jump drive doesnt seem to be recognized....

[jkrjnkyrd]

im very new to linux.... and i was having a bit of trouble.
my jump drive doesnt seem to be recognized.... how would i go about mounting it? or configuring the USB to see it. please keep in mind i really dont know that much yet. and i will say this.... i didnt have a problem with it at first.... but i was trying to get my ipod to work and a friend of mine came and tried to help. he did a bunch of things on the konsole. and come to find out i need the newest kernal for that. but anyway.... in doing all of that i guess he somehow made it not recognize my jump drive anymore. so now im confused. how can i fix this and get it to see my jump drive again?

[soulestream]

you need to post certain things in your question.

1. what distro
2. kernel
3. window manager

the later 2 arent always need, but it helps get you the best answer and you can get answers from people more familar with your distrobution.

soule

[jkrjnkyrd]

sorry....
Mandrake 9.2 and kernal 2.4

[je_fro]

repeat after me
kernel...kernel...kernel
see? it's kErnel.

Anyway, watch your logs while you plug and unplug the drive.

tail -f /var/log/messages

or possibly

tail -f /var/log/syslog


see if it has anything related to your drive...

[XiaoKJ]

with a newbie-centric distro like mandrake, it should have support out of the box.

try what ever the others post....

[DimGR]

Cut and paste the below script into an editor of your choice (e.g. kate), save as "/etc/hotplug/usb/usb-storage" and make it executable with: "chmod +x /etc/hotplug/usb/usb-storage".
If you plug in an usb storage device the hotplug system executes the script /etc/hotplug/usb/usb-storage (if it is executable). A log file is written as /etc/hotplug/usb/usb-storage.log - there you find the product id of your device and the mount command.





#! /bin/bash
#
# /etc/hotplug/usb/usb-storage
#

[ -z $TYPE ] && exit 0

us_VERSION="20050308-devel"

# uncomment the next line to use this user if no XUSER exists (coldplugging)
#us_DEFAULTUSER=YOUR_USER_NAME
# uncomment the next line to use this UID if no XUSER exists (coldplugging)
us_DEFAULTUID=1000 # the user created when installed to hd
#
# $LOGFILE is /var/log/usb-storage/usb-storage.log
#LOGFILE=$0.log
# set to 1 if you want debugging output in $LOGFILE
DEBUG=0
# set to 1 if you want logging appended to $LOGFILE.all
LOGALL=0
#
# Logfiles at /var/log/hotplug
LOGDIR=/var/log/hotplug
[ -d $LOGDIR ] || mkdir -p $LOGDIR
LOGFILE=$LOGDIR/usb-storage.log
#


function debugOutput {
cat << EOF
---
TYPE=$TYPE
ACTION=$ACTION
PRODUCT=$PRODUCT
INTERFACE=$INTERFACE
DEVICE=$DEVICE
DEVPATH=$DEVPATH
REMOVER=$REMOVER
EOF
set | grep '^us_'
echo "---"
}


function makeCameraIcon {
# make an icon (Camera) on Desktop
cat << EOF > $us_XDESKTOPFILE
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Camera
Name[de]=Kamera
Type=Link
URL=/mnt/camera/
Actions=Sync;Digikam
Icon=camera
Comment=digital camera
Comment[de]=Digitalkamera

[Desktop Action Digikam]
Exec=/usr/bin/digikam;/bin/sync
Icon=camera
Name=Organize pictures
Name[de]=Bilder verwalten

[Desktop Action Sync]
Exec=/bin/sync
Icon=filesave
Name=Save changes
Name[de]=Änderungen speichern
EOF
# write a remover file to Autostart
cat << EOF > $us_XREMOVEFILE
#!/bin/sh
# remove stale camera icon if device not mounted
mount | grep -q $us_MOUNTPOINT || rm -f $us_XDESKTOPFILE $us_XREMOVEFILE
EOF
}


function makeStorageIcon {
# make an icon (USB stick) on Desktop
cat << EOF > $us_XDESKTOPFILE
[Desktop Entry]
Name=USB [$us_PARTITION]
Name[de]=USB [$us_PARTITION]
Type=Link
URL=$us_MOUNTPOINT
Actions=Sync
Icon=usbpendrive_mount
Comment=USB storage device
Comment[de]=USB Speichergerät

