On Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 06:12:40AM -0400, Antonio Rodriguez wrote: > How do I determine if the reason for the kernel not handling well > my card reader and usb ports is hardware failure? > Before buying a new piece of hardware, I would like to know the > answer to this, but I am not sure how to do it. > Would knoppix be a good solution (works, doesnt work)?