usb hard disk not getting recognized

[Colin Law]

On 9 January 2013 15:24, Abhishek Dixit <abhidixit87 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dell USB hard disk not recognized in Gnome

What do you mean "in Gnome"?  Unity sits on Gnome 3, is that what you mean?

Which version of Ubuntu are you using?

> Bus 002 Device 002: ID 413c:9013 Dell Computer Corp.
> is the USB hard disk I inserted usual behavior if I insert a USB to the
> Ubuntu 11.10 system on my laptop it
> gets automatically detected and mounted
>
> /etc/fstab entries are
> # <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
> proc            /proc           proc    nodev,noexec,nosuid 0       0
> /host/ubuntu/disks/root.disk /               ext4    loop,errors=remount-ro
> 0       1
> /host/ubuntu/disks/swap.disk none            swap    loop,sw         0
> 0
>
> but the USB hard disk
> Bus 002 Device 002: ID 413c:9013 Dell Computer Corp.
> is not getting recognized what could be the problem?

Do you see it in Nautilus (in the left hand pane)?

If not run dmesg before and after plugging it in.  Post the extra
stuff added when you plug it in.

Colin