removable media not mounted

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#1

On both a previous and, now, a fresh install of SuSE 10.3, my removable devices (i.e. optical drive, FD, and usb stick) are not mounted automatically. I don’t know where to start. This is what I get:

tall:/etc # df
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/md1 9297608 2820292 6005016 32% /
udev 1030980 192 1030788 1% /dev
/dev/md0 101074 16422 79434 18% /boot
/dev/md3 267062112 19164 267042948 1% /home
/dev/md2 188661756 912 188660844 1% /srv
tall:/etc #

This is my system:

tall:/etc # uname -a
Linux tall 2.6.22.17-0.1-default #1 SMP 2008/02/10 20:01:04 UTC x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Any suggestions?

#2

could you please also post copy of /etc/fstab entry

#3

Here it is:

tall:/etc # cat /etc/fstab
/dev/md1 / ext3 acl,user_xattr 1 1
/dev/md0 /boot ext3 acl,user_xattr 1 2
/dev/md3 /home xfs defaults 1 2
/dev/md2 /srv xfs defaults 1 2
/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_MAXTOR_STM31608_9LS157CE-part2 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_MAXTOR_STM31608_9LS11R2Y-part2 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_MAXTOR_STM31608_9LS0DYV2-part2 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_MAXTOR_STM31608_9LS158P0-part2 swap swap defaults 0 0
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
sysfs /sys sysfs noauto 0 0
debugfs /sys/kernel/debug debugfs noauto 0 0
usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs noauto 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts mode=0620,gid=5 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy auto noauto,user,sync 0 0
tall:/etc #

#4

Here is an update. I found a good link relevant to this problem:
Low level debugging of removable devices

Here is my current situation:

tall:/etc # lshal --monitor
Could not initialise connection to hald.
Normally this means the HAL daemon (hald) is not running or not ready.
tall:/etc # service haldaemon restart
Shutting down HAL daemon done
Starting HAL daemon done
Loading CPUFreq modules done
tall:/etc # lshal --monitor
Could not initialise connection to hald.
Normally this means the HAL daemon (hald) is not running or not ready.
tall:/etc #

Any suggestions?

#5

Go here: Webpin

Pick one of the developer sites and add that as a yast-source/repo
Like: Index of /repositories/home:/btimothy/openSUSE_10.3

Then in Yast > Filter > Repos > select that one

In the right window > update all that is in blue

Note: with 10.3 it worked on my desktop; I had the same as you on my laptop & that fixed it for me.

Good luck:)

#6

:)Thank you snakedriver. It took a few iterations, but now I have a fully functional system.:slight_smile: