Balky mounting of external devices

[Walter Dnes]

  This has happened to me with a few different external devices (USB
keys, etc) on multiple computers, so it seems to be a generic problem.
Right now, I have an HTC Desire HD with the smae problem...

* Either hit {CTRL}{ALT}{F12} to switch to tty12 or else (as root) execute
  "tail -f /var/log/messages"

* Attach a device to the PC's USB port, and you'll see a bunch of stuff
  spewing out.  In my case, the last 3 lines are...

Oct  7 20:50:23 localhost kernel: [114416.426175] scsi 26:0:0:0: Direct-Access     HTC      Android Phone    0100 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
Oct  7 20:50:23 localhost kernel: [114416.426336] sd 26:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0
Oct  7 20:50:23 localhost kernel: [114416.432119] sd 26:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI removable disk

* If I try mounting /dev/sdc1 (either as ordinary user or root), it's
  not found
* "fdisk -l" doesn't even see /dev/sdc

***BUT***

* as root "fdisk /dev/sdc", and quit immediately

and now "fdisk -l" sees /dev/sdc, and regular user can mount it.  Has
anyone seen this before... and more importantly, found a solution?

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Walter Dnes <waltdnes-SLHPyeZ9y/tg9hUCZPvPmw at public.gmane.org>
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