USB Drive won't auto-mount

[Nuke]

Usually when I plug in my SanDisk USB stick, it auto-mounts it and shows a shortcut on my desktop. But now when I plug it in it doesn't auto-mount, the light on the USB just blinks. It shows up in lsusb. Can anyone help me?

[seeley]

Hi!
Please run in a Terminal / Konsole:

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dmesg

after having plugged in your USB stick. It's a protocol and you should see some rows concerning your SanDisk.
If not: Did you safely remove it?
seeley

[Nuke]

Only ones that concerned usb are these:

[ 16.428046] usb 1-2: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2

[ 122.372055] usb 1-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3
[ 133.116723] usb 1-1: USB disconnect, address 3
[ 1702.388041] usb 1-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 4
[ 1705.370709] usb 1-1: USB disconnect, address 4
[ 2066.700042] usb 1-4: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 5
[ 2077.112942] usb 1-4: USB disconnect, address 5
[ 2134.416043] usb 1-4: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 6

And yes, I Eject before I remove.

[seeley]

Hi!
To better identify an USB stick I label it with GParted.
I would run GParted - if you don't find it, use a Terminal typing

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gparted

and if not installed, install it.
In the right upper corner you see /dev/sda (your hard disk) and hopefully /dev/sdb if you click in the little triangle.
Click on the partition and unmount it, if mounted and choose "label" and name it e.g. sandisk.
After rebooting:

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cat /etc/fstab

and

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cat /etc/mtab

Please post the output.
seeley

[Dave68]

Have you downloaded any Level Three Updates lately?

This is an issue that has come up in the past. There is a resolution:

Read through this thread: http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=110&t=57801

This Should Help,
Dave

[Nuke]

My Usb stick won't show up in gparted. As for the thread about the lvl 3 updates, there was no solution or any info what so ever.

[seeley]

Hi Nuke!
You have Mint as single operating system or dual boot with Windows? In Windows you could label your stick by right clicking (suppose: SANDISK) and back in Mint we could try: Terminal as root:

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mkdir /media/SANDISK

See if it listed:

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blkid

If it is listed (e.g. /dev/sdb):

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mount /dev/sdb /media/SANDISK

seeley

[Dave68]

Was there nothing there to help, or did you not check the Topic Link included in the thread.

I apologize, but I could see there was a resolution similar, if not exactly the same, to seeley's:

Hi Nuke!
You have Mint as single operating system or dual boot with Windows? In Windows you could label your stick by right clicking (suppose: SANDISK) and back in Mint we could try: Terminal as root:

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mkdir /media/SANDISK

See if it listed:

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blkid

If it is listed (e.g. /dev/sdb):

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mount /dev/sdb /media/SANDISK

seeley

It Was Not an Intended Misdirect,
Good Luck,
Dave

[Nuke]

No I'm not dual-booting, It wont list it when I do blkid.