@Aleander List
Sadly, I have to confirm your complaint, it's turning into real show-stopper for using Ubuntu (or Linux in general). At present, I am able to mount and use it like this ( your mileage may vary): isc-...@niesen:~$ cat /etc/lsb-release DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_RELEASE=10.10 DISTRIB_CODENAME=maverick DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 10.10" isc-...@niesen:~$ uname -a Linux niesen 2.6.35-24-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Thu Dec 2 02:41:37 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux isc-...@niesen:~$ After connecting the usb stick, I look for a string such as sr1 (in my case) in the output of dmesg and you use this information to mount and subsequently run ./Start_M-IDentity_Linux. $ dmesg (..) [ 6203.760128] Initializing USB Mass Storage driver... [ 6205.699687] generic-usb 0003:0D46:4081.0003: hiddev97,hidraw2: USB HID v1.00 Device [KOBIL Systems mIDentity XL] on usb-0000:00:1d.7-2/input1 [ 6205.699873] scsi6 : usb-storage 2-2:1.0 [ 6205.699978] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage [ 6205.699981] USB Mass Storage support registered. [ 6206.710122] scsi 6:0:0:0: CD-ROM KOBIL mIDentity 0001 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 [ 6207.051748] sr1: scsi3-mmc drive: 11x/59x writer cd/rw caddy [ 6207.051907] sr 6:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr1 <--------- this line [ 6207.051987] sr 6:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 5 isc-...@niesen:~$ isc-...@niesen:~$ isc-...@niesen:~$ sudo mount /dev/sr1 /mnt [sudo] password for isc-scn: mount: block device /dev/sr1 is write-protected, mounting read-only isc-...@niesen:~$ isc-...@niesen:~$ isc-...@niesen:~$ cd /mnt isc-...@niesen:/mnt$ ls autorun.inf Darwin Start_M-IDentity_Linux Start_M-IDentity_Win.exe common Linux Start_M-IDentity_Mac.app Win32 isc-...@niesen:/mnt$ ./Start_M-IDentity_Linux isc-...@niesen:/mnt$ -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/573690 Title: Kobil M-IDentity usb dongle : no write access anymore since 10.04 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs