Re: USB stick no longer automounting at boot

2011-06-08 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 07 Jun 2011 20:36:28 +0100, Russell Gadd wrote: > I have today set up a new installation of Linux Mint and it is > exhibiting the same symptoms as my installation of Squeeze as follows - > I have a USB stick permanently plugged in (for backup purposes) and when > the system boots the stick

Re: Re: OT: Sort Of> Re: USB stick Security

2011-01-19 Thread jfoster81747
Jan 13, 2011 10:10:22 AM, os...@debian.org wrote: === Hi, On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 08:11:04AM -0600, John W Foster wrote: > I recently lost a USB stick. It didn't have any thing of a security > concern on it but got me to thinking. Does anyone know of an

Re: OT: Sort Of> Re: USB stick Security

2011-01-13 Thread Osamu Aoki
Hi, On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 08:11:04AM -0600, John W Foster wrote: > I recently lost a USB stick. It didn't have any thing of a security > concern on it but got me to thinking. Does anyone know of an application > that will; encrypt the drive completely; Linux kernel :-) http://wiki.debian.org/

Re: OT: Sort Of> Re: USB stick Security

2011-01-13 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 13 Jan 2011 10:43:01 -0500, Jimmy Wu wrote: > On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 09:11, John W Foster wrote: >> I recently lost a USB stick. It didn't have any thing of a security >> concern on it but got me to thinking. Does anyone know of an >> application that will; encrypt the drive completely; s

Re: OT: Sort Of> Re: USB stick Security

2011-01-13 Thread Jimmy Wu
https://www.ironkey.com/ They claim it works on linux as well. Cheers, JW On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 09:11, John W Foster wrote: > I recently lost a USB stick. It didn't have any thing of a security > concern on it but got me to thinking. Does anyone know of an application > that will; encrypt the

OT: Sort Of> Re: USB stick Security

2011-01-13 Thread John W Foster
I recently lost a USB stick. It didn't have any thing of a security concern on it but got me to thinking. Does anyone know of an application that will; encrypt the drive completely; start at boot time; ask for a secure log in & if after say 2 or 3 tries; with appropriate warnings of impending doom;

Re: USB stick refuses to work

2010-01-26 Thread Camaleón
On Mon, 25 Jan 2010 21:31:14 +, George wrote: > I have a USB stick, made by Corsair. It works on every Windows computer > I've tested it on but on no Linux computers (Debian included). > > Here's what's written to dmesg when I connect it. > > [ 78.181991] usb 4-1: new high speed USB device

Re: USB stick not mounted anymore...

2010-01-13 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 13 Jan 2010 18:03:02 +0900, Dietrich Bollmann wrote: > When inserting an USB memory stick into my laptop running debian sid the > stick is not mounted and I get the messages appended to this email. > > What can I do to access my data again? > > Thanks for your help, Dietrich > > --- > t

Re: USB stick two devices into one

2009-04-03 Thread Rob Gom
> > Maybe it will stop showing that second device and its pop-up window, if > there is no partition on it. I guess you wouldn't lose much by just > deleting that 9MB partition, ie. you'd have a device without any second > partition. (I have not tried it myself, though.) > > HTH, > Johannes > As sim

Re: USB stick two devices into one

2009-04-03 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
Rob Gom wrote: > Is it possible to convert stick to be single device? I don't need > second one... And two windows about new device connected can be a bit > irritating... [cut] >> Once the stick is attached, could you send us the output of 'fdisk -l'? >> I'm just guessing, but maybe it is possibl

Re: USB stick two devices into one

2009-04-03 Thread Rob Gom
[cut] > > Once the stick is attached, could you send us the output of 'fdisk -l'? > I'm just guessing, but maybe it is possible to simply remove the 2MB > second partition. > > Cheers, > > Johannes Unfortunately that's not partition ... That's second device (sdb + sdc in my case). Afaik there's no

Re: USB stick two devices into one

2009-04-03 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
Rob Gom wrote: > Hi Debian Users, > I own an USB 2 GB stick. Unfortunately it is reported to system as two > separate devices: > [ 3151.418037] usb-storage: device found at 2 > [ 3151.418041] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning > [ 3156.416261] usb-storage: device scan complet

Re: USB stick two devices into one

2009-04-02 Thread Rob Gom
Thanks for both suggestions. Unfortunately it's not U3 drive, but USB disk pro something. I haven't been able to find a way to remove it from my pendrive. I will try to write an udev rule, however it will work only on my system ... Regards, Robert -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...