[Desktop Action Sync]
Exec=/bin/sync
Icon=filesave
Name=Save changes
Name[de]=Änderungen speichern
EOF
# write a remover file to Autostart
cat << EOF > $us_XREMOVEFILE
#!/bin/sh
# remove stale USB storage icon if device not mounted
mount | grep -q $us_MOUNTPOINT || rm -f $us_XDESKTOPFILE $us_XREMOVEFILE
EOF
}


echo "PRODUCT=$PRODUCT" > $LOGFILE

if [ $LOGALL -ne 0 ]; then
echo "$ACTION $PRODUCT" >> $LOGFILE.all
fi


us_MOUNTPOINT=" "
#
# (known) digicams are mounted at /mnt/camera
#
case "$PRODUCT" in
3f0/4002/100) # HP photosmart 120 (mass storage mode)
us_MOUNTPOINT="/mnt/camera"
;;
# xxx/yyy/zzz) # PRODUCT ID of YOUR camera
# us_MOUNTPOINT="/mnt/camera"
# ;;
esac


##########
#
#
#
function PRODUCT_to_SCSI {
local GUID=$(echo $PRODUCT | awk -F/ '{printf "%04x%04x", strtonum("0x"$1), strtonum("0x"$2)}')
grep -lr "^ *GUID: $GUID" /proc/scsi/usb-storage-* | xargs grep -l "^ *Attached: Yes" | cut -d/ -f5
}
#
##########


##########
#
# first detecting method
# doesn't work with multiple devices
#
function find_partitions_1 {
sleep 1
# find the last line with " sdx: sdxn", x=a,b,c,... and n=1,2,3,4
dmesg | grep "^ \(sd[[:lower:]]\): \1[1234]" | tail -1 | tr -d \<\> | cut -d\ -f3-
}
#
##########


##########
#
# second detecting method
# uses scsidev command already in Kanotix
# doesn't work with kernel 2.6.x
#
function find_partitions_2 {
local scsi=" "
scsidev -lde 2>/dev/null >/dev/null
for scsi in $(PRODUCT_to_SCSI $PRODUCT); do
ls -l /dev/scsi/sdc${scsi}b0t?u?p*|cut -d/ -f6
done
}
#
##########


##########
#
# third detecting method
#
function host_to_partitions {
local host=$1
local dev=" "
for dev in $(scsiinfo -l); do
local HOST="-1"
eval $(scsi_info $dev 2>/dev/null)
if [ $HOST = $host ]; then
cat /proc/partitions | grep $(basename ${dev})[1-9] | awk '{print $4}'
fi
done
}
#
#
function find_partitions_3 {
local scsi=" "
for scsi in $(PRODUCT_to_SCSI $PRODUCT); do
host_to_partitions $scsi
done
}
#
##########


##########
#
# simple detecting method for kernel 2.6.x
#
function find_partitions_26 {
sleep 8
local devices=" "
devices=$(ls -d /sys$DEVPATH/host[0-9]*/target[0-9]*/[0-9]*:[0-9]:[0-9]:[0-9]/block)
[ -z "$devices"] && devices=$(ls -d /sys$DEVPATH/host[0-9]*/[0-9]*:[0-9]:[0-9]:[0-9]/block)
local link=" "
local dev=" "
for link in $devices; do
dev=$(basename $(readlink $link))

