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Why not try the following:  And this may be difficult, but if you can
get to be root, see if there is a /var directory and then /var/log.
Now, I am not sure what file to tell you to look in, but it might be
called messages, or maybe syslog, but you will just have to poke.  Now
when you find the file with recent log messages, plug your cable in and
see if there are any changes, also look in dmesg to see if anything
happens.  If nothing happens in anything in /var/log, then you need a
driver.

Hope this helps.

-- 
Your life is like a penny.  You're going to lose it.  The question is:
How do
you spend it?

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