Cannot mount usb drives

openSUSE 11.0 does not seem to mount my usb drive. Below is the output of what I tried for dagnosis. It all worked fine in 10.3. I need direction as to what to do next to access these drive. Help is very much appreciated.

abdrahim@linux-gawu:~> su -c ‘fdisk -l’
Password:

Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x03168f50

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 2 19583 157292415 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 * 19584 22194 20972857+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda3 22195 37207 120591922 83 Linux
/dev/sda4 37208 60801 189518805 f W95 Ext’d (LBA)
/dev/sda5 37208 60801 189518773+ 83 Linux

Disk /dev/sdb: 250.0 GB, 250059350016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x13b3dcfb

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 1 262 2104483+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sdb2 11733 30401 149958742+ 5 Extended
/dev/sdb3 263 6734 51986340 83 Linux
/dev/sdb4 6735 11732 40146433+ 83 Linux
/dev/sdb5 11733 30401 149958709+ 83 Linux

Partition table entries are not in disk order
abdrahim@linux-gawu:~> su -c ‘fdisk -l’
Password:

Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x03168f50

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 2 19583 157292415 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 * 19584 22194 20972857+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda3 22195 37207 120591922 83 Linux
/dev/sda4 37208 60801 189518805 f W95 Ext’d (LBA)
/dev/sda5 37208 60801 189518773+ 83 Linux

Disk /dev/sdb: 250.0 GB, 250059350016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x13b3dcfb

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 1 262 2104483+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sdb2 11733 30401 149958742+ 5 Extended
/dev/sdb3 263 6734 51986340 83 Linux
/dev/sdb4 6735 11732 40146433+ 83 Linux
/dev/sdb5 11733 30401 149958709+ 83 Linux

Partition table entries are not in disk order
abdrahim@linux-gawu:~> /etc/init.d/boot.udev restart
Restarting udevd: killproc: Can not signal TERM to process with pid 689: Operation not permitted
root privileges required
failed
abdrahim@linux-gawu:~> su -c /etc/init.d/boot.udev restart
su: user restart does not exist
abdrahim@linux-gawu:~> su -c ‘/etc/init.d/boot.udev restart’
Password:
Restarting udevd: done
abdrahim@linux-gawu:~> su -c ‘/etc/init.d/boot.udev restart’
Password:
Restarting udevd: done
abdrahim@linux-gawu:~> udevadm monitor
bash: udevadm: command not found
abdrahim@linux-gawu:~> cat /etc/resmgr.conf

This is the default set of devices people logged in on the desktop get

access to:

class desktop

remote X logins

class remote-x-desktop

dvb devices

class dvb

v4l devices

class v4l

sound devices (alsa+oss)

class sound

other video stuff

class video

input devices like mice, joystick

class input

CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, Burners etc.

class cdrom

all kinds of removeable media

class floppy

generic libusb access

class usb

cameras

class camera

devices that can cost you money

class modem

scanners

class scanner

PDAs

class pda

portable audio players

class audioplayer

class desktop includes dvb
class desktop includes v4l
class desktop includes sound
class desktop includes video
class desktop includes input
class desktop includes cdrom
class desktop includes floppy
class desktop includes usb
class desktop includes camera
class desktop includes scanner
class desktop includes pda
class desktop includes audioplayer
abdrahim@linux-gawu:~> su -c ‘udevadm monitor’
Password:
udevmonitor will print the received events for:
UDEV the event which udev sends out after rule processing
UEVENT the kernel uevent

UDEV [1216168927.951166] remove /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb5/5-4/5-4.4/5-4.4:1.0/usb_endpoint/usbdev5.23_ep82 (usb_endpoint)
UDEV [1216168927.951312] remove /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb5/5-4/5-4.4/5-4.4:1.0/usb_endpoint/usbdev5.23_ep03 (usb_endpoint)
UDEV [1216168927.951365] remove /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb5/5-4/5-4.4/usb_endpoint/usbdev5.23_ep00 (usb_endpoint)
UEVENT[1216168927.951416] remove /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb5/5-4/5-4.4/usb_endpoint/usbdev5.23_ep00 (usb_endpoint)
UEVENT[1216168927.951464] remove /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb5/5-4/5-4.4 (usb)
UDEV [1216168927.954022] remove /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb5/5-4/5-4.4/5-4.4:1.0 (usb)
UDEV [1216168927.959897] remove /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb5/5-4/5-4.4 (usb)
UEVENT[1216168937.745668] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb5/5-4/5-4.4 (usb)
UEVENT[1216168937.745748] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb5/5-4/5-4.4/usb_endpoint/usbdev5.24_ep00 (usb_endpoint)
UEVENT[1216168937.745796] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb5/5-4/5-4.4/5-4.4:1.0 (usb)
UEVENT[1216168937.745842] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb5/5-4/5-4.4/5-4.4:1.0/usb_endpoint/usbdev5.24_ep82 (usb_endpoint)
UEVENT[1216168937.745888] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb5/5-4/5-4.4/5-4.4:1.0/usb_endpoint/usbdev5.24_ep03 (usb_endpoint)
UDEV [1216168937.754064] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb5/5-4/5-4.4 (usb)
UDEV [1216168937.758146] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb5/5-4/5-4.4/usb_endpoint/usbdev5.24_ep00 (usb_endpoint)
UDEV [1216168937.771537] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb5/5-4/5-4.4/5-4.4:1.0 (usb)
UDEV [1216168937.776182] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb5/5-4/5-4.4/5-4.4:1.0/usb_endpoint/usbdev5.24_ep03 (usb_endpoint)
UDEV [1216168937.811307] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb5/5-4/5-4.4/5-4.4:1.0/usb_endpoint/usbdev5.24_ep82 (usb_endpoint)

Hey. I rebooted then found a loose plug. All is well.