Can't mount my EXT NTFS HDD.

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I get this error.

org.freedesktop.UDisks.Error.Failed: Requested filesystem type is neither well-known nor in /proc/filesystems nor in /etc/filesystems

I have no idea what that means. But I’m on the verge of uninstalling I really need access to my NTFS drive.

2

The experts who will help you will likely need to know which operating system you are using and which version, plus which Desktop Environment. So can you supply some background info for them please.

3

Can you type the following command in a terminal and post output here:

fdisk -l

so that we can see wich partition of which disk you need to mount.

4

Sorry, I’m using openSUSE 11.4 with the default KDE. Hard drive is an EXT USB HDD Toshiba.

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Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders, total 312581808 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00077e07

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1            2048     4208639     2103296   82  Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda2   *     4208640    46153727    20972544   83  Linux
/dev/sda3        46153728   312580095   133213184   83  Linux

Disk /dev/sdc: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders, total 1953525168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xb49b6b25

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdc1              63  1953520064   976760001    7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
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And when do you get this error?

Did you try to mount as root with something like:

mount -t ntfs /dev/sdc1 /your/mount/directory

Or do you have an entry for it in/etc/fstab (show us that file).

Or did you different.

You see there are all sorts of possibilities. It is like not telling which level, etc. You must give us as much information as possible. We were not there when you did what you tried. We can not know (not many clairvoyants here :wink: ).

7

I just boot into KDE and turn on my USB HDD and get a notification that it’s discovered. Only when I click on that notification it throws up the error. That’s it nothing more to tell.

8

If the command suggested by hcvv doesn’t work try:

mount /dev/sdc1 /mnt

If it still doesn’t work, try:

mount -t nfs-3g /dev/sdc1 /mnt

If it doesn’t work, make sure that ntfs support is installed:

rpm -qa | grep ntfs

Check that the partition is mounted with:

mount

Once it is mounted, you can access it in the directory /mnt

If it you’re able to mount it, we can add an entry in /etc/fstab … although there is a way to mount external disks automatically with udev rules and/or hal policies that I don’t remember.

9

That first command worked brilliantly. Now only to get it working without resorting to command line. Just to plug and play. Oh and I really appreciate the help!

10

Which is much, much more then you told before. We did not even know it was about an USB device.

As I have read here more then once there is a change that the device will not mount when it was used before on an MS Windows system and not properly removed there. Could that be your case? When yes, put it in such a system and do a proper remove. Then retry on opensUSE.

EDIT: your post #10 was posted while I wrote this. When you can mount it as you say, the above is certainly ot true in this case. Forget it.

11

Great! We’re not Windows experts. But even it this worked mount -t ntfs, you should rather use that mount -t ntfs-3g. The latest is supposed to do a better job. Windows experts might correct me if I’m wrong.

12

Same problem here with an external USB drive. The drive worked perfectly well until a few days ago. I am pretty sure it has something to do with this:

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=270689

There is a workaround that says that you have to add “ntfs-3g” in /etc/filesystems and everything should work automatically from there on. This did not work for me, but others reported success. I used “ntfs” and it did work for me, although I don’t know how much of a difference it will make. Internal ntfs partitions are recognized without problems; maybe it’s because they are contained in /etc/fstab (as ntfs-3g drives).

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

13

this happened to me today after a kernel update, i figured that’s what broke it. i can mount it manually, i even went into partitioner to try and put an entry into fstab for it (but not to boot at startup as it won’t boot without the drive) but still no success on auto plugin. will try that and see if it helps.

cheers

14

if i try to open kwrite as root i get this:

kwrite
kwrite(6749): Session bus not found
To circumvent this problem try the following command (with Linux and bash)
export $(dbus-launch)

KCrash: Application ‘kwrite’ crashing…
KCrash: Attempting to start /usr/lib64/kde4/libexec/drkonqi from kdeinit
sock_file=/root/.kde4/socket-linux-ej1d.site/kdeinit4__0
Warning: connect() failed: : No such file or directory
KCrash: Attempting to start /usr/lib64/kde4/libexec/drkonqi directly
drkonqi(6750): Session bus not found
To circumvent this problem try the following command (with Linux and bash)
export $(dbus-launch)

so can’t edit the file. great. any ideas? :slight_smile:

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KWrite won’t work from the console, it needs to run from within the X environment. Try another editor like vi. I personally prefer mc (midnight commander), I find it a simple all round browser/editor. Remember to run it with root privileges (type “sudo mc” at the console) if you are attempting to edit the file yourself. And make a backup. Just in case.

