In article <440F2D89.7070101@gmail.com>,
Patrick Useldinger  <pu.news.001@gmail.com> wrote:
>Christos Zoulas wrote:
>
>> What are the messages you get when you plug it in? Does ifconfig -a
>> show it?
>
>No messages at all, and ifconfig -a only shows lo.
>I should add that I use the GENERIC kernel.
>

Can you post your dmesg here?

christos