Arch Linux

I recently had to reinstall my system due to a corrupted pacman database.

This is the first time I used my usb sticks and cardreader since the reinstall, and the speed is very slow. It now takes 1.5 hours to transfer 100Mbs of data to and from my usb sticks.

This wasn't the case before I reinstalled: It only took under a minute to transfer 100+Mbs of data.

My fstab:
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#
# /etc/fstab: static file system information
#
# <file system> <dir> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
none /dev/pts devpts defaults 0 0
none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0

/dev/hda2 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/hda1 / jfs defaults 0 1
/dev/hda3 /home jfs defaults 0 1
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pmount.allow:
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# /etc/pmount.allow
# pmount will allow users to additionally mount all devices that are
# listed here.
/dev/sda
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dmesg:
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$ dmesg
Linux version 2.6.15-archck (root@sara) (gcc version 4.0.3 20051222 (prerelease)) #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun Mar 19 21:08:15 EST 2006
BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
BIOS-e820: 0000000000000000 - 000000000009fc00 (usable)
BIOS-e820: 000000000009fc00 - 00000000000a0000 (reserved)
BIOS-e820: 00000000000e4000 - 0000000000100000 (reserved)
BIOS-e820: 0000000000100000 - 000000003df40000 (usable)
BIOS-e820: 000000003df40000 - 000000003df50000 (ACPI data)
BIOS-e820: 000000003df50000 - 000000003e000000 (ACPI NVS)
BIOS-e820: 000000003e000000 - 0000000040000000 (reserved)
BIOS-e820: 00000000fff80000 - 0000000100000000 (reserved)
95MB HIGHMEM available.
896MB LOWMEM available.
On node 0 totalpages: 253760
DMA zone: 4096 pages, LIFO batch:0
DMA32 zone: 0 pages, LIFO batch:0
Normal zone: 225280 pages, LIFO batch:31
HighMem zone: 24384 pages, LIFO batch:3
DMI 2.3 present.
ACPI: RSDP (v000 MSI ) @ 0x000f8400
ACPI: RSDT (v001 MSI 1013 0x10282005 MSFT 0x00000097) @ 0x3df40000
ACPI: FADT (v002 MSI 1013 0x10282005 MSFT 0x00000097) @ 0x3df40200
ACPI: MADT (v001 MSI OEMAPIC 0x10282005 MSFT 0x00000097) @ 0x3df40300
ACPI: WDRT (v001 MSI MSI_OEM 0x10282005 MSFT 0x00000097) @ 0x3df40360
ACPI: MCFG (v001 MSI OEMMCFG 0x10282005 MSFT 0x00000097) @ 0x3df403b0
ACPI: SSDT (v001 OEM_ID OEMTBLID 0x00000001 INTL 0x02002026) @ 0x3df43700
ACPI: OEMB (v001 MSI MSI_OEM 0x10282005 MSFT 0x00000097) @ 0x3df50040
ACPI: DSDT (v001 MSI 1013 0x10282005 INTL 0x02002026) @ 0x00000000
ACPI: PM-Timer IO Port: 0x4008
ACPI: Local APIC address 0xfee00000
ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x01] lapic_id[0x00] enabled)
Processor #0 15:4 APIC version 16
ACPI: IOAPIC (id[0x01] address[0xfec00000] gsi_base[0])
IOAPIC[0]: apic_id 1, version 33, address 0xfec00000, GSI 0-23
ACPI: INT_SRC_OVR (bus 0 bus_irq 0 global_irq 2 dfl dfl)
ACPI: INT_SRC_OVR (bus 0 bus_irq 9 global_irq 21 low level)
ACPI: IRQ0 used by override.
ACPI: IRQ2 used by override.
Enabling APIC mode: Flat. Using 1 I/O APICs
Using ACPI (MADT) for SMP configuration information
Allocating PCI resources starting at 50000000 (gap: 40000000:bff80000)
Built 1 zonelists
Kernel command line: root=/dev/hda1 video=vesafb:ywrap,mtrr:3,1024x768-16@60 resume2=swap:/dev/hda2 ro disable_timer_pin_1
mapped APIC to ffffd000 (fee00000)
mapped IOAPIC to ffffc000 (fec00000)
Initializing CPU#0
PID hash table entries: 4096 (order: 12, 65536 bytes)
Using 3579 PM timer ticks per jiffy
Detected 1592.644 MHz processor.
