Estou com problema parecido. Meu Ubuntu 5.10 parou de montar dispositivos removíveis sem nenhum motivo aparente.
Executei o comando citado e recebi isso aqui de resposta, mas não sei interpretar:
henrique@quartodohenrique:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/hotplug status
Password:
* Hotplug status... PCI Status for kernel: Linux 2.6.12-10-386 i686
PCI up; bus count is 2
USB Status for kernel: Linux 2.6.12-10-386 i686
USB up; bus count is 3
T: Bus=04 Lev=00 Prnt=00 Port=00 Cnt=00 Dev#= 1 Spd=480 MxCh= 6
P: Vendor=0000 ProdID=0000 Rev= 2.06
S: Manufacturer=Linux 2.6.12-10-386 ehci_hcd
S: Product=VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0
S: SerialNumber=0000:00:10.3
I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=hub
T: Bus=03 Lev=00 Prnt=00 Port=00 Cnt=00 Dev#= 1 Spd=12 MxCh= 2
P: Vendor=0000 ProdID=0000 Rev= 2.06
S: Manufacturer=Linux 2.6.12-10-386 uhci_hcd
S: Product=VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (#3)
S: SerialNumber=0000:00:10.2
I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=hub
T: Bus=02 Lev=00 Prnt=00 Port=00 Cnt=00 Dev#= 1 Spd=12 MxCh= 2
P: Vendor=0000 ProdID=0000 Rev= 2.06
S: Manufacturer=Linux 2.6.12-10-386 uhci_hcd
S: Product=VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (#2)
S: SerialNumber=0000:00:10.1
I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=hub
T: Bus=02 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=01 Cnt=01 Dev#= 5 Spd=1.5 MxCh= 0
P: Vendor=0b38 ProdID=0010 Rev= 1.00
I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=03(HID ) Sub=01 Prot=01 Driver=usbhid
I: If#= 1 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=03(HID ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=usbhid
T: Bus=01 Lev=00 Prnt=00 Port=00 Cnt=00 Dev#= 1 Spd=12 MxCh= 2
P: Vendor=0000 ProdID=0000 Rev= 2.06
S: Manufacturer=Linux 2.6.12-10-386 uhci_hcd
S: Product=VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller
S: SerialNumber=0000:00:10.0
I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=hub
T: Bus=01 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=01 Cnt=01 Dev#= 13 Spd=12 MxCh= 0
P: Vendor=10d6 ProdID=1100 Rev= 1.00
S: Product=USB 2.0(FS) FLASH DISK
S: SerialNumber=USB 2.0(FS) FLASH DISK
I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 2 Cls=08(stor.) Sub=05 Prot=50 Driver=usb-storage
USB Drivers Loaded:
hiddev
hub
sn9c102
usb
usbfs
usbhid
usblp
usb-storage
khubd/hotplug thread:
F S UID PID PPID C PRI NI ADDR SZ WCHAN TTY TIME CMD
1 S 0 1893 1 0 75 0 - 0 hub_th ? 00:00:00 khubd
Module Size Used by
nls_iso8859_1 4224 0
jfs 157764 0
xfs 499256 0
exportfs 5376 1 xfs
reiserfs 217200 0
hfs 42756 0
hfsplus 72708 0
nls_cp437 5888 3
vfat 12288 1
fat 46492 1 vfat
isofs 32824 0
udf 75524 0
sd_mod 17424 1
usb_storage 64704 1
scsi_mod 124872 2 sd_mod,usb_storage
af_packet 20232 0
rfcomm 34972 0
l2cap 22404 5 rfcomm
bluetooth 43012 4 rfcomm,l2cap
speedstep_lib 4228 0
cpufreq_userspace 4444 0
cpufreq_stats 5124 0
freq_table 4484 1 cpufreq_stats
cpufreq_powersave 1920 0
cpufreq_ondemand 5916 0
cpufreq_conservative 6820 0
video 16004 0
tc1100_wmi 6916 0
