Are you absolutely positive that absolutely no errors occurred ? If so , try checking log files and lsusb . Remember they say that hotplug isn ' t stable , so after reading log files you can tail on hotplug try plugging it in before rebooting . Make sure that the USB device ID is listed in the rtusbdevid . c file . <| sep |> The world could always use more hero , and you ' re mine ! <| sep |> People who say that this is what the FF made the EC don ' t know what they are taking about . The entire point of the EC is to make rural and low population states have a strong voice in the election . By definition , the EC was designed to elect a president who loses the popular vote . This election is the epitome of what the EC was designed to do . If the EC just elected the popular vote every time , we wouldn ' t have it . You could just do a direct democracy .