Using pmtmr for high-res timesource
Console: colour VGA+ 80x25
Dentry cache hash table entries: 131072 (order: 7, 524288 bytes)
Inode-cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 6, 262144 bytes)
Memory: 1000248k/1015040k available (2065k kernel code, 14124k reserved, 748k data, 196k init, 97536k highmem)
Checking if this processor honours the WP bit even in supervisor mode... Ok.
Calibrating delay using timer specific routine.. 3187.37 BogoMIPS (lpj=1593687)
Security Framework v1.0.0 initialized
Mount-cache hash table entries: 512
CPU: After generic identify, caps: 078bfbff e3d3fbff 00000000 00000000 00000001 00000000 00000001
CPU: After vendor identify, caps: 078bfbff e3d3fbff 00000000 00000000 00000001 00000000 00000001
CPU: L1 I Cache: 64K (64 bytes/line), D cache 64K (64 bytes/line)
CPU: L2 Cache: 1024K (64 bytes/line)
CPU: After all inits, caps: 078bfbff e3d3fbff 00000000 00000010 00000001 00000000 00000001
Intel machine check architecture supported.
Intel machine check reporting enabled on CPU#0.
mtrr: v2.0 (20020519)
Enabling fast FPU save and restore... done.
Enabling unmasked SIMD FPU exception support... done.
Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK.
checking if image is initramfs... it is
Freeing initrd memory: 744k freed
ACPI: Looking for DSDT in initramfs... successfully read 11800 bytes from /DSDT.aml.
ACPI-0292: *** Info: Table [DSDT] replaced by host OS
CPU0: AMD Turion(tm) 64 Mobile Technology MT-30 stepping 02
Total of 1 processors activated (3187.37 BogoMIPS).
ENABLING IO-APIC IRQs
..TIMER: vector=0x31 apic1=0 pin1=2 apic2=-1 pin2=-1
Brought up 1 CPUs
NET: Registered protocol family 16
ACPI: bus type pci registered
PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xf0031, last bus=1
PCI: Using MMCONFIG
ACPI: Subsystem revision 20050902
ACPI: Interpreter enabled
ACPI: Using IOAPIC for interrupt routing
ACPI: PCI Root Bridge [PCI0] (0000:00)
PCI: Probing PCI hardware (bus 00)
PCI: Ignoring BAR0-3 of IDE controller 0000:00:14.1
Boot video device is 0000:01:05.0
PCI: Transparent bridge - 0000:00:14.4
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0._PRT]
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.P0P1._PRT]
ACPI: Embedded Controller [EC] (gpe 6)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.POP2._PRT]
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKA] (IRQs 5 6 7 10 11 12 14 15) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKB] (IRQs 5 6 7 *10 11 12 14 15)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC] (IRQs *5 6 7 10 11 12 14 15)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKD] (IRQs 5 6 7 10 *11 12 14 15)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKE] (IRQs 5 *6 7 10 11 12 14 15)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKF] (IRQs 5 6 *7 10 11 12 14 15)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKG] (IRQs *5 6 7 10 11 12 14 15)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKH] (IRQs 5 6 7 10 11 12 14 15) *0, disabled.
Linux Plug and Play Support v0.97 (c) Adam Belay
pnp: PnP ACPI init
pnp: PnP ACPI: found 10 devices
SCSI subsystem initialized
PCI: Using ACPI for IRQ routing
PCI: If a device doesn't work, try "pci=routeirq". If it helps, post a report
PCI: Device 0000:02:03.0 not found by BIOS
PCI: Device 0000:02:04.0 not found by BIOS
PCI: Device 0000:02:04.1 not found by BIOS
PCI: Device 0000:02:04.2 not found by BIOS
PCI: Device 0000:02:09.0 not found by BIOS
PCI: Bridge: 0000:00:01.0
IO window: d000-dfff
MEM window: fbe00000-fbefffff
PREFETCH window: f4000000-faffffff
PCI: Bus 3, cardbus bridge: 0000:02:04.0
IO window: 0000e000-0000e0ff
IO window: 0000ec00-0000ecff
PREFETCH window: 50000000-51ffffff
MEM window: 56000000-57ffffff
PCI: Bus 7, cardbus bridge: 0000:02:04.1
IO window: 00001000-000010ff
IO window: 00001400-000014ff
PREFETCH window: 52000000-53ffffff
MEM window: 58000000-59ffffff
PCI: Bridge: 0000:00:14.4
IO window: e000-efff
MEM window: fbf00000-fbffffff
PREFETCH window: 50000000-54ffffff
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:04.0[A] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:04.1[B] -> GSI 20 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
apm: BIOS version 1.2 Flags 0x03 (Driver version 1.16ac)
apm: overridden by ACPI.
