USB Not Mounting Correctly?

[Thomas_Bates]

Yes, I tried it on Windows. It does work, plug-and-play.

It is a driver error. I've attempted to install the driver via ndiswrapper. However, having no experience with the system, I'm unsure of my success:

thomas@thomas-desktop:~$ cd ~/Desktop/Driver-USB/
thomas@thomas-desktop:~/Desktop/Driver-USB$ ndiswrapper -i Umss.inf
couldn't create /etc/ndiswrapper/umss: Permission denied at /usr/sbin/ndiswrapper-1.9 line 194.
thomas@thomas-desktop:~/Desktop/Driver-USB$ sudo ndiswrapper -i Umss.inf
[sudo] password for thomas:
installing umss ...
thomas@thomas-desktop:~/Desktop/Driver-USB$ ndiswrapper -l
netmw245 : driver installed
umss : driver installed
thomas@thomas-desktop:~/Desktop/Driver-USB$ ndiswrapper -m
adding "alias wlan0 ndiswrapper" to /etc/modprobe.d/ndiswrapper ...
sh: cannot create /etc/modprobe.d/ndiswrapper: Permission denied
couldn't add module alias: at /usr/sbin/ndiswrapper-1.9 line 882.

thomas@thomas-desktop:/media/cdrom0/CBUMSS$ ndiswrapper -l
netmw245 : driver installed
umss : driver installed
thomas@thomas-desktop:/media/cdrom0/CBUMSS$ ndiswrapper -m
WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/ndiswrapper, it will be ignored in a future release.
module configuration already contains alias directive

thomas@thomas-desktop:/media/cdrom0/CBUMSS$ modprobe ndiswrapper
WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/ndiswrapper, it will be ignored in a future release.
thomas@thomas-desktop:/media/cdrom0/CBUMSS$ sudo modprobe ndiswrapper
WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/ndiswrapper, it will be ignored in a future release.

[Thomas_Bates]

I believe the problem is actually on my computer, rather than the drive.

On a whim, I plugged it into my laptop (which also runs Ubuntu 10.04), and it runs, perfectly.

I am now at a loss of what to do, does anyone know what could be causing my desktop to be ignoring this specific device?

[Thomas_Bates]

I compared the two /media folders, between my laptop and my desktop.

Desktop:


thomas@thomas-desktop:/media$ ls
cdrom FreeAgent Drive usb0 usb2 usb4 usb6
cdrom0 usb usb1 usb3 usb5 usb7
thomas@thomas-desktop:/media$

FreeAgent Drive is my external, and a few of these are actually the same thing.

Laptop:

CB06-EE06 cdrom cdrom0

CB06-EE06 being the flash drive. Why does my desktop have all of the USB folders? I briefly considered that perhaps for each slot there is a folder in media, but that doesn't make sense for an array of reasons. And, if it were true, my laptop should have 3 USB folders.

Any advice?

I've also noticed that I lack permissions for my flash drives now, prior to this, it was not that way.

[Thomas_Bates]

thomas@thomas-desktop:~$ tail -f /var/log/messages
Aug 14 09:03:33 thomas-desktop kernel: [ 92.955581] [UFW BLOCK] IN=eth0 OUT= MAC=00:1f:e2:05:ab:66:00:22:b0:ba:d8:fa:08:00 SRC=192.168.0.1 DST=192.168.0.104 LEN=338 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=127 ID=3048 PROTO=UDP SPT=1900 DPT=36509 LEN=318
Aug 14 09:04:02 thomas-desktop kernel: [ 121.877740] usb 2-4.2: reset full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 5
Aug 14 09:04:11 thomas-desktop kernel: [ 130.650846] scsi 9:0:0:0: Device offlined - not ready after error recovery
Aug 14 09:04:11 thomas-desktop kernel: [ 130.659817] usb 2-4.2: USB disconnect, address 5
Aug 14 09:04:26 thomas-desktop kernel: [ 145.558945] usb 1-6: USB disconnect, address 5
Aug 14 09:04:32 thomas-desktop kernel: [ 151.884037] usb 1-6: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 7
Aug 14 09:04:32 thomas-desktop kernel: [ 152.017872] usb 1-6: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
Aug 14 09:04:32 thomas-desktop kernel: [ 152.018236] scsi10 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
Aug 14 09:05:08 thomas-desktop kernel: [ 187.928038] usb 1-6: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 7
Aug 14 09:05:19 thomas-desktop kernel: [ 198.596037] usb 1-6: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 7
Aug 14 09:05:30 thomas-desktop kernel: [ 209.260041] usb 1-6: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 7
Aug 14 09:05:35 thomas-desktop kernel: [ 214.808043] usb 1-6: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 7
Aug 14 09:05:41 thomas-desktop kernel: [ 220.244062] usb 1-6: USB disconnect, address 7
Aug 14 09:05:41 thomas-desktop kernel: [ 220.244093] scsi 10:0:0:0: Device offlined - not ready after error recovery
Aug 14 09:05:41 thomas-desktop kernel: [ 220.356057] usb 1-6: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 8
Aug 14 09:05:51 thomas-desktop kernel: [ 231.024029] usb 1-6: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 9
Aug 14 09:06:02 thomas-desktop kernel: [ 241.684032] usb 1-6: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 10
Aug 14 09:06:08 thomas-desktop kernel: [ 247.232534] usb 1-6: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 11
Aug 14 09:06:08 thomas-desktop kernel: [ 247.955247] [UFW BLOCK] IN=eth0 OUT= MAC=00:1f:e2:05:ab:66:00:22:b0:ba:d8:fa:08:00 SRC=192.168.0.1 DST=192.168.0.104 LEN=338 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=127 ID=3157 PROTO=UDP SPT=1900 DPT=34093 LEN=318
Aug 14 09:06:08 thomas-desktop kernel: [ 247.957108] [UFW BLOCK] IN=eth0 OUT= MAC=00:1f:e2:05:ab:66:00:22:b0:ba:d8:fa:08:00 SRC=192.168.0.1 DST=192.168.0.104 LEN=338 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=127 ID=3158 PROTO=UDP SPT=1900 DPT=54488 LEN=318
Aug 14 09:06:14 thomas-desktop kernel: [ 253.124041] usb 2-6: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 6
Aug 14 09:06:24 thomas-desktop kernel: [ 263.868034] usb 2-6: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 7
Aug 14 09:06:35 thomas-desktop kernel: [ 274.612036] usb 2-6: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 8
Aug 14 09:06:41 thomas-desktop kernel: [ 280.196066] usb 2-6: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 9


That is after an update/upgrade, as instructed by those on the Ubuntu IRC. Since it is still not working, I've been told to file a bug report.

However, if anyone knows it would be nice.

[Thomas_Bates]

Somehow, Rythmbox was messing with it. Solved now I suppose.