Can't mount USB sticks

openSUSE 12.3, KDE 4.10.5

Trying to look at the various USB sticks scattered about the desk, but plugging one in gives no popup from the Device Notifier. Thought I might have a H/W problem, but same scenario on my laptop, too. Put in a DVD, Device Notifier runs, and the DVD is mounted. Hmmmmm.

dmesg give this output, when stick plugged in and removed:

gwb@gidney:~> dmesg | tail -25
  828.145594] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] No Caching mode page present
  828.145600] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
  828.145606] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
  866.158172] usb 2-1: USB disconnect, device number 4
 1638.553201] usb 2-1: new high-speed USB device number 5 using ehci_hcd
 1638.673955] usb 2-1: New USB device found, idVendor=13fe, idProduct=3e00
 1638.673967] usb 2-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
 1638.673975] usb 2-1: Product:                 
 1638.673982] usb 2-1: Manufacturer:         
 1638.673988] usb 2-1: SerialNumber: 07C10303857C3E47
 1638.675302] scsi6 : usb-storage 2-1:1.0
 1639.753501] scsi 6:0:0:0: Direct-Access                               PMAP PQ: 0 ANSI: 4
 1639.754247] sd 6:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
 1640.910527] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] 15646720 512-byte logical blocks: (8.01 GB/7.46 GiB)
 1640.911852] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
 1640.911864] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 23 00 00 00
 1640.913261] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] No Caching mode page present
 1640.913270] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
 1640.918359] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] No Caching mode page present
 1640.918362] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
 1640.941261]  sdb: sdb1
 1640.945490] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] No Caching mode page present
 1640.945493] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
 1640.945496] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
 1681.193929] usb 2-1: USB disconnect, device number 5

Anybody else having problems with USB memory?

Check if you can manually mount it.


mkdir diskTest
sudo mount -t auto /dev/sdb1 diskTest
df -T 

On 2013-07-17 21:06, GeoBaltz wrote:

> dmesg give this output, when stick plugged in and removed:
> Code:
> --------------------
> gwb@gidney:~> dmesg | tail -25

> 1639.753501] scsi 6:0:0:0: Direct-Access PMAP PQ: 0 ANSI: 4
> 1639.754247] sd 6:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
> 1640.910527] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] 15646720 512-byte logical blocks: (8.01 GB/7.46 GiB)
> 1640.911852] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off

> --------------------

Run at this poing “file -s /dev/sdb”.


Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 12.3 x86_64 “Dartmouth” at Telcontar)

cloyd:/home/gwb # file -s /dev/sdd
/dev/sdd: # ISO 9660 CD-ROM filesystem data 'openSUSE-12.3-DVD-x86_640110    ' (bootable)

Followed by:

cloyd:/home/gwb # mount -t auto /dev/sdd /mnt
cloyd:/home/gwb # 

And, lo and behold, the device notifier pops up with the USB stick as an available device.

Tried with a couple of sticks, and no action from the device notifier until after I manually mount it. DVDs are prompted for as soon as the drawer is closed.

Edit: Oops, forgot; df -T shows this stick as iso9660.

As a matter of fact, I also have a similar problem (12.3, 64 bit, KDE 4.10.5). The only usb stick that I own is an ancient Dell 256 Mb device that I got around 2005. When I set up my current laptop with 12.3, I was surprised when it didn’t mount. I just plugged it in again, and it didn’t mount. I ran

