rendered paste body[sudo] password for robinson:
robinson@family-desktop:~$ ls -l /proc/bus/usb/
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 60 2008-04-16 16:52 001
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 60 2008-04-16 16:52 002
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 60 2008-04-16 16:52 003
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 60 2008-04-16 16:52 004
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 80 2008-04-19 17:48 005
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 2008-04-19 07:20 devices -> .usbfs/devices
robinson@family-desktop:~$ sudo chmod -R 777 /proc/bus/usb/
robinson@family-desktop:~$ sudo modprobe usb-storage
robinson@family-desktop:~$ lsusb
Bus 005 Device 054: ID 0781:7423 SanDisk Corp.
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
robinson@family-desktop:~$ sudo rmmod usb-storage
robinson@family-desktop:~$ ls -l /proc/bus/usb/
total 0
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 60 2008-04-16 16:52 001
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 60 2008-04-16 16:52 002
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 60 2008-04-16 16:52 003
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 60 2008-04-16 16:52 004
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 80 2008-04-19 17:48 005
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 2008-04-19 07:20 devices -> .usbfs/devices
robinson@family-desktop:~$