[ltp] USB died on my T42p

[James Knott]

David Ayers wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> My usb ports suddenly went dead, and I suspect a hardware problem. I
> can boot several SUSE 9.2 systems, as well as Windows XP-Pro. None of
> them now recognize a usb device.
> 
> /proc/bus/usb/devices looks normal, except that when a usb device is
> plugged in, nothing happens. Hotplug is enabled, and there is no clue in
> the boot message that I can see. 
> 
> Before I start fighting the battle with IBM, I would like to know if
> there are any diagnostics that would nail it down as a hardware
> problem (or not)?

Does the problem happen with only one device?  Or a few?