Cannot mount USB devices

[Thomas Milne]

On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 9:32 AM, Tyler Aviss <tjaviss-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 6:14 AM, Thomas Milne
> <tbrucemilne-TcoXwbchSccMMYnvST3LeUB+6BGkLq7r at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>> I installed some newer gvfs packages, specifically gvfs-fuse, and now
>> I'm having trouble mounting anything.
>>
>> Anything I try and connect, I'll see this is syslog:
>>
>> May 19 09:10:15 node1 kernel: [  260.772031] usb 1-6: new high speed
>> USB device using ehci_hcd and address 4
>> May 19 09:10:15 node1 kernel: [  260.915815] usb 1-6: New USB device
>> found, idVendor=0930, idProduct=6545
>> May 19 09:10:15 node1 kernel: [  260.915823] usb 1-6: New USB device
>> strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
>> May 19 09:10:15 node1 kernel: [  260.915827] usb 1-6: Product: USB Flash Memory
>> May 19 09:10:15 node1 kernel: [  260.915830] usb 1-6: Manufacturer:
>> May 19 09:10:15 node1 kernel: [  260.915833] usb 1-6: SerialNumber: 5B850D000095
>> May 19 09:10:15 node1 kernel: [  260.915968] usb 1-6: configuration #1
>> chosen from 1 choice
>> May 19 09:10:15 node1 kernel: [  260.920986] scsi1 : SCSI emulation
>> for USB Mass Storage devices
>> May 19 09:10:15 node1 kernel: [  260.944939] usb-storage: device found at 4
>> May 19 09:10:15 node1 kernel: [  260.944943] usb-storage: waiting for
>> device to settle before scanning
>> May 19 09:10:20 node1 kernel: [  265.944323] usb-storage: device scan complete
>> May 19 09:10:20 node1 kernel: [  265.975194] scsi 1:0:0:0:
>> Direct-Access              USB Flash Memory PMAP PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS
>> May 19 09:10:20 node1 kernel: [  266.206837] sd 1:0:0:0: [sda]
>> 15659008 512-byte hardware sectors: (8.01 GB/7.46 GiB)
>> May 19 09:10:20 node1 kernel: [  266.207277] sd 1:0:0:0: [sda] Write
>> Protect is off
>> May 19 09:10:20 node1 kernel: [  266.207282] sd 1:0:0:0: [sda] Mode
>> Sense: 23 00 00 00
>> May 19 09:10:20 node1 kernel: [  266.207286] sd 1:0:0:0: [sda]
>> Assuming drive cache: write through
>> May 19 09:10:20 node1 kernel: [  266.210902] sd 1:0:0:0: [sda]
>> Assuming drive cache: write through
>> May 19 09:10:20 node1 kernel: [  266.210914]  sda: sda1
>> May 19 09:10:20 node1 kernel: [  266.253755] sd 1:0:0:0: [sda]
>> Attached SCSI removable disk
>>
>> However, nothing appears in Nautilus, and I cannot see a mountpoint in
>> /media or /mnt.
>>
>> Not sure where to even go with this, I tried asking on #nautilus, no
>> response at all.
>>
>> Any tips?
> I've noticed that with my phone and some larger flash-based devices,
> it takes awhile before gnome etc find and mount the device.

It's been over an hour now...Gnome is slow sometimes, but  ;)

> Can you still manage to do it manually as root?
>
> mkdir /mnt/usb
> mount vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/usb

That works fine, I think it's just gvfs that's fuxored. No idea where
to go with that, though. There's a bunch of different gvfs packages,
don't even know which one is responsible.

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