F18: USB flash drives do not mount

Mon Jan 21 17:18:06 UTC 2013

Hi Zoltan,

Thanks very much for the response.

On Mon, 21 Jan 2013 18:00:44 +0100 Zoltan Hoppar <hopparz at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi Ranjan,
> 
> Please give me a bit more detailed feedback -
> - what kind of UI you are using with F18?

LXDE+openbox, but this did "work" with F17.

> - uname -a - current kernel

Linux kharkai 3.7.2-204.fc18.x86_64 #1 SMP Wed Jan 16 16:22:52 UTC 2013
x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

> - did you know that Fedora has an /run folder that has been added?

I don't quite know what this means, sorry. I know that since F17, these
devices have been loaded onto /run.

> - lsusb ?

Bus 001 Device 017: ID 058f:6387 Alcor Micro Corp. Flash Drive
Bus 003 Device 004: ID 0a5c:2110 Broadcom Corp. Bluetooth Controller
Bus 005 Device 002: ID 413c:2105 Dell Computer Corp. Model L100 Keyboard
Bus 005 Device 003: ID 046d:c00c Logitech, Inc. Optical Wheel Mouse
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

> 
> If you are using LXDE witch is basicaly openbox with some graphics
> tools, you have to know that such lightweight systems at default has
> no automount - only if it's something hasn't been added. So, can you
> give more clearer info?

Sorry I am using LXDE. How do I get this working. However, I may note
that the F17 LXDE spin had this included by default. The change from
F17 to F18 is not important for me, but how do I get this going again.

Many thanks again!
Ranjan

> Thanks,
> 
> Zoltan
> 
> 2013/1/21 Ranjan Maitra <maitra.mbox.ignored at inbox.com>:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am a bit at a loss as to how to get USB flash drives to mount on F18.
> > It has been such a long tome since this has not worked from
> > off-the-shelf in Fedora or anything that I have perhaps forgotten what
> > to do (maybe I never knew):
> >
> > Here is the output from tail -f /var/log/messages (as the USB is put
> > in):
> >
> > Jan 21 10:44:54 kharkai kernel: [47423.454160] usb 1-3: new high-speed
> > USB device number 16 using ehci_hcd
> > Jan 21 10:44:55 kharkai kernel: [47423.716770] usb 1-3: New USB device
> > found, idVendor=058f, idProduct=6387
> > Jan 21 10:44:55 kharkai kernel: [47423.716782] usb 1-3: New USB device
> > strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
> > Jan 21 10:44:55 kharkai kernel: [47423.716790] usb 1-3: Product: Mass
> > Storage
> > Jan 21 10:44:55 kharkai kernel: [47423.716797] usb 1-3: Manufacturer:
> > Generic
> > Jan 21 10:44:55 kharkai kernel: [47423.716804] usb 1-3:
> > SerialNumber: C08A740E
> > Jan 21 10:44:55 kharkai kernel: [47423.719521]
> > scsi13 : usb-storage 1-3:1.0
> > Jan 21 10:44:56 kharkai kernel:
> > [47424.722207] scsi 13:0:0:0: Direct-Access Generic  Flash Disk
> > 8.07 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
> > Jan 21 10:44:56 kharkai kernel: [47424.724178] sd
> > 13:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
> > Jan 21 10:44:56 kharkai kernel: [47424.725511] sd 13:0:0:0: [sdb]
> > 1970176 512-byte logical blocks: (1.00 GB/962 MiB)
> > Jan 21 10:44:56 kharkai kernel: [47424.726126] sd 13:0:0:0: [sdb] Write
> > Protect is off Jan 21 10:44:56 kharkai kernel: [47424.726627] sd
> > 13:0:0:0: [sdb] No Caching mode page present
> > Jan 21 10:44:56 kharkai kernel: [47424.726637] sd 13:0:0:0:
> > [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
> > Jan 21 10:44:56 kharkai kernel: [47424.729701] sd 13:0:0:0: [sdb] No
> > Caching mode page present
> > Jan 21 10:44:56 kharkai kernel: [47424.729713] sd 13:0:0:0: [sdb]
> > Assuming drive cache: write through
> > Jan 21 10:44:56 kharkai kernel: [47424.771662]  sdb: sdb1
> > Jan 21 10:44:56 kharkai kernel: [47424.774132] sd 13:0:0:0: [sdb] No
> > Caching mode page present
> > Jan 21 10:44:56 kharkai kernel: [47424.774139] sd 13:0:0:0: [sdb]
> > Assuming drive cache: write through
> > Jan 21 10:44:56 kharkai kernel: [47424.774145] sd 13:0:0:0: [sdb]
> > Attached SCSI removable disk
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Nothing happens as far as pcmanfm goes, and I can't see where this
> > goes. I guess I could go in for a hardwired manual mount, but I wanted
> > to first see if there was some more general fix first.
> >
> >
> > df does yield the following entry:
> >
> > tmpfs          tmpfs     990M  4.2M  985M   1% /run
> >
> > but I can't seem to get to it.
> >
> >
> > Any suggestions, please?
> >
> > Best wishes,
> > Ranjan
> >
> >
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