External USB drive does not automount in 15.10 or 16.04 or 16.10

[Cavsfan]

I have a 1TB Fantom USB drive that has always mounted at boot and now since I installed Xubuntu 15.10 it never mounts it automatically.

There is nothing special I should be doing I don't believe. It has auto-mounted on every Ubuntu version since 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope.

I can click on it in Thunar and it mounts OK, but it should auto-mount automatically.

I've seen pages that say to add it to fstab but I'm not going to do that as I never have before.

Also in dconf-editor I do not have any media-handling option like - org.gnome.desktop.media-handling. Not sure why.

[Cavsfan]

Never mind. It was something I attempted I believe. I just logged out and back in and it was mounted.

I had added a mount point for it and noticed that when I did mount it by clicking on it then it was named /media/cavsfan/Fantom1/.

I deleted the directory and BAM back to normal.

[Cavsfan]

So, I boot up today and the USB drive is not auto mounted.

[sudodus]

There are problems with udisks, that affect the Ubuntu Startup Disk Creator. Maybe your problems are also caused by the same problems with udisks.

[Cavsfan]

There are problems with udisks, that affect the Ubuntu Startup Disk Creator. Maybe your problems are also caused by the same problems with udisks.

OK, thanks for the reply. It's nothing real important. I'll just wait and see how it goes.

[ventrical]

So, I boot up today and the USB drive is not auto mounted.

There is sometimes a lot of variation with different hardwares. I have to make sure my USB is registered in the BIOS. ie; If I disconnect my USB hdd dock while my machine is running or reboot without the dock plugged in (just once) it will knock the USB out of order until it is registered during the next reboot. This is a very cagey scenario for USB hdds that have to be manually powered on before boot. I am doing emulation experiment specifically for xubuntu. I had a problem just a few minutes ago starting my MSI Mate PC MoBo. It has latest UEFI BIOS/Intel Gen 9 chipset and unless it is specifically *set* in BIOS it will not auto-logon during a boot. On older machine .. if I pull out the dock it becomes unrecognized until I go to BIOS and then the next reboot. After xubuntu update I'll see if I can emulate with my hardware. I do not think it is ubuntu bug. It is BIOS logic/HID human interface management.

Regards..


Regards..

[ventrical]

No prob with this hardware..

ventrical@ventrical-P5QL-PRO:~$ inxi -Fxz
System:    Host: ventrical-P5QL-PRO Kernel: 4.2.0-10-generic x86_64 (64 bit gcc: 5.2.1)
           Desktop: Xfce 4.12.3 (Gtk 2.24.28) Distro: Ubuntu 15.10 wily
Machine:   Mobo: ASUSTeK model: P5B-E v: Rev 1.xx
           Bios: American Megatrends v: 1807 date: 04/15/2009
CPU:       Dual core Intel Core2 Duo E8400 (-MCP-) cache: 6144 KB
           flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 11981
           clock speeds: max: 2995 MHz 1: 2995 MHz 2: 2995 MHz
Graphics:  Card: NVIDIA GT218 [GeForce 210] bus-ID: 01:00.0
           Display Server: X.Org 1.17.2 drivers: nouveau (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
           Resolution: 1440x900@59.89hz
           GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on NVA8
           GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 10.6.3 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio:     Card-1 Intel 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller
           driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
           Card-2 NVIDIA High Definition Audio Controller
           driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 01:00.1
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.2.0-10-generic
Network:   Card: Qualcomm Atheros Attansic L1 Gigabit Ethernet
           driver: atl1 v: 2.1.3 bus-ID: 03:00.0
           IF: eth2 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 200.1GB (10.6% used)
           ID-1: /dev/sda model: KINGSTON_SV300S3 size: 120.0GB
           ID-2: USB /dev/sdb model: Y080M0 size: 80.0GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 55G used: 17G (33%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1
           ID-2: swap-1 size: 3.21GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda5
RAID:      No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 32.5C mobo: 33.0C gpu: 33.0
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: 4245 psu: 0 sys-1: 0 sys-2: 0
Info:      Processes: 173 Uptime: 3 min Memory: 468.3/2000.4MB
           Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 5.2.1
           Client: Shell (bash 4.3.421) inxi: 2.2.16 
ventrical@ventrical-P5QL-PRO:~$

[ventrical]

More difficult on this newer device. You have to manually power on the dock at the right time or it will lock up the BIOS.

ventrical@ventrical-P5QL-PRO:~$ inxi -Fxz
System:    Host: ventrical-P5QL-PRO Kernel: 4.2.0-10-generic x86_64 (64 bit gcc: 5.2.1)
           Desktop: Xfce 4.12.3 (Gtk 2.24.28) Distro: Ubuntu 15.10 wily
Machine:   Mobo: MSI model: B75MA-P45 (MS-7798) v: 1.0
           Bios: American Megatrends v: V1.5 date: 12/25/2012
CPU:       Dual core Intel Pentium G630 (-MCP-) cache: 3072 KB
           flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 10775
           clock speeds: max: 2700 MHz 1: 1735 MHz 2: 2640 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Intel 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller
           bus-ID: 00:02.0
           Display Server: X.Org 1.17.2 drivers: intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
           Resolution: 1440x900@59.89hz
           GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Sandybridge Desktop
           GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 10.6.3 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio:     Card Intel 7 Series/C210 Series Family High Definition Audio Controller
           driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.2.0-10-generic
Network:   Card: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
           driver: r8169 v: 2.3LK-NAPI port: e000 bus-ID: 02:00.0
           IF: eth7 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 200.1GB (10.6% used)
           ID-1: /dev/sda model: KINGSTON_SV300S3 size: 120.0GB
           ID-2: USB /dev/sdb model: Y080M0 size: 80.0GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 55G used: 17G (33%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1
           ID-2: swap-1 size: 3.21GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda5
RAID:      No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 29.8C mobo: 27.8C
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info:      Processes: 174 Uptime: 0 min Memory: 300.8/15908.8MB
           Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 5.2.1
           Client: Shell (bash 4.3.421) inxi: 2.2.16 
ventrical@ventrical-P5QL-PRO:~$

Actually the USB hdd has to be reset so this is a fail.

[QDR06VV9]

Just an idea systemd or upstart?

[ventrical]

Just an idea systemd or upstart?

I tend to agree .. (with cavsfan's setup). It could be a wait state or that the disk is not being unmounted. I do have setups like that but not similar to cav's. I wouldn't put anything past systemd.

regards..