<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tr><td valign="top"><p>Usually, when something that used to work on my or a friend's linux computer, my suggestion is to check the system's update history against the time when the problem occurred (logic telling me that if things were fine yesterday but not today, then the update that I received at midnight this morning is probably the culprit).</p>
<p>Additionally: Verify that it isn't a failed USB port - I'd guess that you tried multiple ones, but that's just a guess. Make sure you're using a known good cable (it might charge a device even if an internal break ruined the communication channel). You mentioned that these are new devices - have they ever communicated via USB with your computers? I'd like to doubt it, but having been a Verizon customer in the past, nothing they did would surprise me now, including selling devices that were modified to not function properly without paying a monthly fee or a separate hardware purchase (especially if they want to sell you some kind of media streaming service); I only stayed with them as long as I did because I thought they were the "least worst," but that was before I discovered Republic Wireless and its ultra-cheap unlimited everything no-contact service.</p>
<p>Grab an older live distro disc, boot it, and try to access your devices via USB; if you cannot, the software isn't at fault. </p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
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<td valign="top"><BR> Ordinarily, if I put a USB plug into a port on <BR> any of my computers, it will either mount it, or <BR> display an icon on the desktop that I can click on<BR> to get a menu that includes mounting.<BR> <BR> Suddenly that's not happening any more. Not under <BR> xfce4 on Fedora 20, not on CentOS, and not on Mageia.<BR> <BR> I have two new gadgets, a Samsung Galaxy S3 mini phone, <BR> and a tablet I don't see a name on, both from Verizon<BR> a week or two ago.<BR> <BR> What is wrong? How and where do I fix it? I need these devices,<BR> especially the tablet, to be able to talk to my PCs,<BR> and incidentally get to terminals, if
only over a USB<BR> cable.<BR><BR><BR>-- <BR>Beartooth Staffwright, Neo-Redneck Not Quite Clueless Power User<BR>Remember I have precious (very precious!) little idea where up is.<BR><BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Xfce mailing list<BR><a ymailto="mailto:Xfce@xfce.org" href="javascript:return">Xfce@xfce.org</a><BR><a href="https://mail.xfce.org/mailman/listinfo/xfce" target=_blank >https://mail.xfce.org/mailman/listinfo/xfce</a><BR><a href="http://www.xfce.org" target=_blank >http://www.xfce.org</a><BR></td>
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