My problems began after today’s kernel update as well.

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downloaded MC and despite editing with ntfs or ntfs-3g added, no such luck unfortunately.

17

I’m having the same problem. The /etc/filesystem fix did not work for me either. I notice that an update to udisks accompanied the kernel update, so I assume that is what is causing the problem.

18

Could one of you guys post the content of the new 80-udisks.rules ? (Please use code tags!)

cat /lib/udev/rules.d/80-udisks.rules

I haven’t updated my two 11.4 machines yet and could compare with the previous version of this file to see if they did change a rule.

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# Do not edit this file, it will be overwritten on updates
#

# import names for PCI storage controllers
#
SUBSYSTEM=="pci", ACTION=="add|change", ENV{ID_MODEL_FROM_DATABASE}=="", ATTR{class}=="0x01*", IMPORT{program}="pci-db %p"

# Set eSATA port type for known eSATA CardBus adapters - first we want to ensure
# the device is on a cardbus controller (upper PCI device) - then we check
# vid/pid (lower PCI device)
#
SUBSYSTEM=="scsi_host", ATTRS{class}=="0x060700", GOTO="ata_port_cardbus"
GOTO="ata_port_cardbus_end"
LABEL="ata_port_cardbus"
# Mass storage controller: Silicon Image, Inc. SiI 3512 [SATALink/SATARaid] Serial ATA Controller (rev 01)
#
SUBSYSTEMS=="pci", ATTRS{vendor}=="0x1095", ATTRS{device}=="0x3512", ENV{UDISKS_ATA_PORT_CONNECTOR_TYPE}="ata_sata_external"
LABEL="ata_port_cardbus_end"

# probe SAS expanders
#
# (hmm, this might be racy, we might not have the BSG device just yet - if
#  this is the case we can trigger a 'change' on the sas_expander device
#  when the bsg device appears)
#
SUBSYSTEM=="sas_expander", ACTION=="add|change", IMPORT{program}="udisks-probe-sas-expander /sys/%p"

##############################################################################################################

# from here on, we only care about block devices
ACTION!="add|change", GOTO="udisks_end"
SUBSYSTEM!="block", GOTO="udisks_end"
KERNEL=="ram*", GOTO="udisks_end"

# Mark devices that shouldn't be automounted / autoassembled etc.
#
# Deny all, then punch holes for what looks like physical drives
# (TODO: this heuristic might need some work)
#

ENV{UDISKS_PRESENTATION_NOPOLICY}="1"
KERNEL=="sd*|hd*|sr*|mmcblk*|mspblk*", ENV{UDISKS_PRESENTATION_NOPOLICY}="0"

##############################################################################################################

# we only care about change events on device-mapper
# devices - never touch the device on add events
KERNEL=="dm-*", ACTION!="change", GOTO="udisks_end"

# honor the flag that device-mapper sets if the device should be ignored
ENV{DM_UDEV_DISABLE_OTHER_RULES_FLAG}=="1", GOTO="udisks_end"
ENV{DM_UDEV_DISABLE_DISK_RULES_FLAG}=="1", GOTO="udisks_end"

# import UDISKS_DM_* and UDISKS_LVM2_* properties - the long-term plan is to make the lvm2 and
# device-mapper packages provide this information
#
KERNEL=="dm-*", IMPORT{program}="udisks-dm-export %M %m"

# Make udevd synthesize a 'change' uevent when last opener of a rw-fd closes the fd - this
# should be part of the device-mapper rules
KERNEL=="dm-*", OPTIONS+="watch"

##############################################################################################################
# Probe LVM2 Physical Volumes - this will eventually be part of the LVM2 package

ENV{ID_FS_TYPE}=="LVM2_member", TEST=="/lib/udev/udisks-lvm-pv-export", IMPORT{program}="udisks-lvm-pv-export $env{ID_FS_UUID}"

##############################################################################################################

