Re: Memorex TravelDrive not automounting on FC6 x86_64
Tony Nelson wrote:
At 10:53 PM -0700 5/25/07, Raymond C. Rodgers wrote:
> I originally posted this cry for help almost a week ago under the "Re:
> usb stick, can't mount" thread, but there hasn't been the slightest
hint
> of a response; I'm taking the view point that that thread is considered
> dead without a resolution. I'm hoping that someone will notice my new
> thread and be able to help.
>
> The quick summary of the issue is that my USB 1 GB Memorex TravelDrive
> used to auto-mount perfectly under FC6 x86_64 up until a couple weeks
> ago, when it suddenly stopped. I am able to manually mount it using
> mount or pmount command line tools, but oddly the drive continues to
> auto-mount perfectly at work under FC5 i386, on another machine here at
> home running FC6 i386 that hasn't been updated in several months, and of
> course gets mounted properly under Windows 2000 & XP. I've toggled all
> of the auto-mount settings under Removable Drives and Media, but the
> problem remains that when I plug the TravelDrive into the problem
> machine while in FC6 x86_64, the drive gets mounted and unmounted within
> the span of half a second. No error messages appear, no warnings, nothing.
>
> I'm attaching the dmesg output from both the working FC6 i386 machine
> and the FC6 x86_64 non-working machine. The only significant difference
> I think I've seen is that the i386 machine appears to be using USB 1.1
> to access the TravelDrive (admittedly though a hub) where as the x86_64
> machine is using 2.0. The TravelDrive supports both, and it operates
> normally when manually mounted through mount/pmount on the "non-working"
> 64 bit machine.
>
> Could a kernel update have broken this? Does anyone have an idea how to
> fix the problem? Like I said, I can manually mount it but that's a bit
> of a pain...
>
> Thank you,
> Raymond
>
> Linux version 2.6.19-1.2895.fc6 (brewbuilder(a)hs20-bc2-2.build.redhat.com)
> (gcc version 4.1.1 20070105 (Red Hat 4.1.1-51)) #1 SMP Wed Jan 10 19:28:18
> EST 2007
> BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
> BIOS-e820: 0000000000000000 - 000000000009fc00 (usable)
> BIOS-e820: 000000000009fc00 - 00000000000a0000 (reserved)
> BIOS-e820: 00000000000f0000 - 0000000000100000 (reserved)
> BIOS-e820: 0000000000100000 - 000000004fff0000 (usable)
> BIOS-e820: 000000004fff0000 - 000000004fff3000 (ACPI NVS)
> BIOS-e820: 000000004fff3000 - 0000000050000000 (ACPI data)
> BIOS-e820: 00000000fec00000 - 00000000fec01000 (reserved)
> BIOS-e820: 00000000fee00000 - 00000000fee01000 (reserved)
> BIOS-e820: 00000000ffff0000 - 0000000100000000 (reserved)
> 383MB HIGHMEM available.
> 896MB LOWMEM available.
> found SMP MP-table at 000f5410
> Using x86 segment limits to approximate NX protection
>
...
> usb 1-2.3: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 6
> usb 1-2.3: not running at top speed; connect to a high speed hub
> usb 1-2.3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
> scsi1 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
> usb-storage: device found at 6
> usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
> scsi 1:0:0:0: Direct-Access Memorex TD Classic 003B PMAP PQ: 0 ANSI:
> 0 CCS
> SCSI device sdb: 2007040 512-byte hdwr sectors (1028 MB)
> sdb: Write Protect is off
> sdb: Mode Sense: 23 00 00 00
> sdb: assuming drive cache: write through
> SCSI device sdb: 2007040 512-byte hdwr sectors (1028 MB)
> sdb: Write Protect is off
> sdb: Mode Sense: 23 00 00 00
> sdb: assuming drive cache: write through
> sdb: sdb1
> sd 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi removable disk sdb
> sd 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 0
> usb-storage: device scan complete
>
AFAICT the x86 one looks OK. The memory stick is connected to an external
High-speed (USB 1.1) hub.
> Linux version 2.6.20-1.2948.fc6 (brewbuilder(a)ls20-bc2-14.build.redhat.com)
> (gcc version 4.1.1 20070105 (Red Hat 4.1.1-51)) #1 SMP Fri Apr 27 19:18:54
> EDT 2007
> Command line: ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb quiet
> BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
>
...
> AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4800+ stepping 01
>
...
> usb 2-6: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2
> usb 2-6: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
> Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
> scsi4 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
> usb-storage: device found at 2
> usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
> usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
> USB Mass Storage support registered.
> scsi 4:0:0:0: Direct-Access Memorex TD Classic 003B PMAP PQ: 0 ANSI:
> 0 CCS
> SCSI device sdc: 2007040 512-byte hdwr sectors (1028 MB)
> sdc: Write Protect is off
> sdc: Mode Sense: 23 00 00 00
> sdc: assuming drive cache: write through
> SCSI device sdc: 2007040 512-byte hdwr sectors (1028 MB)
> sdc: Write Protect is off
> sdc: Mode Sense: 23 00 00 00
> sdc: assuming drive cache: write through
> sdc: sdc1
> sd 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi removable disk sdc
> sd 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
> usb-storage: device scan complete
>
AFAICT the x64 one also looks OK. The memory stick is connected to a
High-speed (USB 1.1) hub.
ISTM that the problem is after the USB part of things. Look at other logs,
such as /var/log/messages, /var/log/audit/audit.log if you have one, or
maybe /var/log/secure.
I assume that you are plugging the device after booting?
The following is a segment out of /var/log/messages from when I
originally posted under the "usb stick, can't mount" thread, but the
problem has gone away since I did a clean install of F7 a few hours ago.
I initially did an upgrade install of F7 but that didn't cure the
problem, so I wiped the partition and reinstalled. Thanks for your help
any how!
May 20 15:54:27 localhost kernel: usb 2-6: new high speed USB device
using ehci_hcd and address 2
May 20 15:54:27 localhost kernel: usb 2-6: configuration #1 chosen from
1 choice
May 20 15:54:27 localhost kernel: Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
May 20 15:54:27 localhost kernel: scsi4 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass
Storage devices
May 20 15:54:27 localhost kernel: usbcore: registered new interface
driver usb-storage
May 20 15:54:27 localhost kernel: USB Mass Storage support registered.
May 20 15:54:32 localhost kernel: scsi 4:0:0:0: Direct-Access
Memorex TD Classic 003B PMAP PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS
May 20 15:54:32 localhost kernel: SCSI device sdc: 2007040 512-byte hdwr
sectors (1028 MB)
May 20 15:54:32 localhost kernel: sdc: Write Protect is off
May 20 15:54:32 localhost kernel: sdc: assuming drive cache: write through
May 20 15:54:32 localhost kernel: SCSI device sdc: 2007040 512-byte hdwr
sectors (1028 MB)
May 20 15:54:32 localhost kernel: sdc: Write Protect is off
May 20 15:54:32 localhost kernel: sdc: assuming drive cache: write through
May 20 15:54:32 localhost kernel: sdc: sdc1
May 20 15:54:32 localhost kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi removable
disk sdc
May 20 15:54:32 localhost kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2
type 0
Raymond