problem in my hard disk

[Gladiator-prog4me]

hello

ubuntu 9.04

i have a problem in my hard disk

when i try to open the partitions or mount it

i got this error :

DBus error org.gtk.Private.RemoteVolumeMonitor.Failed: An operation is already pending

i have restart my computer , and i still got the error

please help me

thank you

[taurus]

What are the outputs of these commands from a terminal?

Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal

sudo fdisk -l
cat /etc/fstab
df -h

[Gladiator-prog4me]

What are the outputs of these commands from a terminal?

Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal

sudo fdisk -l
cat /etc/fstab
df -h

thank you my friend

this the output

root@Mohamed-Desktop:/home/mohamed# sudo fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0001eb68

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 985 7911981 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda2 * 986 5471 36033795 83 Linux
/dev/sda3 5472 19457 112342545 83 Linux
root@Mohamed-Desktop:/home/mohamed# cat /etc/fstab
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'vol_id --uuid' to print the universally unique identifier for a
# device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices
# that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
# / was on /dev/sda2 during installation
UUID=57d6717e-34ad-432d-9d9b-698754ae142c / ext3 relatime,errors=remount-ro 0 1
# swap was on /dev/sda1 during installation
UUID=e3325931-9cb6-4147-b2ba-f6d924f0d5a6 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0
root@Mohamed-Desktop:/home/mohamed# df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda2 34G 11G 22G 32% /
tmpfs 1.8G 0 1.8G 0% /lib/init/rw
varrun 1.8G 112K 1.8G 1% /var/run
varlock 1.8G 0 1.8G 0% /var/lock
udev 1.8G 140K 1.8G 1% /dev
tmpfs 1.8G 164K 1.8G 1% /dev/shm
lrm 1.8G 2.4M 1.8G 1% /lib/modules/2.6.28-11-generic/volatile
root@Mohamed-Desktop:/home/mohamed#

[taurus]

Are you talking about /dev/sda3 or another harddrive?

[Gladiator-prog4me]

Are you talking about /dev/sda3 or another harddrive?

no

the partition i was talking about , it was not appear

[taurus]

dmesg | tail

[Gladiator-prog4me]

dmesg | tail

root@Mohamed-Desktop:/home/mohamed# dmesg | tail
[ 30.273144] vboxdrv: Successfully loaded version 2.2.0 (interface 0x000a0009).
[ 31.875910] Bluetooth: BNEP (Ethernet Emulation) ver 1.3
[ 31.875914] Bluetooth: BNEP filters: protocol multicast
[ 31.892794] Bridge firewalling registered
[ 37.271805] sky2 eth0: enabling interface
[ 37.271970] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 39.390885] sky2 eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex, flow control both
[ 39.391084] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
[ 49.448016] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
[ 103.634948] process `skype' is using obsolete setsockopt SO_BSDCOMPAT

[taurus]

Unplug the drive. Then plug it back in. Now, run that command again? What brand and model of your external drive anyway?

[Gladiator-prog4me]

Unplug the drive. Then plug it back in. Now, run that command again? What brand and model of your external drive anyway?

i have do that , and this the result

mohamed@Mohamed-Desktop:~$ dmesg | tail
[ 30.102387] vboxdrv: TSC mode is 'synchronous', kernel timer mode is 'normal'.
[ 30.102390] vboxdrv: Successfully loaded version 2.2.0 (interface 0x000a0009).
[ 31.671719] Bluetooth: BNEP (Ethernet Emulation) ver 1.3
[ 31.671724] Bluetooth: BNEP filters: protocol multicast
[ 31.687857] Bridge firewalling registered
[ 37.264184] sky2 eth0: enabling interface
[ 37.264361] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 39.300889] sky2 eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex, flow control both
[ 39.301027] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
[ 49.644025] eth0: no IPv6 routers present

[taurus]

I assume it is an external drive? Have you tried to see if you can read/access that drive with another computer, running windows perhaps?