Problems with mounting disks & usb flash

[Howard Coles]

On 10/17/06, Samuel Debruyn <theoneandonlysam at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Check your the user permissions.
>
>
> 2006/10/17, O. Sinclair <o.sinclair at gmail.com>:
> >
> >
> >
> > On 16/10/06, Howard Coles <dhcolesj at gmail.com > wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On 10/16/06, O. Sinclair <o.sinclair at gmail.com > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I have put a mail out on this already (re usb devices not
> > > > accessible)
> > > > but realise the problem is more complicated than just USB drives. So
> > > >
> > > > here goes;
> > > >
> > > > I have a strange problem since a week or so. I am running Kubuntu
> > > > 6.06.1
> > > > and have a disk partitioned in several "bits" like /, Home and swap.
> > > > There is also an ntfs partition and a vfat (small rescue thing).
> > > >
> > > > Now if I go to "Storage Media" and click on any of the ntfs or vfat
> > > > I
> > > > get the following message;
> > > > "Could not mount device. The reported error was: mount: /dev/sda2
> > > > already mounted or /media/sda2 busy. mount: according to mtab,
> > > > /dev/sda2
> > > > is already mounted on /media/sda2"
> > > >
> > > > More or less the same error happens if I insert a USB flash memory
> > > > or a
> > > > USB camera.
> > > > In all cases I can get around it by "going root" and use eg Krusader
> > > > in
> > > > root mode. I can then access the disk/usb/camera.
> > > >
> > > > but a while ago I just accessed these no problems and when a USB or
> > > > camera was inserted I could access as "a normal user".
> > > >
> > > > Anyone has ideas?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I don't know but it sounds similar to my problem with a USB attached
> > > scanner. I can scan just fine as root, but I cannot access the device as a
> > > normal user at all.  I think many thought this was a Brother all-in-one
> > > printer problem, however, I'm beginning to think its more widespread than
> > > that.
> > >
> > > I haven't received any replies to my inquiry, if you find anything out
> > > please let me know as well.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > See Ya'
> > > Howard Coles Jr.
> > > John 3:16!
> > > --
> > > kubuntu-users mailing list
> > > kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-users
> > >
> > >
> > > Well I don't know if they are related. What I have now found out is
> > that I can't access CD/DVDs either as a normal user - and I definitely could
> > do that a while ago... so I think for me the problem is somehow related to
> > mounting disk-devices. Though I certainly don't understand how it could all
> > of a sudden change?!?
> >
> > Sinclair
> >
>


Check permissions, where?  /dev?

The USB scanner is showing up as brother:bus02;dev1  What file would I check
for that as well? Not to mention the disk mounting.

What groups would the user need to be a member of besides "disk" or
"scanner"?


-- 
See Ya'
Howard Coles Jr.
John 3:16!
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