Comment 21 for bug 589133

Thanks for the comments....I have completed the above 'apport-collect' instructions. I now find that not only are my usb sticks not recognized but none of my external usb 2.5 inch HDD's are recognised(-although they all light up...showing that they are powered on).

As regards the power status of my usb sticks....that seems to be OK - the small red flashing light in the stick blinks several times when I plug it in...just like it always does...so it must be getting power from the laptop.

It may be relevant to inform you that I had a graphics problem when I upgraded from 9.10 to 10.04....my screen went black after restart. This was eventually resolved by adding 'i915.modeset=1' to 'quiet splash' in a line of the grub menu. 10.04 graphics now boot without a problem.