highmem bounce pool size: 64 pages
VFS: Disk quotas dquot_6.5.1
Dquot-cache hash table entries: 1024 (order 0, 4096 bytes)
Installing knfsd (copyright (C) 1996 okir@monad.swb.de).
Initializing Cryptographic API
io scheduler noop registered
io scheduler anticipatory registered
io scheduler deadline registered
io scheduler cfq registered
vesafb: ATI Technologies Inc., MS48, 01.00 (OEM: ATI MOBILITY RADEON Xpress 200G Series)
vesafb: VBE version: 2.0
vesafb: protected mode interface info at c000:52f9
vesafb: pmi: set display start = c00c5367, set palette = c00c53a1
vesafb: pmi: ports = d810 d816 d854 d838 d83c d85c d800 d804 d8b0 d8b2 d8b4
vesafb: no monitor limits have been set
vesafb: scrolling: ywrap using protected mode interface, yres_virtual=3072
Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 128x48
vesafb: framebuffer at 0xf4000000, mapped to 0xf8880000, using 6144k, total 32768k
fb0: VESA VGA frame buffer device
ACPI: AC Adapter [ADP1] (on-line)
ACPI: Battery Slot [BAT1] (battery present)
ACPI: Power Button (FF) [PWRF]
ACPI: Lid Switch [LID0]
ACPI: Sleep Button (CM) [SLPB]
ACPI: Power Button (CM) [PWRB]
ACPI: CPU0 (power states: C1[C1] C2[C2] C3[C3])
ACPI: Thermal Zone [THRM] (55 C)
isapnp: Scanning for PnP cards...
isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
PNP: PS/2 Controller [PNP0303:PS2K,PNP0f03:PS2M] at 0x60,0x64 irq 1,12
i8042.c: Detected active multiplexing controller, rev 1.1.
serio: i8042 AUX0 port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
serio: i8042 AUX1 port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
serio: i8042 AUX2 port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
serio: i8042 AUX3 port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1
Serial: 8250/16550 driver $Revision: 1.90 $ 4 ports, IRQ sharing disabled
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:14.6[B] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:00:14.6 disabled
floppy0: no floppy controllers found
RAMDISK driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 16384K size 1024 blocksize
loop: loaded (max 8 devices)
mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
NET: Registered protocol family 2
IP route cache hash table entries: 32768 (order: 5, 131072 bytes)
TCP established hash table entries: 131072 (order: 8, 1572864 bytes)
TCP bind hash table entries: 65536 (order: 7, 786432 bytes)
TCP: Hash tables configured (established 131072 bind 65536)
TCP reno registered
TCP bic registered
NET: Registered protocol family 1
NET: Registered protocol family 10
lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions
IPv6 over IPv4 tunneling driver
NET: Registered protocol family 17
Using IPI No-Shortcut mode
Suspend2 Core.
Suspend2 Compression Driver loading.
Suspend2 Encryption Driver loading.
Suspend2 Swap Writer loading.
Suspend2 FileWriter loading.
ACPI wakeup devices:
POP2 RTL USB1 USB2 EUSB AC97 MC97
ACPI: (supports S0 S1 S3 S4 S5)
Freeing unused kernel memory: 196k freed
Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 7.00alpha2
ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx
ATIIXP: IDE controller at PCI slot 0000:00:14.1
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:14.1[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
ATIIXP: chipset revision 0
ATIIXP: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
ide0: BM-DMA at 0xff00-0xff07, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:pio
ide1: BM-DMA at 0xff08-0xff0f, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:pio
Probing IDE interface ide0...
hda: TOSHIBA MK6025GAS, ATA DISK drive
input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard as /class/input/input0
logips2pp: Detected unknown logitech mouse model 99
ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
Probing IDE interface ide1...
input: ImPS/2 Logitech Wheel Mouse as /class/input/input1
logips2pp: Detected unknown logitech mouse model 99
input: ImPS/2 Logitech Wheel Mouse as /class/input/input2
hdc: Slimtype DVDRW SDW-431S, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
hda: max request size: 128KiB
hda: 117210240 sectors (60011 MB), CHS=65535/16/63, UDMA(100)
hda: cache flushes supported
hda: hda1 hda2 hda3
JFS: nTxBlock = 7824, nTxLock = 62592
Suspend2 2.2: Swapwriter: Signature found.
