[plug] usb-storage/hal/kde communication weirdness

[conon]

I have 3 machines on a home network all running linux.
1 server/workstation
2 nfs root workstations

On the server and 1 of the workstations I can plug and unplug
a usb storage device (mp3 player) multiple times and get the
kde popup asking what to do with the meduia.

On the 2nd workstation it happens only the first time after a boot.
Subsequent plug/unplugs do not do anything. /dev/sda1 is apearing just fine.

The only real difference that I can find is that the usb chip that fails is
OHCI and the two UHCI chips work fine.

All run -
linux-2.6.17.8
hal-0.5.7.1
dbus-0.92
kdebase-3.5.3
udev-090

The system's are based on LFS (originally) and compiled from source.

The hardware is -
 Server -
  Asus A7V8X-MX (UHCI usb hcd) mainboard
  AMD Athlon 2000 cpu
  512 M ram
  512 M swap
  
 Workstation 1 -
  Elite K7S5A (OHCI usb hcd) mainboard
  AMD Athlon 1700 cpu
  512M ram
  512M swap

 Workstation 2 -
  Abit VA6 (UHCI usb hcd) mainboard
  Intel Pentium III 866 Mhz
  380M ram
  480M swap

Any help or advice appreciated

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