usb flash drive does not mount..

[nEk0]

hello all linux mint user.. i have problem with mint 9 kde.. i plug a flash drive and it does not mount.. but when i use lsusb, that device is on the list.. how to solved it? and furthermore, my plasma-desktop alway crash when i use synaptic package manager, i have to restart plasma-desktop using konsole to bring it back.. can it be solved too?

[seeley]

Hi nEK0!
Maybe your pen drive can be mounted like I did:

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seeley-laptop ~ # lsusb
...
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 058f:6387 Alcor Micro Corp. Transcend JetFlash Flash Drive
...

terminal: "make directory" and show the drives (/dev/sdb is my flash drive)

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seeley-laptop ~ # cd /media
seeley-laptop media # mkdir usb
seeley-laptop media # fdisk -l 

WHERE "l" is a litle "L" like list
shows:

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...                                                                                                               
Disk /dev/sda: 
...
Disk /dev/sdb: 4016 MB, 4016045056 bytes
124 heads, 62 sectors/track, 1020 cylinders
...

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seeley-laptop media # mount /dev/sdb /media/jetflash
seeley-laptop media # mount 

you see: JETFLASH IS MOUNTED!

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/dev/sda5 on / type ext4 (rw,errors=remount-ro)
...
/dev/sdb on /media/jetflash type iso9660 (rw)
seeley-laptop media # 

seeley

[nEk0]

i'm stuck on fdisk -l..

my flash drive doesn't show on the output.. but other partition shown there..

how to solve this??

[dequire]

Hello.

Can you see your pendrive mounted in Dolphin if you leave the pendrive plugged into your PC and reboot?

[nEk0]

nope.. still the same.. weird.. it is there when i'm using lsusb.. but why it doesn't mount.. i had this problem after i update mint recently..

[seeley]

Hi nEK0!
Maybe there is a misunderstanding:
"fdisk -l" sometimes needs root-privileges - depending on your medium and your special distribution;

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su -

then enter password, then

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fdisk -l

seeley

Edit:
There is a second possibility:

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parted -l print

[nEk0]

i'm already a super user when i use the command..

here is something new on parted -l print

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Number  Start  End     Size    File system  Name                   Flags
 1      512B   1535B   1024B                MacImage - 7.3.14.904

i don't know what's that and it's size just too little.. it can't be my pen drive..

here is my pendrive on lsusb

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Bus 004 Device 003: ID 0951:162c Kingston Technology 

am i the one and only LMKDE user that faced this problem??

[seeley]

Hi!
With my 8GB pen drive I see [part of output]:

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Disk /dev/sda: 300GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B                                                                                
Partition Table: msdos                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                     
Number  Start   End     Size    Type      File system     Flags                                                          
 1      1049kB  11.5GB  11.5GB  primary   ntfs
 2      11.5GB  111GB   99.9GB  primary   ntfs            boot
 3      111GB   114GB   2542MB  primary   linux-swap(v1)
 4      114GB   300GB   186GB   extended
 5      114GB   121GB   7566MB  logical   ext4
 6      121GB   130GB   8123MB  logical   ext4
Model: JetFlash Transcend 8GB (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdb: 8032MB

I suppose your output is a part of your hard disc.
The last possibility i see (your pen drive could be corrupt/ damaged):
One of the best programs (it's a linux distribution with many tools) I know: PartedMagic (see link below);
download it, burn a live-CD und boot from it; you have access to all partitions and devices, if they are okay.
You can save files, make partitions,...
seeley

[lev]

Hello,

I have the same problem with an USB stick in Mint 9. but in Gnome edition. It is not mounted, I can see it in lsusb, but not in fdisk -l, etc. in disk utility is shown not mounted, and "No media detected". There is an sdb in /dev, but no sdb1.
The stick is not broken: I can see it in Mepis or Win on another desktop. Filesystem is FAT32.
Moreover, I have no problem with an external HDD; it is mounted perfectly (both FAT and ext4 partition).

As I have not found a solution on the web, I want to understand why the external HDD is mounted and the flash drive not. Fstab has only 3 entries (with UUID): 2 for the partitions of the (internal) HDD and one for the swap.
I have found no rules in /dev.

How is the external HDD (auto)mounted? Not by fstab, nor by /dev rules. But how?

Thank you,
Lev

[nEk0]

Hi!
With my 8GB pen drive I see [part of output]:

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Disk /dev/sda: 300GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B                                                                                
Partition Table: msdos                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                     
Number  Start   End     Size    Type      File system     Flags                                                          
 1      1049kB  11.5GB  11.5GB  primary   ntfs
 2      11.5GB  111GB   99.9GB  primary   ntfs            boot
 3      111GB   114GB   2542MB  primary   linux-swap(v1)
 4      114GB   300GB   186GB   extended
 5      114GB   121GB   7566MB  logical   ext4
 6      121GB   130GB   8123MB  logical   ext4
Model: JetFlash Transcend 8GB (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdb: 8032MB

I suppose your output is a part of your hard disc.
The last possibility i see (your pen drive could be corrupt/ damaged):
One of the best programs (it's a linux distribution with many tools) I know: PartedMagic (see link below);
download it, burn a live-CD und boot from it; you have access to all partitions and devices, if they are okay.
You can save files, make partitions,...
seeley

i don't know whether it's corrupt or not.. but when i plug it on openSUSE, it's mounted and can be use as it is.. but when i plug it on LMKDE 9, it's just not working..

[seeley]

Hi!
I rename my pen drives in Windows to better recognize them in linux: Transcend white 8 GB -> TRANSCENW8 ...
I see the following part of output of the file "mtab": :

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# cat /etc/mtab
/dev/sda6 / ext4 rw,acl,user_xattr 0 0
/dev/sda7 /home ext4 rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,acl,user_xattr 0 0
...
/dev/sdb1 /media/TRANSCENW8 vfat rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=udisks,uid=1000,gid=100,shortname=mixed,dmask=0077,utf8=1,flush 0 0

"mount" shows the same output.
seeley

[nEk0]

my pen drive label is LEO.. very simple and short.. still, LMKDE 9 doesn't detect.. any other solution??

[dequire]

my pen drive label is LEO.. very simple and short.. still, LMKDE 9 doesn't detect.. any other solution??

I believe this is a Kubuntu upstream issue. What happens if you reboot with the drive plugged in? My guess would be that it will show up in Dolphin.