BlueTak

I've tried but...

Your "solution" isn't good for me : Mandriva 2006 is better than 2005 for a lot of things. For instance, I couldn't use a wacom pen tablet since Mandrake 10. Now, it works again. If I downgrade, I loose these improvements. The MCC has improved too. It's faster, more reactive... KDE... end so on... No ! someone ought to work out this problem about usb !

How can I activate the expert mode ? Hotplug is not in the services section.

I have the same problem. Usb modules aren't loaded at boot anymore. My scanner doesn't work for the moment.

Thanks for asking. I've had the same problem. Now, i know what to do...! By the way, nobody is created by default. It's the owner of public directories like tmp...

I've had the same problem. in the end i noticed that the mixer was closed. all sttings were put to 0 each time i started. so, i opened the mixer : it worked. the second problem was to keep my settings. i've forgotten exactly the way to fix this. as soon as I've found out i post here. good luck !