usb flash drives

[Mike McMullin]

On Sat, 2007-07-14 at 19:24 -0400, JD wrote:
> Before I sign up for psychiatric treatment, can someone tell me what (if
> anything) I'm doing wrong here?
> 
> Machine 1:
> Plug in flash drive
> dmesg (as sudo)
> 
> see that /dev/sde , /dev/sde1 are there
> 
> mkdir /mnt/usb
> 
> mount /dev/sde1 /mnt/usb
> 
> check this dir, it's ok
> 
> cp <somefile> /mnt/usb
> 
> ls /mnt/usb
> <somefile> 
> 
> umount /mnt/usb
> 
> Machine 2:
> 
> Plug in flash drive
> 
> Konqueror dialog opens
> I open a conqueror window...
> 0 items, 0 folders
> 
> In a term on machine 2
> dmesg (as sudo)
> 
> see that /dev/sdb , /dev/sdb1 are there
> 
> mkdir /mnt/usb
> 
> mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/usb
> 
> check this dir, it's ok
> 
> ls -l /mnt/usb
> 
> (empty)
> 
> Why?

  That could be a permissions problem, on the second computer.