Re: Pendrive not mounted when another usb device is plugged in

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

On 08/16/08 07:00, Rodolfo Medina wrote:
> I have Debian Etch.
>
> In my /etc/fstab there is the following entry:
>
>  /dev/sda        /mnt/sda 	vfat    rw,user,noauto       0       0
>
> , so I normally mount my usb pendrive simply with:
>
>  $ mount /mnt/sda
>
> .  But, now that I have a usb umts modem (Huawei e169), when it is plugged in
> I don't manage to mount the pendrive: the system claims that the medium is
> `not found'.  Then I have to unplug the modem and plug the pendrive in again.
>
> Can anybody suggest a possible cause/remedy?

What does "# tail-f /var/log/syslog" tell you when you insert the drive?

BTW, GNOME & KDE automount such drives for you.  Are you using 
something else?  If so, in /etc/fstab I'd refer to that drive not as 
/dev/sda but by it's UUID.

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