ls /sys/block/$dev | grep $dev || echo $dev
done
}
#
##########


##########
#
function fstype {
local FILE
dd if="$1" count=1 bs=1k >/dev/null 2>&1
if [ $? -gt 0 ]; then
echo "none"
return
fi
FILE="$(LANG=C LC_ALL=C LC_MESSAGES=C file -Lkbs "$1")"
if [ $? -gt 0 ]; then
echo "none"
return
fi
if [ "$FILE" = "data" ]; then
# could still be ReiserFS, since "file" only reads 64k in Debian
FILE="$(dd if="$1" skip=65536 ibs=1 count=7 2>/dev/null)"
case "$FILE" in
*[Rr][Ee][Ii][Ss][Ee][Rr]4*);;
*)FILE="$(dd if="$1" skip=65588 ibs=1 count=6 2>/dev/null)";;
esac
fi
case "$FILE" in
*extended\ partition\ table*) echo "extended";;
*[Rr][Ee][Ii][Ss][Ee][Rr]4*) echo "reiserfs";;
*[Rr][Ee][Ii][Ss][Ee][Rr]*) echo "reiserfs";;
*ISO\ 9660*) echo "iso9660";;
*[Mm][Ii][Nn][Ii][Xx]*) echo "minix";;
*[Xx][Ff][Ss]*) echo "xfs";;
*[Jj][Ff][Ss]*) echo "jfs";;
*[Ee][Xx][Tt]3*) echo "ext3";;
*[Ee][Xx][Tt]2*) echo "ext2";;
*[Ss][Ww][Aa][Pp]*) echo "swap";;
*[Nn][Tt][Ff][Ss]*) echo "ntfs";;
*[Ff][Aa][Tt]*) echo "vfat";;
x86\ boot\ sector*)
# check FAT12 / FAT16
dd if="$1" ibs=1 skip=54 count=8 2>/dev/null | grep -q FAT && echo "vfat" && return
# check FAT32
dd if="$1" ibs=1 skip=82 count=8 2>/dev/null | grep -q FAT && echo "vfat" && return
echo "auto"
;;
*) echo "auto";;
esac
}
#
##########


if [ "$DEVPATH" ]; then
us_PARTITIONS=$(find_partitions_26)
else
us_PARTITIONS=$(find_partitions_3)
fi


if [ -z "$us_PARTITIONS" ]; then
echo "Device not found" >> $LOGFILE
debugOutput >> $LOGFILE
exit 0
fi


echo "#!/bin/sh" > $REMOVER
chmod a+x $REMOVER

# find X11 user
#us_XUSER=$(who | grep " :0" | cut -d\ -f1)
us_XUSER=$(ls -ot /tmp/.ICE-unix/[1-9]* 2>/dev/null | awk '{print $3}' | head -1)
if [ $us_XUSER ]; then # user logged in at X11
XUID=$(grep "^$us_XUSER:" /etc/passwd | cut -d: -f3)
XGID=$(grep "^$us_XUSER:" /etc/passwd | cut -d: -f4)
us_OWNER="uid=$XUID,gid=$XGID"
elif [ -d /KNOPPIX/Desktop ]; then # we're running from live CD
us_XUSER=knoppix
XUID=$(grep "^$us_XUSER:" /etc/passwd | cut -d: -f3)
XGID=$(grep "^$us_XUSER:" /etc/passwd | cut -d: -f4)
us_OWNER="uid=$XUID,gid=$XGID"
elif [ $us_DEFAULTUSER ]; then # use Desktop and uid/gid of this user
us_XUSER=$us_DEFAULTUSER
XUID=$(grep "^$us_XUSER:" /etc/passwd | cut -d: -f3)
XGID=$(grep "^$us_XUSER:" /etc/passwd | cut -d: -f4)
us_OWNER="uid=$XUID,gid=$XGID"
elif [ $us_DEFAULTUID ]; then # use default uid and gid of this users
us_XUSER=$(grep ".*:.*:$us_DEFAULTUID:.*" /etc/passwd | cut -d: -f1)
XGID=$(grep ".*:.*:$us_DEFAULTUID:.*" /etc/passwd | cut -d: -f4)
us_OWNER="uid=$us_DEFAULTUID,gid=$XGID"
else
us_OWNER="gid=100"
fi