Suspend2 2.2: Suspending enabled.
Linux agpgart interface v0.101 (c) Dave Jones
fglrx: module license 'Proprietary. (C) 2002 - ATI Technologies, Starnberg, GERMANY' taints kernel.
[fglrx] Maximum main memory to use for locked dma buffers: 896 MBytes.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:01:05.0[A] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
[fglrx] module loaded - fglrx 8.23.7 [Mar 6 2006] on minor 0
usbcore: registered new driver usbfs
usbcore: registered new driver hub
ndiswrapper version 1.10 loaded (preempt=yes,smp=yes)
ndiswrapper: driver neti2220 (LanExpress,03/29/2004,2.10.03.2004) loaded
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:09.0[A] -> GSI 22 (level, low) -> IRQ 20
ndiswrapper: using irq 20
wlan0: vendor: 'INPROCOMM IPN2220 Wireless LAN Adapter'
wlan0: ndiswrapper ethernet device 00:11:09:16:cd:97 using driver neti2220, 17FE:2220.5.conf
wlan0: encryption modes supported: WEP; TKIP with WPA; AES/CCMP with WPA
powernow-k8: Found 1 AMD Athlon 64 / Opteron processors (version 1.50.4)
powernow-k8: 0 : fid 0x8 (1600 MHz), vid 0xa (1300 mV)
powernow-k8: 1 : fid 0x0 (800 MHz), vid 0x14 (1050 mV)
cpu_init done, current fid 0x8, vid 0x8
powernow-k8: ph2 null fid transition 0x8
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:14.6[B] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:14.5[B] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:13.2[A] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
ehci_hcd 0000:00:13.2: EHCI Host Controller
ehci_hcd 0000:00:13.2: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
ehci_hcd 0000:00:13.2: irq 16, io mem 0xfbdff000
ehci_hcd 0000:00:13.2: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00, driver 10 Dec 2004
hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 1-0:1.0: 8 ports detected
ohci_hcd: 2005 April 22 USB 1.1 'Open' Host Controller (OHCI) Driver (PCI)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:13.0[A] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
ohci_hcd 0000:00:13.0: OHCI Host Controller
ohci_hcd 0000:00:13.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
ohci_hcd 0000:00:13.0: irq 16, io mem 0xfbdfd000
hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 2-0:1.0: 4 ports detected
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:13.1[A] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
ohci_hcd 0000:00:13.1: OHCI Host Controller
ohci_hcd 0000:00:13.1: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 3
ohci_hcd 0000:00:13.1: irq 16, io mem 0xfbdfe000
usb 1-2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2
hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 3-0:1.0: 4 ports detected
pci_hotplug: PCI Hot Plug PCI Core version: 0.5
hub 1-2:1.0: USB hub found
hub 1-2:1.0: 4 ports detected
shpchp: Standard Hot Plug PCI Controller Driver version: 0.4
usb 1-2.3: new low speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3
Real Time Clock Driver v1.12
usbcore: registered new driver hiddev
input: USB Mouse as /class/input/input3
input: USB HID v1.00 Mouse [USB Mouse] on usb-0000:00:13.2-2.3
usbcore: registered new driver usbhid
drivers/usb/input/hid-core.c: v2.6:USB HID core driver
8139too Fast Ethernet driver 0.9.27
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:03.0[A] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 22
eth0: RealTek RTL8139 at 0xf8856c00, 00:0c:76:f9:35:a8, IRQ 22
eth0: Identified 8139 chip type 'RTL-8101'
8139cp: 10/100 PCI Ethernet driver v1.2 (Mar 22, 2004)
hdc: ATAPI 24X DVD-ROM DVD-R CD-R/RW drive, 2048kB Cache, UDMA(33)
Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20
Adding 2097136k swap on /dev/hda2. Priority:-1 extents:1 across:2097136k
Bluetooth: Core ver 2.8
NET: Registered protocol family 31
Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized
Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized
Bluetooth: L2CAP ver 2.8
Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized
Bluetooth: HIDP (Human Interface Emulation) ver 1.1
Bluetooth: RFCOMM socket layer initialized
Bluetooth: RFCOMM TTY layer initialized
Bluetooth: RFCOMM ver 1.6
wlan0: no IPv6 routers present
[fglrx] Maximum main memory to use for locked dma buffers: 896 MBytes.
