usb flash memory and printer configuration

I just install knoppix version 3.3 and i am struggling to get my usb 2.0 128mb flash memory to work. when i attach it the operating system cannot detect it. My other problem is the printer which i connect it via the USB port i am struggling to configure it to print.

how do you know it is not detected? what does

Code:

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dmesg|grep sd

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say?
for me it is

Quote:

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oe$ dmesg|grep sd
SCSI device sda: 32000 512-byte hdwr sectors (16 MB)
sda: assuming Write Enabled
sda: assuming drive cache: write through
sda: sda1
Attached scsi removable disk sda at scsi1, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
Mon Jun 14 21:00:38 ~ oe$

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