<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 3:21 PM, mischa falkenburg <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:because_productions@myfairpoint.net">because_productions@myfairpoint.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> <div bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"><div><div></div><div class="h5"> mischa falkenburg wrote: <blockquote type="cite"> Vincent wrote: <blockquote type="cite"><br> <br> <div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 1:46 PM, mischa falkenburg <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:because_productions@myfairpoint.net" target="_blank">because_productions@myfairpoint.net</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div>Vincent wrote:<br> ><br> ><br> > On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 1:44 AM, mischa falkenburg<br> > <<a href="mailto:because_productions@myfairpoint.net" target="_blank">because_productions@myfairpoint.net</a><br> </div> <div> <div>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:because_productions@myfairpoint.net" target="_blank">because_productions@myfairpoint.net</a>>> wrote:<br> ><br> > Hello All,<br> ><br> > Today's dilemma is WHY doesn't a COBY MPC854 show up either on the<br> > Desktop or on the Places list?<br> > I have a Creative MuVo that shows every time I plug it into the cable.<br> > I'm running 9.04, any ideas?<br> > Thanks, Mischa<br> ><br> ><br> ><br> > You Caps Lock is on ;-)<br> ><br> > Anyway, could it be that the MP3-player has multiple modes? I'm not<br> > sure how to describe it but my sister's MP3-player (a Sansa e200 IIRC)<br> > has both a USB mode and some weird music mode or something that did<br> > just about the same as USB but only displayed the music when you<br> > connected it to a Windows computer. On Ubuntu, however, it didn't<br> > work, so you might want to check if it's using USB mode.<br> ><br> > Also, could you open Applications->Accessories->Terminal, type<br> > "lsusb", press Enter and send the output?<br> ><br> > Regards,<br> > --<br> > Vincent<br> </div> </div> Aww, cummon Vincent...caps lock was only "sorta" ON.<br> Here's the output from lsusb:<br> <br> > Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0451:2046 Texas Instruments, Inc. TUSB2046 Hub<br> > Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub<br> On the device itself, under USB Mode. there are 2 choices:mtp or msc.<br> <br> </blockquote> <div><br> OK, in any case you want the MSC mode.<br> <br> 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.<br> <br> You can also check the Ubuntu Community documentation on troubleshooting the mounting of USB, that might help you: <a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Mount/USB#Troubleshooting" target="_blank">https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Mount/USB#Troubleshooting</a><br> </div> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Does that help at all?<br> <div> <div><br> Mischa<br> </div> </div> </blockquote> </div> <br> <br> Good luck<br> -- <br> Vincent<br> </blockquote> Ok thnx. I'll peruse the Troubleshooting doc when I get back home tomorrow.<br> Mischa<br> </blockquote></div></div> Checked the Troubleshooting doc, and ran dmesg out of curiosity....and near the end got a whole bunch of this:<br> <blockquote type="cite"> FAT: Filesystem panic (dev sdb1)<br> fat_get_cluster: invalid cluster chain (i_pos 0)</blockquote> 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.<br> <br></div></blockquote><div><br><br>Did you see the section on that in the guide? ;-) <a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Mount/USB#Device%20become%20suddenly%20read%20only">https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Mount/USB#Device%20become%20suddenly%20read%20only</a><br> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Mischa<br> <br> <br> </div></blockquote></div><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Vincent<br>