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USB Memory Sticks - not auto-mounting

  Date: Dec 14    Category: Unix / Linux / Ubuntu    Views: 469
  

Very new Ubuntu user here. My USB memory sticks would automount for a couple of
days but then just quit working.

I'm using Ubuntu 8.10 Beta Release on a P-4 computer. After doing some
research this is what I've learned so far, running "lsusb" gives me
this;

Bus 005 Device 033: ID 090c:1000 Feiya Technology Corp. Memory Bar

Bus 005 Device 032: ID 090c:1000 Feiya Technology Corp. Memory Bar

Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

So the computer is seeing the USB memsticks.

Here's what I get when I run "lsmod";

Module Size Used by

ipv6 263972 14

usb_storage 81728 0

libusual 27156 1 usb_storage

xt_limit 10372 8

xt_tcpudp 11008 13

ipt_LOG 13700 8

ipt_MASQUERADE 10752 0

xt_DSCP 11264 0

ipt_REJECT 11136 1

nf_conntrack_irc 13348 0

nf_conntrack_ftp 15652 0

xt_state 10112 6

af_packet 25728 2

binfmt_misc 16904 1

via 49280 2

drm 86056 3 via

rfcomm 44432 0

bridge 56980 0

stp 10628 1 bridge

bnep 20480 2

sco 18308 2

l2cap 30464 6 rfcomm,bnep

bluetooth 61924 6 rfcomm,bnep,sco,l2cap

ppdev 15620 0

speedstep_lib 12676 0

cpufreq_powersave 9856 0

cpufreq_ondemand 14988 0

cpufreq_conservative 14600 0

cpufreq_stats 13188 0

freq_table 12672 2 cpufreq_ondemand,cpufreq_stats

cpufreq_userspace 11396 0

pci_slot 12552 0

video 25104 0

output 11008 1 video

wmi 14504 0

sbs 19464 0

container 11520 0

sbshc 13440 1 sbs

battery 18436 0

ac 12292 0

sbp2 29324 0

lp 17156 0

snd_via82xx 32536 3

gameport 19468 1 snd_via82xx

snd_ac97_codec 111652 1 snd_via82xx

ac97_bus 9856 1 snd_ac97_codec

snd_pcm_oss 46848 0

snd_mixer_oss 22784 1 snd_pcm_oss

snd_pcm 83204 3 snd_via82xx,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss

snd_page_alloc 16136 2 snd_via82xx,snd_pcm

snd_mpu401_uart 15360 1 snd_via82xx

evdev 17696 7

snd_seq_dummy 10884 0

serio_raw 13444 0

psmouse 45200 0

snd_seq_oss 38528 0

snd_seq_midi 14336 0

snd_rawmidi 29824 2 snd_mpu401_uart,snd_seq_midi

snd_seq_midi_event 15232 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi

snd_seq 57776 6
snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event

snd_timer 29960 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq

snd_seq_device 15116 5
snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq

i2c_viapro 15764 0

pcspkr 10624 0

snd 63268 17
snd_via82xx,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_mpu401_uart,snd\
_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device

i2c_core 31892 1 i2c_viapro

soundcore 15328 1 snd

parport_pc 39204 1

parport 42604 3 ppdev,lp,parport_pc

button 14224 0

shpchp 37908 0

pci_hotplug 35236 1 shpchp

via_agp 16256 1

agpgart 42184 2 drm,via_agp

iptable_nat 13448 0

nf_nat 25368 2 ipt_MASQUERADE,iptable_nat

nf_conntrack_ipv4 21900 9 iptable_nat,nf_nat

nf_conntrack 72032 7
ipt_MASQUERADE,nf_conntrack_irc,nf_conntrack_ftp,xt_state,iptable_nat,nf_nat,nf_\
conntrack_ipv4

iptable_mangle 10880 0

iptable_filter 10752 1

ip_tables 19600 3 iptable_nat,iptable_mangle,iptable_filter

x_tables 22916 9
xt_limit,xt_tcpudp,ipt_LOG,ipt_MASQUERADE,xt_DSCP,ipt_REJECT,xt_state,iptable_na\
t,ip_tables

ext3 133384 1

jbd 55444 1 ext3

mbcache 16004 1 ext3

sr_mod 22212 0

cdrom 43168 1 sr_mod

sd_mod 42264 3

crc_t10dif 9984 1 sd_mod

sg 39732 0

ata_generic 12932 0

pata_via 16132 0

sata_via 15492 2

pata_acpi 12160 0

uhci_hcd 30736 0

ehci_hcd 43276 0

via_rhine 30216 0

libata 177312 4 ata_generic,pata_via,sata_via,pata_acpi

usbcore 148848 5 usb_storage,libusual,uhci_hcd,ehci_hcd

ohci1394 37936 0

mii 13440 1 via_rhine

scsi_mod 155212 6 usb_storage,sbp2,sr_mod,sd_mod,sg,libata

dock 16656 1 libata

ieee1394 96324 2 sbp2,ohci1394

thermal 23708 0

processor 42156 1 thermal

fan 12548 0

fbcon 47648 0

tileblit 10880 1 fbcon

font 16512 1 fbcon

bitblit 13824 1 fbcon

softcursor 9984 1 bitblit

fuse 60828 3

Once again, the computer sees the USB memsticks and I seem to have the correct
USB modules loaded, but ......

