usb flash drive works in 12.04 but not in 13.10

[Bucky Ball]

Thread moved to Ubuntu +1.

Please post all support requests for 13.10 in this sub-forum, please. It is not released yet and testing.

[ortermagic]

followed your instructions

ortermagic@ortermagic-Centurion-CPD-1303:~$ sudo umount /mnt
[sudo] password for ortermagic:
ortermagic@ortermagic-Centurion-CPD-1303:~$ sudo chmod ugo+x /media/ortermagic
ortermagic@ortermagic-Centurion-CPD-1303:~$

I got nothing I looked in media, it was empty

[sudodus]

Did you unplug and replug the pendrive?

[ortermagic]

Cheers Bucky, maybe I have stumbled on a bug by accident

[ortermagic]

Yes, I did that too

[sudodus]

OK, so you need to mount the pendrive manually with

sudo mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt

Please do that again, and try to verify that you can see and manage it with the file browser (at /mnt). For example make a file and remove it, or copy some file to or from the pendrive.

[ortermagic]

i'm a bit lost at the moment

[ortermagic]

Did that here's the result

ortermagic@ortermagic-Centurion-CPD-1303:~$ sudo mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt
[sudo] password for ortermagic:
ortermagic@ortermagic-Centurion-CPD-1303:~$

[sudodus]

If I understand correctly, you could mount the drive manually with the mount command (see post #8). That is what I suggest you do again. But it may help to reboot the computer, if things are mixed up right now.

If it will be mounted, it should be possible to see at /mnt

So try these commands

df

ls -l /mnt   # ell ess space minus ell space slash emm enn tee

Please post the output of those commands!

[ortermagic]

Sorry to be a bit opaque but I tried to copy into media but I do not seem to have the permissions necessary
the media folder is empty as is the mnt folder I am still unable to see the pendrive which works in 12.04 flawlessly

ortermagic@ortermagic-Centurion-CPD-1303:~$ sudo mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt
[sudo] password for ortermagic:
mount: /dev/sdb1 already mounted or /mnt busy
mount: according to mtab, /dev/sdb1 is already mounted on /mnt
ortermagic@ortermagic-Centurion-CPD-1303:~$

(how do i access do I sudo? could you possibly write a command line prescription for me please... /mnt using the terminal?)