Re: USB stick two devices into one

2009-04-02 Thread Rick Thomas
On Apr 2, 2009, at 2:28 PM, Rob Gom wrote: Hi Debian Users, I own an USB 2 GB stick. Unfortunately it is reported to system as two separate devices: Is it possible to convert stick to be single device? I don't need second one... And two windows about new device connected can be a bit irritatin

Re: USB stick two devices into one

2009-04-02 Thread Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
Rob Gom wrote: > Hi Debian Users, > I own an USB 2 GB stick. Unfortunately it is reported to system as two > separate devices: > > Is it possible to convert stick to be single device? I don't need > second one... And two windows about new device connected can be a bit > irritating... > It shoul

Re: USB stick checkup - is heavy daily use taking its toll?

2009-03-12 Thread Chris Jones
On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 01:27:34PM EDT, Dan Serban wrote: > Chris Jones wrote: > > I have been using a run-of-the-mill 8GB SanDisk Cruzer Micro for nightly > > backups for c. 6 months and I am curious as to wear and tear. > > > > The smartctl utility does not give me much information: "SMART Health

Re: USB stick checkup - is heavy daily use taking its toll?

2009-03-12 Thread Dan Serban
Chris Jones wrote: > I have been using a run-of-the-mill 8GB SanDisk Cruzer Micro for nightly > backups for c. 6 months and I am curious as to wear and tear. > > The smartctl utility does not give me much information: "SMART Health > Status: OK" + a cryptic "Read defect list: asked for grown list b

Re: USB stick checkup - is heavy daily use taking its toll?

2009-03-11 Thread Stefan Monnier
> I have been using a run-of-the-mill 8GB SanDisk Cruzer Micro for nightly > backups for c. 6 months and I am curious as to wear and tear. I wouldn't worry about it unless you intend to keep doing it for 10 years without ever getting a new stick. Stefan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to deb

Re: USB stick umount locks up machine

2008-02-25 Thread postid
Ron Johnson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/24/08 15:11, postid wrote: Greetings: When I unmount a USB memory stick my machine becomes completely unresponsive. I can't access a console and even the sysreq key sequences don't work. I end up shutting it down with t

Re: USB stick umount locks up machine

2008-02-25 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 09:11:34PM +, postid wrote: > When I unmount a USB memory stick my machine becomes completely > unresponsive. I can't access a console and even the sysreq key sequences > don't work. I end up shutting it down with the power button. > > My /etc/fstab has this line: >

Re: USB stick umount locks up machine

2008-02-24 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/24/08 15:11, postid wrote: > Greetings: > > When I unmount a USB memory stick my machine becomes completely > unresponsive. I can't access a console and even the sysreq key sequences > don't work. I end up shutting it down with the power button.

Re: USB Stick mount [SOLVED]

2007-07-24 Thread Benjamí Villoslada
El Dissabte 30 Juny 2007, Benjamí Villoslada va escriure: > Lately I receive this error (in KDE, Konqueror, Debian Sid) when I > select «open in new window» after USB stick plugging: > > «mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdd1, missing > codepage or other error In some cases

Re: USB-stick crashes

2007-07-09 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Mon, Jul 09, 2007 at 13:45:59 -0600, Art Edwards wrote: > I just did a dist-upgrade (testing, amd64) and now the system will not read > a usbstick. > > I get the following error in kde, during automatic mount: > > mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdc1, missing > codpage

Re: USB-stick crashes (a KDE problem)

2007-07-09 Thread Art Edwards
Just a quick update: This appears to be a KDE problem. I just mounted the USB stick successfully under gnome. Art Edwards Art Edwards wrote: I just did a dist-upgrade (testing, amd64) and now the system will not read a usbstick. I get the following error in kde, during automatic mount: mo

Re: USB Stick mount

2007-06-30 Thread Benjamí Villoslada
El Dissabte 30 Juny 2007, Elimar Riesebieter va escriure: > $ grep sd /etc/fstab $ grep sd /etc/fstab /dev/sda5 / ext3defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1 /dev/sda7 /home ext3defaults0 2 /dev/sda6 noneswapsw

Re: USB Stick mount

2007-06-30 Thread Aenn Seidhe Priest
On 30.06.2007 at 18:43 Elimar Riesebieter wrote: >On Sat, 30 Jun 2007 the mental interface of >Benjamí Villoslada told: > >[...] >> FAT: Unrecognized mount option "flush" or missing value >> --- >> >> Then I manually mount sdd1 with pmount, and work fin