[fglrx] free PCIe = 54804480
[fglrx] max PCIe = 54804480
[fglrx] free LFB = 19099648
[fglrx] max LFB = 19099648
[fglrx] free Inv = 0
[fglrx] max Inv = 0
[fglrx] total Inv = 0
[fglrx] total TIM = 0
[fglrx] total FB = 0
[fglrx] total PCIe = 16384
[fglrx] Flat panel plugged in
drivers/usb/input/hid-core.c: input irq status -71 received
usb 1-3: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 4
Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
scsi0 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
usb-storage: device found at 4
usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
usbcore: registered new driver usb-storage
USB Mass Storage support registered.
Vendor: Model: USB FLASH DRIVE Rev: 1.01
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 00
usb-storage: device scan complete
SCSI device sda: 507904 512-byte hdwr sectors (260 MB)
sda: Write Protect is off
sda: Mode Sense: 03 00 00 00
sda: assuming drive cache: write through
SCSI device sda: 507904 512-byte hdwr sectors (260 MB)
sda: Write Protect is off
sda: Mode Sense: 03 00 00 00
sda: assuming drive cache: write through
sda: sda1
sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi removable disk sda
APIC error on CPU0: 00(40)
usb 1-3: USB disconnect, address 4
usb 1-3: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 5
scsi1 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
usb-storage: device found at 5
usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
usb 1-3: USB disconnect, address 5
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lsmod:
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$ lsmod
Module Size Used by
nls_cp437 6272 0
vfat 9984 0
fat 40348 1 vfat
sd_mod 13696 0
usb_storage 62272 0
rfcomm 31124 0
hidp 12928 2
l2cap 20224 10 rfcomm,hidp
bluetooth 37860 5 rfcomm,hidp,l2cap
snd_seq_oss 27264 0
snd_seq_midi_event 6272 1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq 43408 4 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device 7052 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_pcm_oss 41760 0
snd_mixer_oss 15104 1 snd_pcm_oss
ide_cd 33284 0
cdrom 31520 1 ide_cd
8139cp 17024 0
8139too 22528 0
mii 4992 2 8139cp,8139too
joydev 8000 0
usbhid 40064 0
rtc 10164 0
shpchp 36832 0
pci_hotplug 22852 1 shpchp
ati_agp 7052 0
ohci_hcd 17028 0
ehci_hcd 27144 0
snd_atiixp 14988 3
snd_atiixp_modem 12296 0
snd_ac97_codec 80032 2 snd_atiixp,snd_atiixp_modem
snd_ac97_bus 2688 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm 69252 5 snd_pcm_oss,snd_atiixp,snd_atiixp_modem,snd_ac97_codec
snd_timer 19076 3 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd 41956 14 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_atiixp,snd_atiixp_modem,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore 7776 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 8200 3 snd_atiixp,snd_atiixp_modem,snd_pcm
cpufreq_ondemand 6440 1
powernow_k8 11040 1
freq_table 4256 1 powernow_k8
ndiswrapper 157772 0
usbcore 100484 6 usb_storage,usbhid,ohci_hcd,ehci_hcd,ndiswrapperfglrx 438412 7
agpgart 26064 2 ati_agp,fglrx
jfs 152828 2
ide_disk 13568 4
atiixp 5264 0 [permanent]
generic 4868 0 [permanent]
ide_core 102864 5 usb_storage,ide_cd,ide_disk,atiixp,generic
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Some relevant facts:
Laptop, cardreader and the 2 sticks are usb2.0
I use gnome-volume-manager to automount the stick

Some notable changes from the reinstall:
gnome 2.12 to 2.14

Help please. How do I go about troubleshooting this?
Thanks.