# Probe for partition tables; this really should be part of udev / util-linux-ng
#

# skip rules for inappropriate block devices
KERNEL=="fd*|mtd*|nbd*|gnbd*|btibm*", GOTO="probe_parttable_end"

# never access non-cdrom removable ide devices, the drivers are causing event loops on open()
KERNEL=="hd*!0-9]", ATTR{removable}=="1", SUBSYSTEMS=="ide", ATTRS{media}=="disk|floppy", GOTO="probe_parttable_end"
KERNEL=="hd*[0-9]", ATTR{removable}=="1", GOTO="probe_parttable_end"

# don't scan for partition tables on empty discs
KERNEL=="sr*", ENV{ID_CDROM_MEDIA}!="?*", GOTO="probe_parttable_end"

# skip non-data discs (see https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15757 for the udev bits)
KERNEL=="sr*", ENV{ID_CDROM_MEDIA_TRACK_COUNT_DATA}=="", GOTO="probe_parttable_end"

# scan for partition tables both on whole-disk and partitions
#
IMPORT{program}="udisks-part-id $tempnode"

LABEL="probe_parttable_end"

##############################################################################################################

# pick up device-mapper data; this REALLY should be done by rules installed
# by the device-mapper package
#
KERNEL!="dm-*", GOTO="device_mapper_end"
ACTION!="change", GOTO="device_mapper_end"

ENV{UDISKS_DM_TARGET_TYPES}=="|*error*", GOTO="device_mapper_end"

# avoid probing if it has already been done earlier
#
ENV{ID_FS_USAGE}!="", GOTO="device_mapper_end"
IMPORT{program}="/sbin/blkid -o udev -p $tempnode"

LABEL="device_mapper_end"

##############################################################################################################

# pick up data from MD components; this REALLY should be done by rules installed
# by mdadm or the kernel package
#
ENV{ID_FS_TYPE}!="linux_raid_member", GOTO="md_end"

# avoid probing if it has already been done earlier
#
ENV{MD_LEVEL}!="", GOTO="md_end"
IMPORT{program}="/sbin/mdadm --examine --export $tempnode"

LABEL="md_end"

##############################################################################################################

# Check if a disk is ATA SMART capable
#

# USB ATA enclosures with a SAT layer
KERNEL=="sd*!0-9]", ATTR{removable}=="0", ENV{ID_BUS}=="usb", ENV{DEVTYPE}=="disk", IMPORT{program}="udisks-probe-ata-smart $tempnode"

# ATA disks driven by libata
KERNEL=="sd*!0-9]", ATTR{removable}=="0", ENV{ID_BUS}=="ata", ENV{DEVTYPE}=="disk", IMPORT{program}="udisks-probe-ata-smart $tempnode"

# ATA disks connected via SAS (not driven by libata)
KERNEL=="sd*!0-9]", ATTR{removable}=="0", ENV{ID_BUS}=="scsi", ENV{DEVTYPE}=="disk", ENV{ID_VENDOR}=="ATA", IMPORT{program}="udisks-probe-ata-smart $tempnode"


# Example rule for tagging a device with a specific media type. Where and
# how to store this database needs some thought.
#
SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="050d", ATTRS{idProduct}=="0248", ENV{ID_INSTANCE}=="0:0", ENV{ID_DRIVE_FLASH_CF}="1"
SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="050d", ATTRS{idProduct}=="0248", ENV{ID_INSTANCE}=="0:1", ENV{ID_DRIVE_FLASH_MS}="1"
SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="050d", ATTRS{idProduct}=="0248", ENV{ID_INSTANCE}=="0:2", ENV{ID_DRIVE_FLASH_SM}="1"
SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="050d", ATTRS{idProduct}=="0248", ENV{ID_INSTANCE}=="0:3", ENV{ID_DRIVE_FLASH_SD}="1"

SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="05e3", ATTRS{idProduct}=="070e", ENV{ID_INSTANCE}=="0:0", ENV{ID_DRIVE_FLASH_CF}="1"
SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="05e3", ATTRS{idProduct}=="070e", ENV{ID_INSTANCE}=="0:1", ENV{ID_DRIVE_FLASH_SM}="1"
SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="05e3", ATTRS{idProduct}=="070e", ENV{ID_INSTANCE}=="0:2", ENV{ID_DRIVE_FLASH_SD}="1"
SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="05e3", ATTRS{idProduct}=="070e", ENV{ID_INSTANCE}=="0:3", ENV{ID_DRIVE_FLASH_MS}="1"

# APPLE SD Card Reader (MacbookPro5,4)
#
SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="05ac", ATTRS{idProduct}=="8403", ENV{ID_DRIVE_FLASH_SD}="1"

