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/264789?comments=all

tried this first:

sudo modprobe -r ehci_hcd

then tried (as root)

echo -1 >/sys/module/usbcore/parameters/autosuspend
shutdown -r now

neither worked. hrmph. next up did

umount /dev/sdb1
fsck /dev/sdb1

USB problems with VMWare Server 2 and Ubuntu 8.10 - AKA how I got my webcam to work in vmware

Submitted by benl on Thu, 03/05/2009 - 10:39
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Can't get VMWare to recognize your USB devices even though you added them to your virtual machine in the VMWare console?

1) sudo gedit /etc/fstab/
2) Add this at the bottom

# code to get VMWare to recognize USB devices
usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs auto 0 0
none /proc/bus/usb usbfs devgid=46,devmode=664 0 0

3) Save and close gedit, then sudo shutdown -r now to reboot.
4) When you reopen VMWare you might have to manaully connect to the USB device in question...(In my case, the camera)

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