Does Ubuntu support USB 1.0?
I have a 16 GB 1.0 USB Stick in titanium with leather bound, which i happen to love. I know it works in Vista (of all things) but in Ubuntu 11.04 (i also have gnome 3, if that may affect, but am fairly certain I tried before) it is not detected. I have also run sudo commands in the terminal to search for it and it does not show up, nor when I login as root.
Due to the slow speed I only use it for HTML/CSS/PHP and a backup of Software Setups in case I break something and need to get my setup back without an internet connection.
Toshiba Satellite-Pro L300 1F-J (with upgraded RAM).
3 USB 2.0 Ports, 2 on the left, one on the right, all tested.
$ sudo lsusb generates:
Bus 008 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0011:7788
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
$ dmesg appends:
[ 79.868026] usb 2-3: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2
[ 80.150509] usbcore: registered new interface driver uas
[ 80.174803] Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
[ 80.174934] scsi6 : usb-storage 2-3:1.0
[ 80.175941] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
[ 80.175945] USB Mass Storage support registered.
[ 81.184276] scsi 6:0:0:0: Direct-Access Generic Flash Disk 8.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
[ 81.184790] sd 6:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
[ 81.187989] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] 32768000 512-byte logical blocks: (16.7 GB/15.6 GiB)
[ 81.188829] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
[ 81.188834] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 03 00 00 00
[ 81.188836] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[ 81.191324] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[ 81.207084] sdb:
[ 81.212388] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[ 81.212395] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
USB 1.0 is upward compatible so this should not be a problem.
It's possible that the partition table on the USB stick is corrupted and that Windows is being less picky about it than Linux.
See if the "Disk Utility" application (palimpsest) shows your hardware when you connect it. See if it recognises the partitions. See if the "Mount Volume" button works.
If it's seeing the hardware OK, one thing you could try is
- Backup the files on the stick from Windows
- Boot into Linux
- Reformat and repartition the drive from palimpsest
- Copy the files back onto it from Windows
Some USB sticks are supplied with custom partition schemes (like U3 sticks) and this might also be confusing things - again, you could try repartitioning the drive.
To answer your title, yes, Ubuntu (11.xx or anything) supports USB 1.0, so the problem is probably somewhere in your BIOS.
Ensure that you have legacy USB support enabled (if your BIOS has the option). If that is enabled, then it is likely a software related issue, and you should report a bug in that case.