Thumb Drive Problem

[Dulciman]

Can not access thumb drive in Linux mint, does not show up any place I can find, started about 2 weeks ago, get sound notification when plugged in and removed but that is all. Works ok in virtual machine of Win XP. I am lost. Os is Linux Mint 17.3 cinnamon desktop.

[jimallyn]

Hmmm, I am also using 17.3 Cinnamon. When I plug in a thumb drive, it opens in file manager. The only thing that I can think of to try is Menu, Preferences, Preferred Applications, Removable Media, and make sure the "Prompt or start programs on media insertion" switch is on.

[Dulciman]

It is on, did not need to change it. When I insert a CD I get a prompt for what to do with it.

[lsemmens]

A little more information may garner more responses

Can you post the results of inxi -Fxz which will give us a better idea how your system is set up

i.e. open a terminal
enter "inxi -Fxz" and copy the results

paste the results here using the code tags the button at the top of the reply that looks like </>.

[Dulciman]

Am finally able to find them after toggling removable media off and back on, results from terminal:

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jim@jim-desktop ~ $ inxi -Fxz
System:    Host: jim-desktop Kernel: 3.19.0-32-generic i686 (32 bit gcc: 4.8.2)
           Desktop: Cinnamon 2.8.8 (Gtk 3.10.8~8+qiana)
           Distro: Linux Mint 17.3 Rosa
Machine:   Mobo: Intel model: D945GTP v: AAC97837-301
           Bios: Intel v: NT94510J.86A.3528.2006.0208.1102 date: 02/08/2006
CPU:       Dual core Intel Pentium D (-MCP-) cache: 2048 KB
           flags: (lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 vmx) bmips: 12799
           clock speeds: max: 3199 MHz 1: 3199 MHz 2: 3199 MHz
Graphics:  Card: NVIDIA G73 [GeForce 7300 GT] bus-ID: 01:00.0
           Display Server: X.Org 1.17.1 drivers: nouveau (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
           Resolution: 1280x800@59.8hz
           GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on NV4B
           GLX Version: 2.1 Mesa 10.5.9 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio:     Card Intel NM10/ICH7 Family High Definition Audio Controller
           driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k3.19.0-32-generic
Network:   Card: Intel 82573E Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Copper)
           driver: e1000e v: 2.3.2-k port: 1000 bus-ID: 02:00.0
           IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 352.1GB (12.6% used)
           ID-1: /dev/sda model: WDC_WD3200AAJS size: 320.1GB
           ID-2: USB /dev/sdb model: USB_Flash_Drive size: 32.0GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 30G used: 7.9G (29%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2
           ID-2: /home size: 260G used: 30G (13%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda4
           ID-3: /boot size: 472M used: 47M (11%) fs: ext2 dev: /dev/sda1
           ID-4: swap-1 size: 4.10GB used: 0.08GB (2%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda3
RAID:      No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: No active sensors found. Have you configured your sensors yet? mobo: N/A gpu: 61.0
Info:      Processes: 156 Uptime: 2 days Memory: 1596.6/3278.6MB
           Init: Upstart runlevel: 2 Gcc sys: 4.8.4
           Client: Shell (bash 4.3.111) inxi: 2.2.28

[lsemmens]

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ID-2: USB /dev/sdb model: USB_Flash_Drive size: 32.0GB

To my inexperienced eyes. it certainly is seen by the system.
Click on <Menu><Accessories><Disks> and see if it shows up there. Highlight the USB device if it shows and see if it is mounted or not. If the icon in the bottom corner of the image looks like a PLAY button, click on it and then see if you can find it in nemo. If that works, it, at least shows that the device was not mounted.

[Faust]

Am finally able to find them after toggling removable media off and back on, .....

That has saved me in GNU/Linux many times ( and not only with Mint ) , and with various different system settings .

I have no idea why toggling back-and-forth should work , but it sometimes does !
At a guess I would say that what is being displayed in system settings , is not the option that the OS is currently using .

Maybe someone can shed some light on this ?