john@linux-f2k5:~> dmesg | tail -25
 2107.040195] SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT IN=vmnet8 OUT= MAC= SRC=fe80:0000:0000:0000:0250:56ff:fec0:0008 DST=ff02:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:00fb LEN=84 TC=0 HOPLIMIT=255 FLOWLBL=0 PROTO=UDP SPT=5353 DPT=5353 LEN=44 
 2107.040269] SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT IN=vmnet1 OUT= MAC= SRC=fe80:0000:0000:0000:0250:56ff:fec0:0001 DST=ff02:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:00fb LEN=84 TC=0 HOPLIMIT=255 FLOWLBL=0 PROTO=UDP SPT=5353 DPT=5353 LEN=44 
 2115.656347] SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT IN=wlan0 OUT= MAC= SRC=fe80:0000:0000:0000:2677:03ff:fef5:5e9c DST=ff02:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:00fb LEN=84 TC=0 HOPLIMIT=255 FLOWLBL=0 PROTO=UDP SPT=5353 DPT=5353 LEN=44 
 2529.748856] usb 3-1: new high-speed USB device number 2 using xhci_hcd
 2529.760776] usb 3-1: New USB device found, idVendor=08ec, idProduct=0015
 2529.760783] usb 3-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
 2529.760787] usb 3-1: Product: Dell Memory Key
 2529.760791] usb 3-1: Manufacturer: M-SysT5
 2529.760794] usb 3-1: SerialNumber: 08A1C9406080C4F1
 2529.819469] Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
 2529.819580] scsi6 : usb-storage 3-1:1.0
 2529.819656] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
 2529.819657] USB Mass Storage support registered.
 2530.819464] scsi 6:0:0:0: Direct-Access     M-SysT5  Dell Memory Key  5.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS
 2530.820272] sd 6:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
 2530.821996] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
 2535.437251] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] 499711 512-byte logical blocks: (255 MB/243 MiB)
 2535.437529] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] No Caching mode page present
 2535.437533] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
 2535.438486] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] No Caching mode page present
 2535.438492] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
 2535.442565]  sdb: sdb1
 2556.356872] SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT IN=wlan0 OUT= MAC=24:77:03:f5:5e:9c:90:f6:52:c0:fb:fc:08:00 SRC=10.1.41.67 DST=192.168.0.100 LEN=159 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=127 ID=8048 PROTO=ICMP TYPE=3 CODE=3 [SRC=192.168.0.100 DST=10.1.41.67 LEN=131 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=63 ID=27264 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=24449 DPT=55487 LEN=111 ] 
 2558.350414] SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT IN=wlan0 OUT= MAC=24:77:03:f5:5e:9c:90:f6:52:c0:fb:fc:08:00 SRC=10.1.41.67 DST=192.168.0.100 LEN=159 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=127 ID=8051 PROTO=ICMP TYPE=3 CODE=3 [SRC=192.168.0.100 DST=10.1.41.67 LEN=131 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=63 ID=27265 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=24449 DPT=55487 LEN=111 ] 
 2562.348208] SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT IN=wlan0 OUT= MAC=24:77:03:f5:5e:9c:90:f6:52:c0:fb:fc:08:00 SRC=10.1.41.67 DST=192.168.0.100 LEN=159 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=127 ID=8057 PROTO=ICMP TYPE=3 CODE=3 [SRC=192.168.0.100 DST=10.1.41.67 LEN=131 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=63 ID=27266 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=24449 DPT=55487 LEN=111 ] 
john@linux-f2k5:~> 

Which shows it as there. The interesting thing is that, while I was typing this message, the thing mounted by itself (with pop-up). That was maybe 3-4 minutes after I plugged it in, and after I ran “dmesg | tail -25”. I don’t quite know what to think about that… Maybe this is totally unrelated to your problem, but when you said that your sub stick wouldn’t mount, it triggered the memory.

Edit: I just repeated the process. It mounted after just under 5 minutes.

This is why you are having problems.

This started happening in opensuse 12.2, if I recall correctly. Presumably it was a change to udev or whatever is looking. It does not see USBs that are iso9660. But other USBs are fine.

I’m not sure, but I suspect this is also the cause of another problem. When installing from the DVD iso written to a USB (at least for 13.1 milestones), if I hit F4 and tell it to find the repos on a hard disk it fails to find them – presumably because the USB is iso9660. If I do the install without hitting F4, it does fine.

nrickert wrote:

>
> GeoBaltz;2572695 Wrote:
>> Edit: Oops, forgot; df -T shows this stick as iso9660.
>
> This is why you are having problems.

Yabbut maybe not for the reason below.

>
> This started happening in opensuse 12.2, if I recall correctly.
> Presumably it was a change to udev or whatever is looking. It does not
> see USBs that are iso9660. But other USBs are fine.
>

I found another old stick with a 12.2 KDE Live image on it. This one was
recognized by the notifier immediately; then it said “Unable to mount”. I
was able to mount it manually with mount -t auto /dev/sdd /mnt.

Could it be a problem with the funky isos that supposedly will “Secure
Boot”?

> I’m not sure, but I suspect this is also the cause of another problem.
> When installing from the DVD iso written to a USB (at least for 13.1
> milestones), if I hit F4 and tell it to find the repos on a hard disk it
> fails to find them – presumably because the USB is iso9660. If I do
> the install without hitting F4, it does fine.
>
>

I don’t think so. The 32-bit iso for 13.1M3, copied to a USB, is also not recognized. And there is no secure-boot for 32-bit. I see only a single partition on the 32bit USB, but two on the 64bit USB.