Re: USB Stick mount

2007-06-30 Thread Elimar Riesebieter
On Sat, 30 Jun 2007 the mental interface of Benjamí Villoslada told: [...] > FAT: Unrecognized mount option "flush" or missing value > --- > > Then I manually mount sdd1 with pmount, and work fine. > > Maybe is a hal error? $ grep sd /etc/fstab ? Eli

Re: USB stick

2006-09-06 Thread Matus UHLAR - fantomas
> Stephen McGregor writes: > >I run 2.4.27 . All I did was add > > > >/dev/sda1 /usbvfatuser,rw,group,auto 0 > > 0 > > > >to /etc/fstab , and away I went. On 05.09.06 10:59, Alan Chandler wrote: > The problem with that is, if anything else (such as a

Re: USB stick

2006-09-05 Thread Alan Chandler
Stephen McGregor writes: I run 2.4.27 . All I did was add /dev/sda1 /usbvfatuser,rw,group,auto 0 0 to /etc/fstab , and away I went. The problem with that is, if anything else (such as a camera or whatever) gets plugged in ahead of it, it will

Re: Re: USB stick

2006-09-04 Thread Stephen McGregor
I run 2.4.27 . All I did was add /dev/sda1 /usbvfatuser,rw,group,auto 0 0 to /etc/fstab , and away I went. That was with a normal USB thumb "drive" (stick). I later got a 1.0 GB one - i forget the brand. No way can i get that to even appear i

Re: USB stick

2006-09-04 Thread David E. Fox
On Mon, 4 Sep 2006 20:27:05 +0100 Alan Chandler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > # Portable Flash Storage > BUS=="usb", SYSFS{product}=="JUMPDRIVE ELITE", KERNEL=="sd?1", > NAME="flash", > SYMLINK="jumpdrive flash" > BUS=="usb", SYSFS{product}=="USB DISK 2.0", KERNEL=="sd?1", NAME="flash" , >

Re: USB stick

2006-09-04 Thread Mark Grieveson
On Monday 04 September 2006 19:51, Gilles SICHE wrote: > Hi there, > > sorry about the basic quality of the question : I have a sarge distribution > on a laptop and I would like to install a USB memory stick. I'm afraid I > don't know how to go about it! Not sure if this will work for

Re: USB stick

2006-09-04 Thread Paul Dwerryhouse
On Mon, Sep 04, 2006 at 08:51:03PM +0200, Gilles SICHE wrote: >sorry about the basic quality of the question : I have a sarge >distribution on a laptop and I would like to install a USB memory >stick. I'm afraid I don't know how to go about it! It's highly likely, if you're running GNO

Re: USB stick

2006-09-04 Thread Alan Chandler
On Monday 04 September 2006 19:51, Gilles SICHE wrote: > Hi there, > > sorry about the basic quality of the question : I have a sarge distribution > on a laptop and I would like to install a USB memory stick. I'm afraid I > don't know how to go about it! Not sure if this will work for sarge (this

Re: [SOLVED] Re: usb stick not aumounting and no icon on desktop

2006-02-20 Thread Star King of the Grape Trees
H.S. wrote: 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. That's good to know. I also had the same problem, but only with some usb drives (most worked well) - perhap

[SOLVED] Re: usb stick not aumounting and no icon on desktop

2006-02-20 Thread H.S.
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

Re: usb stick not aumounting and no icon on desktop

2006-02-20 Thread H.S.
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 tho

Re: USB stick broken?

2006-01-23 Thread Andrew Perrin
In that case, I'd have to suggest turning on the verbose debugging for USB and seeing if you can figure out what's up at the low level. Of course, this is probably not worth your while since you can get a new one for $20 or so online ap

Re: USB stick broken?

2006-01-22 Thread Klaus Pieper
This may not be your only problem, but it probably is one of them. You're trying to *read* from your memory stick here, not write to it. If you want to blank the memory stick, you need to use the prior command: dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb Andrew, Just wanted to backup the mbr before overw

Re: USB stick broken?

2006-01-21 Thread Andrew Perrin
On Fri, 20 Jan 2006, Klaus Pieper wrote: host# dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb bs=1K count=1 etch:~# dd if=/dev/sdb of=mbr bs=1k count=1 dd: opening `/dev/sdb': No medium found This may not be your only problem, but it probably is one of them. You're trying to *read* from your memory stick h

Re: USB stick broken?

