[xubuntu-users] HOW TO MOUNT USB DEVICE

[Vincent]

On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 3:21 PM, mischa falkenburg <
because_productions at myfairpoint.net> wrote:

>  mischa falkenburg wrote:
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> Vincent wrote:
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> On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 1:46 PM, mischa falkenburg <
> because_productions at myfairpoint.net> wrote:
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>> Vincent wrote:
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>> > On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 1:44 AM, mischa falkenburg
>> > <because_productions at myfairpoint.net
>>  > <mailto:because_productions at myfairpoint.net>> wrote:
>> >
>> >     Hello All,
>> >
>> >     Today's dilemma is  WHY doesn't a COBY MPC854  show up either on the
>> >     Desktop or on the Places list?
>> >     I have a Creative MuVo that shows every time I plug it into the
>> cable.
>> >     I'm running 9.04, any ideas?
>> >     Thanks, Mischa
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > You Caps Lock is on ;-)
>> >
>> > Anyway, could it be that the MP3-player has multiple modes? I'm not
>> > sure how to describe it but my sister's MP3-player (a Sansa e200 IIRC)
>> > has both a USB mode and some weird music mode or something that did
>> > just about the same as USB but only displayed the music when you
>> > connected it to a Windows computer. On Ubuntu, however, it didn't
>> > work, so you might want to check if it's using USB mode.
>> >
>> > Also, could you open Applications->Accessories->Terminal, type
>> > "lsusb", press Enter and send the output?
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> > --
>> > Vincent
>>  Aww, cummon Vincent...caps lock was only "sorta" ON.
>> Here's the output from lsusb:
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>> > Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0451:2046 Texas Instruments, Inc. TUSB2046 Hub
>> > Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
>> On the device itself, under USB Mode. there are 2 choices:mtp or msc.
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> OK, in any case you want the MSC mode.
>
> Anyway, it looks like it isn't detected at all (though that may be because
> of MTP mode). It's about as far as I can help you though, hopefully the
> information up till now will be enough for someone else to work with.
>
> You can also check the Ubuntu Community documentation on troubleshooting
> the mounting of USB, that might help you:
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Mount/USB#Troubleshooting
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>> Does that help at all?
>>
>> Mischa
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> Good luck
> --
> Vincent
>
> Ok thnx. I'll peruse the Troubleshooting doc when I get back home tomorrow.
> Mischa
>
> Checked the Troubleshooting doc, and ran dmesg out of curiosity....and near
> the end got a whole bunch of this:
>
>  FAT: Filesystem panic (dev sdb1)
>      fat_get_cluster: invalid cluster chain (i_pos 0)
>
> The device now shows on the desktop since I changed the setting to MSC, but
> all the folders are padlocked, and I don't seem to be able to change that.
> The are files inside some folders that are mp3. When I try to change the
> permissions to read and write, it's denied.
>
>

Did you see the section on that in the guide? ;-)
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Mount/USB#Device%20become%20suddenly%20read%20only


> Mischa
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-- 
Vincent
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