Frustrating how they worked well for a few hours and now I can't get them to
work.

The same devices work well on my Vista box.

Anyone have any advice that might get me going again?

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8 Answers Found

 
Answer #1    Answered On: Dec 14    

I'd suggest installing the release version of 8.10. I seriously
doubt the Beta release is supported (anymore).

 
Answer #2    Answered On: Dec 14    

You have a lot of modules loaded. But I didn't see the hci modules that are used
to read from the usb. On my machine Ubuntu 8.04 I have the following modules
loaded for hci:
----------------------------------------------------------------
bernard@pollux:/etc$ lsmod|grep hci
hci_usb 16540 0
bluetooth 61156 1 hci_usb
sdhci 19076 0
mmc_core 51460 1 sdhci
ehci_hcd 37900 0
uhci_hcd 27024 0
usbcore 146412 5 hci_usb,usbhid,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd
----------------------------------------------------------------

But normally, those modules should be loaded if needed... So may be you should
check messages... Try "grep hci /var/log/messages" ... What's going on about
USB ? Any error messages ?

What happens if you manually mount the device in a root shell ?

Try "sudo mount -t msdos /dev/sdb1 /media/key" (just create the mount point
before and correct the usb device to use the good one). Can you read the
filesystem on your device ?

By the way, would it be possible that you haven't unmount the old mount points
and that they are still hanging there ? Take a look in a shell at "mount"
output and manually unmount any USB device hanging there. It will free the
devices used to access those USB keys.

 
Answer #3    Answered On: Dec 14    

Thanks for the reply, after playing last night and much of this morning I
finally decided to load a clean copy of U-8.10.

I seem to have at least two problems.

the first is that I may have an intermittent solder joint on one of the USB port
connectors, of course it's the one I use.

The other was that the Pre- release of U-8.10 that I was using until a few
minutes ago may have been corrupted.

Now with the new 8.10 install and the correct USB connector everything seems to
be working fine.

I'll have to take the mother board out and do some rework on it to get it going
again.

Or I can just move everything over to a new mother board and be done with it.

Hope keeps you going ... Fear keeps you alive!
Brought to you by Ubuntu 8.10, and FireFox 3.0.3 through the magic of Linux.

 
Answer #4    Answered On: Dec 14    

Your problem sounds exactly like the problem I had.My solution was the reformatting of the usb key even if it
still worked fine in XP.

 
Answer #5    Answered On: Dec 14    

Could very well be the problem. At the moment they are formatted as vfat 32
devices.

By the way they are 2G, PNY Attache, flash drives and they are compatible with
XP Pro and Vista, and they also work with my old PC and Ubuntu 8.10.

I have Puppy running from a live CD at the moment on a new Vista x64 box. I've
had problems running various distros on the Vista box and Puppy is the only
distro that seems to work at all on this machine.

Thanks for the info, I'll keep plugging away until I figure it out, with some
help maybe.

 
Answer #6    Answered On: Dec 14    

I just booted up a copy of Mandriva One 2009, running from a Live CD and it
reads all of my USB ports and memory sticks without a glitch.

I may be able to get Ubuntu to acknowledge the USB ports on my mother board and
read the memory sticks with some more work, but I may just move on to Mandriva
for the time being.

So ...... it looks like Ubuntu is not a good match for my hardware and as an
added bonus Mandriva also runs without a problem on my Vista x64 box, nice ....

I have serious video problems with Ubuntu on the Vista box, but Mandriva
properly identified my video card and installed the proper drivers with just a
tiny bit of help from me.

I would like to thank everyone here who helped with my USB problem,

 
Answer #7    Answered On: Dec 14    

The Ubuntu 8.10 Live CD runs just fine on any of my Core-Duo or
AMD X2 x64 boxes without having to do anything -- it just works.

What kind of hardware do you have?

 
Answer #8    Answered On: Dec 14    

Yeah, wouldn't that be nice.

Hardware here is an HP Pavilion Slimline s3500f, with and AMD Athlon X2
processor and a nVidia 61xx video chipset.

And it really doesn't like the Ubuntu Live CD, the 64 bit version is only
marginally better than the 32 bit version.

I get a flashing video screen. The 64 bit 8.10 Live CD is almost useable.

For whatever reason Mandriva Linux One i586.iso with the Gnome desktop runs very
nicely on this HP hardware, very sharp native resolution display - Samsung
SyncMaster 2253BW monitor, so I know that it will run some kind of Linux.

 
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