USB storage (Photo Frame) recognized but not mounted

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Old(ish) Telefunken Digital Photo Frame, model DPF-7331,
openSUSE 13.2 64bits, kernel 3.16.7-35-desktop x86_64, KDE 4.14.9

The DPF should connect through USB2.0 as USB Storage, like a pendrive. When plugged in, dmesg reports:

 +22,128472] usb 3-6: new high-speed USB device number 18 using xhci_hcd
  +0,166234] usb 3-6: New USB device found, idVendor=1de1, idProduct=1101
  +0,000002] usb 3-6: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
  +0,000001] usb 3-6: Product: Digital Photo Frame
  +0,000001] usb 3-6: Manufacturer: actions
  +0,000001] usb 3-6: SerialNumber: 单䑂卉K
  +0,001377] usb-storage 3-6:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected
  +0,000126] scsi11 : usb-storage 3-6:1.0

And the DFP screen shows the expected “Connecting to PC” message.

But no device notification, and it does not appear in Dolphin places nor in /etc/mtab.

Starting a windows VM running in the same machine, the DPF opens OK as Removable Disk, storage is accessible, so no hardware/connection issue.

How do I get oS/KDE to recognize and mount it automatically as it does with other USB drives?

P.S.: Just inserted a pendrive in the same USB port, KDE sees and mounts it normally.

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Now that’s weird. I removed the DPF from the VM but didn’t disconnect the cable, and it came up normally in device notifier and in dolphin. Go figure???

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Same thing today, DPF only recognized by KDE after connecting/disconnecting in a windows VM.

Any ideas?

TIA

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Is the VM grabbing the device perhaps? I’ve had that happen with my Windows 7 host whereby VirtualBox grabs a usb device (eg mobile broadband device) and I have to kill it to gain control of it in Windows. (I could also just remove it from registered devices that I have configured in the VirtualBox settings as well.)

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Hi Deano, thank you for replying.

Actually, it’s the other way around. Without a VM running (nor the VM Manager GUI open), the DPF is not mounted.

Only after starting a VM and mounting and removing the DPF in the VM, it gets recognized by KDE - regardless of the VM still running or not.

It’s no biggie, as I connect this thing once a year if all that. It’s just curious. As previously it worked on oS 12.x or earlier IINM.

I didn’t try it yet right after booting, before running any VMs. Mostly I use VirtualBox now but still run VMPlayer sometimes.

Will try on next reboot, not soon I suppose.