# mount all partitions on the USB device
for us_PARTITION in $us_PARTITIONS; do
us_DEVICE=/dev/$us_PARTITION

# special case for digicam
if [ "$us_MOUNTPOINT" != "/mnt/camera" ]; then
us_MOUNTPOINT=/mnt/$us_PARTITION
fi

# skip if device or mountpoint already in use
# TODO: umount mounted devices always at remove
mount | grep "$us_DEVICE \| $us_MOUNTPOINT " >/dev/null
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
echo -n "Already mounted: " >> $LOGFILE
mount | grep "$us_DEVICE \| $us_MOUNTPOINT" >> $LOGFILE
_DEBUG=1
continue
fi

# check filesystem type
if [ "$us_MOUNTPOINT" = "/mnt/camera" ]; then
us_FSTYPE="vfat"
else
us_FSTYPE=$(fstype $us_DEVICE)
fi

[ $DEBUG -ne 0 ] && echo $us_DEVICE $us_FSTYPE >> $LOGFILE

case "$us_FSTYPE" in
ext2|ext3|reiserfs|jfs|xfs|minix)
us_MOUNTCMD="/bin/mount -t $us_FSTYPE -o user $us_DEVICE $us_MOUNTPOINT"
;;
ntfs)
# TODO: add useful options
us_MOUNTCMD="/bin/mount -t $us_FSTYPE -o $us_OWNER,umask=0222,ro,user $us_DEVICE $us_MOUNTPOINT"
;;
vfat|auto)
us_MOUNTCMD="/bin/mount -t vfat -s -o $us_OWNER,shortname=mixed,quiet,sync,umask=0002,us er,showexec $us_DEVICE $us_MOUNTPOINT"
;;
none|extended|swap)
continue
;;
*)
# don't mount
echo $us_DEVICE $us_FSTYPE >> $LOGFILE
continue
;;
esac

# try to mount
mkdir -p $us_MOUNTPOINT
echo $us_MOUNTCMD >> $LOGFILE
$($us_MOUNTCMD 2>> $LOGFILE)
# continue if no success
if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
continue
fi

# $REMOVER is executed when the device is pulled
echo "/bin/umount -lf $us_DEVICE" >> $REMOVER
echo "echo \"/bin/umount -lf $us_DEVICE\" >> $LOGFILE" >> $REMOVER
if [ $LOGALL -ne 0 ]; then
echo "echo \"umount $us_DEVICE\" >> $LOGFILE.all" >> $REMOVER
fi

# logging
if [ $LOGALL -ne 0 ]; then
echo "mount $us_DEVICE" >> $LOGFILE.all
fi

# Desktop icon for X11
for home in $(awk -F: '{print $6}' /etc/passwd); do
desktop=${home}/Desktop
if [ -d "$desktop" ]; then
case "$us_MOUNTPOINT" in
/mnt/camera)
us_XDESKTOPFILE="$desktop/Camera.desktop"
us_XREMOVEFILE="$home/.kde/Autostart/rm_icon_Camera"
makeCameraIcon
;;
*)
us_XDESKTOPFILE="$desktop/USB_${us_PARTITION}.desktop"
us_XREMOVEFILE="$home/.kde/Autostart/rm_icon_USB_${us_PARTITION}"
makeStorageIcon
;;
esac
chown --reference=$desktop $us_XDESKTOPFILE $us_XREMOVEFILE
chmod +x $us_XREMOVEFILE
echo "rm -f $us_XDESKTOPFILE" >> $REMOVER
echo "rm -f $us_XREMOVEFILE" >> $REMOVER
fi
done
usleep 500000
done


if [ $DEBUG -ne 0 ]; then
debugOutput >> $LOGFILE
fi

# hack for "coldplugging" (make $REMOVER newer then /etc/mtab created by mount cmd)
# older files are removed when /etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh is run
sleep 1
echo >> $REMOVER