# Common theme
#
SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ENV{ID_MODEL}=="*SD_Reader*", ENV{ID_DRIVE_FLASH_SD}="1"
SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ENV{ID_MODEL}=="*CF_Reader*", ENV{ID_DRIVE_FLASH_CF}="1"
SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ENV{ID_MODEL}=="*SM_Reader*", ENV{ID_DRIVE_FLASH_SM}="1"
SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ENV{ID_MODEL}=="*MS_Reader*", ENV{ID_DRIVE_FLASH_MS}="1"

##############################################################################################################

# If previous rules did not set an icon, provide a default one for media players

ENV{UDISKS_PRESENTATION_ICON_NAME}=="?*", GOTO="udisks_media_player_end"

ENV{ID_MEDIA_PLAYER}=="?*", ENV{UDISKS_PRESENTATION_ICON_NAME}="multimedia-player"
ENV{ID_MEDIA_PLAYER}=="apple-ipod", ENV{UDISKS_PRESENTATION_ICON_NAME}="multimedia-player-ipod"

# Apple iPod Video
#
SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="05ac", ATTRS{idProduct}=="1209", ENV{UDISKS_PRESENTATION_ICON_NAME}="multimedia-player-ipod-white"

LABEL="udisks_media_player_end"

##############################################################################################################

# PC floppy drives
#
KERNEL=="fd*", ENV{ID_DRIVE_FLOPPY}="1"

# USB floppy drives
#
SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{bInterfaceClass}=="08", ATTRS{bInterfaceSubClass}=="04", ENV{ID_DRIVE_FLOPPY}="1"

# ATA Zip drives
#
ENV{ID_VENDOR}=="*IOMEGA*", ENV{ID_MODEL}=="*ZIP*", ENV{ID_DRIVE_FLOPPY_ZIP}="1"

##############################################################################################################

# Partitions which desktops should not display
#

# Apple Bootstrap partitions
ENV{UDISKS_PARTITION_SCHEME}=="apm", ENV{UDISKS_PARTITION_TYPE}=="Apple_Bootstrap", ENV{UDISKS_PRESENTATION_HIDE}="1"

# special MBR partition types (EFI, hidden, etc.)
# see http://www.win.tue.nl/~aeb/partitions/partition_types-1.html
ENV{UDISKS_PARTITION_SCHEME}=="mbr", \
  ENV{UDISKS_PARTITION_TYPE}=="0x00|0x11|0x12|0x14|0x16|0x17|0x1b|0x1c|0x1e|0x27|0x3d|0x84|0x8d|0x90|0x91|0x92|0x93|0x97|0x98|0x9a|0x9b|0xbb|0xc2|0xc3|0xdd|0xef", \
  ENV{UDISKS_PRESENTATION_HIDE}="1"

# special GUID-identified partition types
# see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GUID_Partition_Table#Partition_type_GUIDs
ENV{UDISKS_PARTITION_SCHEME}=="gpt", \
  ENV{UDISKS_PARTITION_TYPE}=="C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B|21686148-6449-6E6F-744E-656564454649", \
  ENV{UDISKS_PRESENTATION_HIDE}="1"

# APM recovery/tool partitions which are useless on Linux
ENV{UDISKS_PARTITION_SCHEME}=="apm", \
  ENV{ID_CDROM}=="?*", ENV{ID_FS_TYPE}=="udf", ENV{ID_FS_LABEL}=="WD_SmartWare", \
  ENV{UDISKS_PRESENTATION_HIDE}="1"

# recovery partitions (taken from old hal rules)
ENV{ID_FS_TYPE}=="ntfs|vfat", \
  ENV{ID_FS_LABEL}=="RECOVERY|HP_RECOVERY|Recovery Partition|DellUtility|DellRestore|IBM_SERVICE|SERVICEV001|SERVICEV002", \
  ENV{UDISKS_PRESENTATION_HIDE}="1"

# read-only non-Linux software installer partitions
ENV{ID_VENDOR}=="Sony", ENV{ID_MODEL}=="PRS*Launcher", ENV{UDISKS_PRESENTATION_HIDE}="1"

##############################################################################################################


LABEL="udisks_end"

By the way adding plain ntfs (not ntfs -3g) to etc/filesystems does work.

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The default udev rules here haven’t changed.
But it looks like you find a solution.