Same problem here! #lsusb Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0db0:4011 Micro Star International Medion Flash XL V2.0 Card Reader ...and lots of messages in errorlog too. Btw, I have trouble with addon-storage on HAL too, generating a lot of messages in /var/log/messages: # ps afx |grep hal 2584 ? Ss 0:01 /usr/sbin/hald --daemon=yes 2593 ? S 0:00 \_ hald-runner 2817 ? S 0:00 \_ hald-addon-input: Listening on /dev/input/event3 /dev/input/event2 /dev/input/event1 /dev/input/event7 /dev/input/event6 /dev/input/event5 2926 ? S 0:00 \_ hald-addon-storage: polling /dev/sdc (every 2 sec) 2944 ? S 0:00 \_ hald-addon-storage: polling /dev/sdd (every 2 sec) 2948 ? S 0:00 \_ hald-addon-storage: polling /dev/sdf (every 2 sec) 2952 ? S 0:00 \_ hald-addon-storage: polling /dev/sde (every 2 sec) 2965 ? S 0:00 \_ hald-addon-acpi: listening on acpid socket /var/run/acpid.socket 2994 ? S 0:00 \_ hald-addon-storage: polling /dev/sr0 (every 2 sec) 4473 ? S 0:01 \_ kdeinit4: kwrite [kdeinit] /home/jan/.kde4/Autostart/halrepair 4755 pts/1 S+ 0:00 \_ grep hal These message occur even when addon-storage is nog connected. My workaround here: # sudo killall hald-addon-storage But this is not a workaround for this new problem, which occurs after upgrading to Ubuntu 9.10 from 9.04. Hope problem(s) can be solved. Some output: lshal |grep Card info.product = 'Medion Flash XL V2.0 Card Reader' (string) usb_device.product = 'Medion Flash XL V2.0 Card Reader' (string) scsi.model = 'SM/XD Card SM' (string) udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_serial_Generic_SM_XD_Card_SM_AAAA12345678_0_3' block.storage_device = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_serial_Generic_SM_XD_Card_SM_AAAA12345678_0_3' (string) info.product = 'SM/XD Card SM' (string) info.udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_serial_Generic_SM_XD_Card_SM_AAAA12345678_0_3' (string) storage.model = 'SM/XD Card SM' (string) storage.serial = 'Generic_SM_XD_Card_SM_AAAA12345678-0:3' (string) scsi.model = 'SD Card MMC/SD' (string) udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_serial_Generic_SD_Card_MMC_SD_AAAA12345678_0_2' block.storage_device = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_serial_Generic_SD_Card_MMC_SD_AAAA12345678_0_2' (string) info.product = 'SD Card MMC/SD' (string) info.udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_serial_Generic_SD_Card_MMC_SD_AAAA12345678_0_2' (string) storage.model = 'SD Card MMC/SD' (string) storage.serial = 'Generic_SD_Card_MMC_SD_AAAA12345678-0:2' (string) scsi.model = 'MS Card MS' (string) udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_serial_Generic_MS_Card_MS_AAAA12345678_0_1' block.storage_device = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_serial_Generic_MS_Card_MS_AAAA12345678_0_1' (string) info.product = 'MS Card MS' (string) info.udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_serial_Generic_MS_Card_MS_AAAA12345678_0_1' (string) storage.model = 'MS Card MS' (string) storage.serial = 'Generic_MS_Card_MS_AAAA12345678-0:1' (string) scsi.model = 'CF Card CF' (string)