2006-01-20 Thread Paul E Condon
On Fri, Jan 20, 2006 at 10:30:45PM +0100, Klaus Pieper wrote: > > >Look in log files for what system messages when you plugged in the memory. > >One of > >them may tell you what device ID the system assigned to the memory. On my > >machine > > usb-storage: device found at 8 > usb-storage: waiti

Re: USB stick broken?

2006-01-20 Thread Klaus Pieper
Look in log files for what system messages when you plugged in the memory. One of them may tell you what device ID the system assigned to the memory. On my machine usb-storage: device found at 8 usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning Vendor: Generic Model: USB Flash Di

Re: USB stick broken?

2006-01-20 Thread Paul E Condon
On Fri, Jan 20, 2006 at 02:11:37PM -0500, Jay Zach wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Klaus Pieper wrote: > >> > >> host# dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb bs=1K count=1 > >> > > > > etch:~# dd if=/dev/sdb of=mbr bs=1k count=1 > > dd: opening `/dev/sdb': No medium found > > >

Re: USB stick broken?

2006-01-20 Thread Jay Zach
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Klaus Pieper wrote: >> >> host# dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb bs=1K count=1 >> > > etch:~# dd if=/dev/sdb of=mbr bs=1k count=1 > dd: opening `/dev/sdb': No medium found > > It doesn't work, because Linux never assigned /dev/sdb to the scsi address th

Re: USB stick broken?

2006-01-20 Thread Klaus Pieper
host# dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb bs=1K count=1 etch:~# dd if=/dev/sdb of=mbr bs=1k count=1 dd: opening `/dev/sdb': No medium found -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: USB stick broken?

2006-01-20 Thread J.J. Kiers
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Klaus, you may try this (AS ROOT!): host# dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb bs=1K count=1 This overwrites the first 1024 bytes of the disk, where the Master Boot Record resides. It should be possible to repartition it, so then you may try: host# fdisk

Re: usb stick hangs debian

2004-12-14 Thread Ron Johnson
On Tue, 2004-12-14 at 17:35 +0530, Vijaya S wrote: > output of /var/log/syslog > VFS: Disk change detected on device ide1(22,64) > ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsoft Joliet Level 3 > ISO 9660 Extensions: RRIP_1991A > VFS: Disk change detected on device ide1(22,64) > ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsoft Jolie

Re: usb stick hangs debian

2004-12-14 Thread Carl Fink
On Tue, Dec 14, 2004 at 03:26:39PM +0530, Vijaya S wrote: > hi all, > Whenever i connect a USB flash stick to my debian sarge machine it hangs > and i have to reset the machine.. > why does this happen any ideas pls? Do any useful messages appear in your logs, say daemon.log or messages? --

Re: usb stick hangs debian

2004-12-13 Thread Ron Johnson
On Tue, 2004-12-14 at 18:01 +0530, Vijaya S wrote: > kernel version 2.4.18-bf2.4 You still haven't explained why there's CD-ROM stuff in syslog when you put in a thumb drive. In order for us to see anything useful, you must remove the thumb drive and then reinstall it. Better, though, would be t

Re: usb stick hangs debian

2004-12-13 Thread Vijaya S
kernel version 2.4.18-bf2.4 vijaya Ron Johnson wrote: > On Tue, 2004-12-14 at 17:35 +0530, Vijaya S wrote: > > output of /var/log/syslog > > VFS: Disk change detected on device ide1(22,64) > > ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsoft Joliet Level 3 > > ISO 9660 Extensions: RRIP_1991A > > VFS: Disk change

Re: usb stick hangs debian

2004-12-13 Thread Ron Johnson
On Tue, 2004-12-14 at 16:42 +0530, Vijaya S wrote: > USB Mass Storage support registered. > the above message only appears in /var/log/messages What about /var/log/syslog? What kernel version are you running? Homegrown, or a pre-built kernel? If v2.6, are you running udev? > Carl Fink wrote: >

Re: usb stick hangs debian

2004-12-13 Thread Vijaya S
USB Mass Storage support registered. the above message only appears in /var/log/messages Carl Fink wrote: > On Tue, Dec 14, 2004 at 03:26:39PM +0530, Vijaya S wrote: > > hi all, > > Whenever i connect a USB flash stick to my debian sarge machine it hangs > > and i have to reset the machine.. > >