H.S. wrote: > H.S. wrote: > >>Hello, >> >>It appears that udev (or something) is not working right in Debain Etch. >>Earlier today I upgraded a bunch of packages and now USB stick >>automounting has stopped working. I do not get the USB icon on the >>desktop when I insert a USB thumb drive into a USB slot even though I >>see that it is detected (in /var/log/syslog) and that its link is made >>(e.g. /dev/sda1). It is just not automounted (as it used to be) nor is >>its icon shown (it used to). >> >>Moreover, the link in /dev/ shows it is owned by the floppy group! >> >> >>>ls -l /dev/sd?? >> >>brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 8, 1 2006-02-20 01:48 /dev/sda1 >> >> >>Does anyone what is going on? >> >>I belong to the plugdev group and I am using 2.6.12 kernel. And I have <SNIP><SNIP> >> >> >>regards, >>->HS >> > > > > Today I tried this again by pluggin in a USB stick and got this in > /var/log/syslog: > Feb 20 14:11:22 red kernel: usb 1-2: USB disconnect, address 6 > Feb 20 14:11:31 red kernel: usb 1-2: new full speed USB device using <SNIP><SNIP> > > So why is the kernel thinking it is looking for a CD-ROM? And when I can > use pmount to mount the paritition (/dev/sda1) manually successfully, > how come automatic mounting fails in KDE (and also in Gnome). In KDE at > least, the message window says that no valid partition was found or > something like this. > > ->HS
I upgraded the kernel from 2.6.12 to 2.6.15 and the USB icons now appear on the desktop and get automounted as well. All is well, but only with the new kernel 2.6.15. regards, ->HS -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
