That would do it. I think it was 'messages' on my old thinkpad (ubuntu). i find that most of the time the information gets printed on the open console instantaneously as I plug the usb-key in. On 8/15/05, Martin Hicks <mort [ at ] bork [ dot ] org> wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 09:24:58AM -0400, Oren Mazor wrote: > > i'm not sure if this is relevant as I've never used a usb wireless > > adapter, but I would assume that when you plug a usb device in, it > > gets reported in some logfile with all the relevant information as to > > the newly created device and some of its properties. > > > > I think its /var/log/messages, but as I'm on a mac right now I cant > > double check. > > depends on the distro. On debian it would be in /var/log/kern.log > > mh > > -- > Martin Hicks || mort [ at ] bork [ dot ] org || PGP/GnuPG: 0x4C7F2BEE >