Linux does not detect my USB device

[BigLinux]

Linux does not detect my wireless USB device unless I first plug it in and then boot up into Linux... if I first boot and then I plug in the device it does not detect it... not much of a plug and play :/

[WingedPanther]

It depends on the distro you're talking about. Which are you talking about using?

Example: Ubuntu does plug-n-play pretty well. I suspect Slackware requires you to mount pen drives manually.

[Jordan]

After you plug it in (immediately after), drop to a shell (terminal) and run tail -20 /var/logs/messages and paste the results here.

[BigLinux]

I am using puppy Linux

@Jordan: Will do next time I boot using puppy linux