sony_acpi 5516 0
pcc_acpi 11392 0
hotkey 9508 0
dev_acpi 11396 0
i2c_acpi_ec 5760 0
button 6672 0
battery 9604 0
container 4608 0
ac 4996 0
ipv6 217408 17
pcspkr 3652 0
rtc 11832 0
floppy 52692 0
sn9c102 67108 0
videodev 9344 1 sn9c102
usbhid 30688 0
usblp 11776 0
snd_seq_dummy 3844 0
snd_seq_oss 29440 0
snd_seq_midi 8608 0
snd_seq_midi_event 6656 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 44688 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_via82xx 25792 3
gameport 14472 1 snd_via82xx
snd_ac97_codec 72188 1 snd_via82xx
snd_pcm_oss 46368 0
snd_mixer_oss 16128 2 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 78344 4 snd_via82xx,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer 21764 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc 10120 2 snd_via82xx,snd_pcm
snd_mpu401_uart 6784 1 snd_via82xx
snd_rawmidi 22816 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_mpu401_uart
snd_seq_device 8204 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi
snd 48644 14 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_via82xx,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device
soundcore 9184 2 snd
i2c_viapro 7696 0
i2c_core 19728 2 i2c_acpi_ec,i2c_viapro
via_ircc 23700 0
irda 159804 1 via_ircc
crc_ccitt 2176 1 irda
shpchp 80612 0
pci_hotplug 24628 1 shpchp
via_agp 9472 1
agpgart 32328 1 via_agp
nls_utf8 2176 4
ntfs 92016 1
dm_mod 50364 1
tsdev 7616 0
evdev 9088 0
psmouse 26116 0
mousedev 10912 1
parport_pc 31812 1
lp 11460 0
parport 32072 2 parport_pc,lp
md 40656 0
ext3 115976 1
jbd 48536 1 ext3
thermal 13192 0
processor 23100 1 thermal
fan 4740 0
ehci_hcd 29448 0
uhci_hcd 28048 0
usbcore 104316 7 usb_storage,sn9c102,usbhid,usblp,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd
via_rhine 20356 0
mii 5248 1 via_rhine
ide_cd 36996 0
cdrom 33952 1 ide_cd
ide_disk 16128 5
ide_generic 1664 0
via82cxxx 12188 1
ide_core 125268 5 usb_storage,ide_cd,ide_disk,ide_generic,via82cxxx
unix 24624 1027
vesafb 8088 0
capability 5000 0
commoncap 6784 1 capability
vga16fb 12232 1
vgastate 8320 1 vga16fb
softcursor 2432 2 vesafb,vga16fb
cfbimgblt 2944 2 vesafb,vga16fb
cfbfillrect 3840 2 vesafb,vga16fb
cfbcopyarea 4480 2 vesafb,vga16fb
fbcon 34176 72
tileblit 2560 1 fbcon
font 8448 1 fbcon
bitblit 5248 1 fbcon
INPUT status for kernel: Linux 2.6.12-10-386 i686
INPUT devices:
I: Bus=0011 Vendor=0002 Product=0005 Version=0000
N: Name="ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse"
P: Phys=isa0060/serio1/input0
H: Handlers=mouse0 event0 ts0
I: Bus=0010 Vendor=001f Product=0001 Version=0100
N: Name="PC Speaker"
P: Phys=isa0061/input0
H: Handlers=kbd event3
I: Bus=0003 Vendor=0b38 Product=0010 Version=0100
N: Name="0b38:0010"
P: Phys=usb-0000:00:10.1-2/input0
H: Handlers=kbd event1
I: Bus=0003 Vendor=0b38 Product=0010 Version=0100
N: Name="0b38:0010"
P: Phys=usb-0000:00:10.1-2/input1
H: Handlers=kbd event2
INPUT handlers:
N: Number=0 Name=kbd
N: Number=1 Name=mousedev Minor=32
N: Number=2 Name=evdev Minor=64
N: Number=3 Name=tsdev Minor=128
NET Status for kernel: Linux 2.6.12-10-386 i686
NET devices:
eth0
eth2
lo
sit0
* done.