usb mounting trouble

[nwadams]

I'm having problems getting usb sticks and my usb external hdd to auto mount.

when i try to mount it with the gui or plug it in it gives me this error

Invalid mount option when attempting to mount the volume.

the following gives
sudo mount /dev/sdb1

mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdb1,
missing codepage or helper program, or other error
In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
dmesg | tail or so

I can force mount it and it works but i want it to auto mount.

Thanks for any help you can provide.

[ProNux]

I'm having problems getting usb sticks and my usb external hdd to auto mount.

when i try to mount it with the gui or plug it in it gives me this error

Invalid mount option when attempting to mount the volume.

the following gives
sudo mount /dev/sdb1

mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdb1,
missing codepage or helper program, or other error
In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
dmesg | tail or so

I can force mount it and it works but i want it to auto mount.

Thanks for any help you can provide.

Is this a newly-installed Ubuntu? Or before it worked well and all of a sudden it turned out that way?

I am asking this because I got the same problem after installing using live USB (NOT LIVE CD). I used a Live USB thinking it would be faster to install. After installing, I was greeted with that similar error.

And besides that error, the system found a USB CDROM mounted which I DO NOT HAVE. I thik inmy case, that was related to the installation using Live USB.

So what I did was simply reinstalled using Live CD and got it solved.

[nwadams]

ya, it worked for a while. And yes I used a live usb.
i don't want to re-install unless i absolutly have to

[zander1013]

perhaps a reformat of the usb drive?

[nwadams]

i could, but i'd rather not have to backup and format my terabyte external hdd.

[albinootje]

i could, but i'd rather not have to backup and format my terabyte external hdd.

Do you have /dev/sdb1 already defined in /etc/fstab ?
Please post the output of :

dmesg|grep sdb
cat /etc/fstab
mount