From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1RHP55-0000vF-6P for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 22 Oct 2011 00:04:55 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2D5C721C02A; Sat, 22 Oct 2011 00:04:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 31D6221C0D9 for ; Sat, 22 Oct 2011 00:03:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B1EC21B4009 for ; Sat, 22 Oct 2011 00:03:21 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new using ClamAV at gentoo.org X-Spam-Score: -2.6 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.5 tests=[BAYES_00=-1.9, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7] Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 0Hhk9-LossU6 for ; Sat, 22 Oct 2011 00:03:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ironport2-out.pppoe.ca (ironport2-out.teksavvy.com [206.248.154.183]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 20D8F1B4008 for ; Sat, 22 Oct 2011 00:03:14 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Av0EAB8Hok64rxXG/2dsb2JhbABDqR6BBoIvHDFBJgceJBMbm1+fVwKDNIQpYQSZO4d3hEU X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.69,389,1315195200"; d="scan'208";a="143665279" Received: from 184-175-21-198.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO waltdnes.org) ([184.175.21.198]) by ironport2-out.pppoe.ca with SMTP; 21 Oct 2011 20:03:13 -0400 Received: by waltdnes.org (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Fri, 21 Oct 2011 20:03:21 -0400 From: "Walter Dnes" Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2011 20:03:21 -0400 To: Gentoo Users List Subject: [gentoo-user] Balky mounting of external devices Message-ID: <20111022000321.GA26680@waltdnes.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 2e80b9b57ffc41ffe1e829f48c15df83 This has happened to me with a few different external devices (USB keys, etc) on multiple computers, so it seems to be a generic problem. Right now, I have an HTC Desire HD with the smae problem... * Either hit {CTRL}{ALT}{F12} to switch to tty12 or else (as root) execute "tail -f /var/log/messages" * Attach a device to the PC's USB port, and you'll see a bunch of stuff spewing out. In my case, the last 3 lines are... Oct 7 20:50:23 localhost kernel: [114416.426175] scsi 26:0:0:0: Direct-Access HTC Android Phone 0100 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2 Oct 7 20:50:23 localhost kernel: [114416.426336] sd 26:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0 Oct 7 20:50:23 localhost kernel: [114416.432119] sd 26:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI removable disk * If I try mounting /dev/sdc1 (either as ordinary user or root), it's not found * "fdisk -l" doesn't even see /dev/sdc ***BUT*** * as root "fdisk /dev/sdc", and quit immediately and now "fdisk -l" sees /dev/sdc, and regular user can mount it. Has anyone seen this before... and more importantly, found a solution? -- Walter Dnes