Re: automount usbdisk , hardisk or cdrom in gnome 2.14
Surachai Locharoen wrote:
>On อ., 2006-05-02 at 19:28 +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote:
>
>
>>On Tue, May 02, 2006 at 23:52:41 +0700, Surachai Locharoen wrote:
>>
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>>>I install gnome 2.14. When I insert usbdisk or cdrom, there is no
>>>automount action take place. I can mount mannually from command line.
>>>
>>>However I can't manually mount usb disk because I can't find /dev/sda1
>>>or /dev/sda which I use to mount usb disk.
>>>
>>>could you suggest how to obtain automount feature again and why /dev/sda
>>>disappear?
>>>
>>>
>>(I am assuming that you are using Sid aka Unstable, based on the version
>>of Gnome that you mention.)
>>
>>Let's address the problem of the missing /dev entries first: Plug in a
>>USB stick and wait a few seconds. Then look at the end of the log file
>>/var/log/syslog. You should see something similar to this:
>>
>>May 2 19:19:04 localhost kernel: usb 2-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 54
>>May 2 19:19:04 localhost kernel: usb 2-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
>>May 2 19:19:04 localhost kernel: hub 2-2:1.0: USB hub found
>>May 2 19:19:04 localhost kernel: hub 2-2:1.0: 1 port detected
>>May 2 19:19:04 localhost kernel: usb 2-2.1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 55
>>May 2 19:19:04 localhost kernel: usb 2-2.1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
>>May 2 19:19:04 localhost kernel: scsi26 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
>>May 2 19:19:04 localhost kernel: usb-storage: device found at 55
>>May 2 19:19:04 localhost kernel: usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
>>May 2 19:19:09 localhost kernel: Vendor: PEAK II Model: Flash Drive Rev: 1.00
>>May 2 19:19:09 localhost kernel: Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 00
>>May 2 19:19:09 localhost kernel: SCSI device sda: 2031616 512-byte hdwr sectors (1040 MB)
>>May 2 19:19:09 localhost kernel: sda: Write Protect is off
>>May 2 19:19:09 localhost kernel: sda: Mode Sense: 00 26 00 00
>>May 2 19:19:09 localhost kernel: sda: assuming drive cache: write through
>>May 2 19:19:09 localhost kernel: SCSI device sda: 2031616 512-byte hdwr sectors (1040 MB)
>>May 2 19:19:09 localhost kernel: sda: Write Protect is off
>>May 2 19:19:09 localhost kernel: sda: Mode Sense: 00 26 00 00
>>May 2 19:19:09 localhost kernel: sda: assuming drive cache: write through
>>May 2 19:19:09 localhost kernel: sda: sda1
>>May 2 19:19:09 localhost kernel: sd 26:0:0:0: Attached scsi removable disk sda
>>May 2 19:19:09 localhost kernel: usb-storage: device scan complete
>>
>>Check for error messages or changes in the device name. If the messages
>>make no sense to you just post them here. Hopefully that will tell us
>>where things go wrong.
>>
>>--
>>Regards,
>> Florian
>>
>>
>>
>>
>I reboot computer and see the log file. The message semilar as your
>sugguesion. Now I can mount usbdisk manaually. Thank you very much.
>
>The next goal is how to set up automount for usb disk. for example when
>I attach usbdisk. It should show usbdisk icon on desktop for ready to
>use. This feature was worked in sarge. but It missing in gnome 2.14
>
>
I use usbmount - not as good as gnome-volume-manager, but I prefer it.
Note that usbmount does not mount vfat automatically, you will have to
edit it's configuration in /etc/usbmount/usbmount.conf for this.
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