Have an Eee using Xandros, and a Vodafone mobile internet dongle.

If I connect to the internet (3G or GPRS) whatever else I plug into a USB port isn't found in the file system.

OTOH, if I plug any other devie in, such as memory stick, SD card, external HDD or CD/DVD drive, any of those will be found, however many there are, even filling a (powered hub), but if I then plug in the dongle, this isn't found.

Not being able to transfer files etc onto a memory stick is to say the least, inconvenient.

Any suggestions welcomed.

(Yes, I'd probably load Ubantu, but without the dongle working, I'm not sure that the driver I've downloaded will work - given I can find the command line string to install it. (See other thread!)