On 2013-07-18 00:56, nrickert wrote:
>
> GeoBaltz;2572695 Wrote:
>> Edit: Oops, forgot; df -T shows this stick as iso9660.
>
> This is why you are having problems.
>
> This started happening in opensuse 12.2, if I recall correctly.
> Presumably it was a change to udev or whatever is looking. It does not
> see USBs that are iso9660. But other USBs are fine.
>
> I’m not sure, but I suspect this is also the cause of another problem.
> When installing from the DVD iso written to a USB (at least for 13.1
> milestones), if I hit F4 and tell it to find the repos on a hard disk it
> fails to find them – presumably because the USB is iso9660. If I do
> the install without hitting F4, it does fine.

Remember that the 12.3 DVD, being ready for uefi, really contains two
partitions. It can not be automounted: what would you mount?


Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 12.3 x86_64 “Dartmouth” at Telcontar)

nrickert wrote:

>
> GeoBaltz;2572695 Wrote:
>> Edit: Oops, forgot; df -T shows this stick as iso9660.
>
> This is why you are having problems.
>

Yabbut, maybe not for the reason below.

> This started happening in opensuse 12.2, if I recall correctly.
> Presumably it was a change to udev or whatever is looking. It does not
> see USBs that are iso9660. But other USBs are fine.
>

I found another old stick that had a 12.2 KDE live image on it. This one
was recognized by the notifier, but it then said ‘Unable to mount’. I was
able to mount it manually with mount -t auto.

Could it be the funky format of isos that are supposedly able to do secure
boot?

> I’m not sure, but I suspect this is also the cause of another problem.
> When installing from the DVD iso written to a USB (at least for 13.1
> milestones), if I hit F4 and tell it to find the repos on a hard disk it
> fails to find them – presumably because the USB is iso9660. If I do
> the install without hitting F4, it does fine.
>
>

It may be a bit more complex than that:

(1) openSUSE-Factory-DVD-Build0575-i586.iso – not seen by device notifier
(2) openSUSE-Factory-DVD-Build0575-x86_64.iso – also not seen by device notifier
(3) openSUSE-Factory-KDE-Live-x86_64-Build0575-Media.iso – this one is seen by device notifier

Of those, (2) and (3) support secure boot, while (1) doesn’t.

On 2013-08-09 16:57, George Baltz wrote:
> Could it be the funky format of isos that are supposedly able to do secure
> boot?

That is what I said two weeks ago.


Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 12.3 x86_64 “Dartmouth” at Telcontar)

As did I. Weird, it looks like that post was wedged in my Kontact outbox since then. Had trouble posting today, so I think it went thru recovery and finally posted.

I have very similar case with this, but I’m not much fortunate that even a few minutes past, there is nothing, I should manually mount the stick after a few minutes but not immediately after I plug in the USB wire, wait a few minutes and manually mount it , works well. I found this only happens on my USB hard disk box(320G), my USB stick flash disk(8G) can be auto-mounted.

jiaying@x200:~> dmesg | tail -25
 3170.178105] usb 2-1: new high-speed USB device number 4 using ehci-pci
 3170.294309] usb 2-1: New USB device found, idVendor=1687, idProduct=3257
 3170.294319] usb 2-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
 3170.294326] usb 2-1: Product: USB2.0 FlashDisk
 3170.294332] usb 2-1: Manufacturer: Kingmax
 3170.294337] usb 2-1: SerialNumber: 4400000000040546
 3170.294847] usb-storage 2-1:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected
 3170.295043] scsi9 : usb-storage 2-1:1.0
 3171.637551] scsi 9:0:0:0: Direct-Access     Kingmax  USB2.0 FlashDisk 1100 PQ: 0 ANSI: 4
 3171.637637] scsi 9:0:0:0: alua: supports implicit and explicit TPGS
 3171.639039] scsi 9:0:0:0: alua: No target port descriptors found
 3171.639045] scsi 9:0:0:0: alua: not attached
 3171.639415] sd 9:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
 3171.642273] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdc] 15769600 512-byte logical blocks: (8.07 GB/7.51 GiB)
 3171.643022] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off
 3171.643026] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdc] Mode Sense: 43 00 00 00
 3171.644190] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdc] No Caching mode page found
 3171.644193] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through
 3171.647539] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdc] No Caching mode page found
 3171.647542] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through
 3171.649280]  sdc: sdc1 sdc2
 3171.652268] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdc] No Caching mode page found
 3171.652272] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through
 3171.652276] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI removable disk
 3171.994868] EXT4-fs (sdc1): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: (null)