FC7: No USB stick automount after latest kernel update

[André Costa]

On 7/24/07, André Costa <blueser at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 7/22/07, Aly Dharshi <aly.dharshi at telus.net> wrote:
> > This maybe a off the tangent on, but you do have ConsoleKit running
> > right ? I found that after I turned this off I had difficulties in
> > mounting my USB stick
>
> Well, something strange is indeed happening.
>
> I have been bitten by the "no USB detection" bug, but only partially.
> Let me explain: I have a 256M LG USB stick that still appears (even
> with latest kernel + autofs) just fine as a new icon on the
> "computer:///" nautilus "address" (and also on GNOME desktop). It is
> also nicely automounted.
>
> However, my new 1G PQI stick is detected by kernel/HAL/whatever, but
> doesn't show up anywhere. It can still be manually mounted, though.
>
> /var/log/messages shows this for each of them:
>
> ** LG stick **
>
> Jul 24 09:26:06 localhost kernel: usb 3-4: new high speed USB device
> using ehci_hcd and address 4
> Jul 24 09:26:06 localhost kernel: usb 3-4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
> Jul 24 09:26:06 localhost kernel: hub 3-4:1.0: USB hub found
> Jul 24 09:26:06 localhost kernel: hub 3-4:1.0: 1 port detected
> Jul 24 09:26:06 localhost kernel: usb 3-4.1: new high speed USB device
> using ehci_hcd and address 5
> Jul 24 09:26:06 localhost kernel: usb 3-4.1: configuration #1 chosen
> from 1 choice
> Jul 24 09:26:06 localhost kernel: scsi3 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass
> Storage devices
> Jul 24 09:26:11 localhost kernel: scsi 3:0:0:0: Direct-Access     LG
>     USB Drive 2.0    1.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS
> Jul 24 09:26:11 localhost kernel: sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] 507904 512-byte
> hardware sectors (260 MB)
> Jul 24 09:26:11 localhost kernel: sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
> Jul 24 09:26:11 localhost kernel: sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive
> cache: write through
> Jul 24 09:26:11 localhost kernel: sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] 507904 512-byte
> hardware sectors (260 MB)
> Jul 24 09:26:11 localhost kernel: sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
> Jul 24 09:26:11 localhost kernel: sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive
> cache: write through
> Jul 24 09:26:11 localhost kernel:  sdb: sdb1
> Jul 24 09:26:11 localhost kernel: sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
> Jul 24 09:26:11 localhost kernel: sd 3:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
>
> ** PQI stick **
>
> Jul 24 09:28:05 localhost kernel: usb 3-4: new high speed USB device
> using ehci_hcd and address 6
> Jul 24 09:28:05 localhost kernel: usb 3-4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
> Jul 24 09:28:06 localhost kernel: scsi4 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass
> Storage devices
> Jul 24 09:28:10 localhost kernel: scsi 4:0:0:0: Direct-Access
> Generic  USB Flash Disk   0.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
> Jul 24 09:28:10 localhost kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] 2015231 512-byte
> hardware sectors (1032 MB)
> Jul 24 09:28:10 localhost kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
> Jul 24 09:28:10 localhost kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive
> cache: write through
> Jul 24 09:28:10 localhost kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] 2015231 512-byte
> hardware sectors (1032 MB)
> Jul 24 09:28:10 localhost kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
> Jul 24 09:28:10 localhost kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive
> cache: write through
> Jul 24 09:28:10 localhost kernel:  sdb: sdb1
> Jul 24 09:28:10 localhost kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
> Jul 24 09:28:10 localhost kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
>
> Can anyone spot any difference?
>
> - 'lshal -m' shows this for each stick:
>
> ** LG **
>
> 10:18:13.119: usb_device_67b_2515_noserial added
> 10:18:13.342: usb_device_67b_2515_noserial_if0 added
> 10:18:13.475: usb_device_67b_2517_noserial added
> 10:18:13.703: usb_device_67b_2517_noserial_if0 added
> 10:18:18.596: usb_device_67b_2517_noserial_if0_scsi_host added
> 10:18:18.598: usb_device_67b_2517_noserial_if0_scsi_host_scsi_device_lun0 added
> 10:18:18.705: usb_device_67b_2517_noserial_if0_scsi_host_scsi_device_lun0_scsi_generic
> added
> 10:18:18.957: storage_serial_Prolific_Technology_Inc__USB_Mass_Storage_Device
> added
> 10:18:19.222: volume_part1_size_260030464 added
>
> ** PQI **
>
> 10:16:34.935: usb_device_3538_54_2007120000003F added
> 10:16:35.157: usb_device_3538_54_2007120000003F_if0 added
> 10:16:40.047: usb_device_3538_54_2007120000003F_if0_scsi_host added
> 10:16:40.049: usb_device_3538_54_2007120000003F_if0_scsi_host_scsi_device_lun0
> added
> 10:16:40.160: usb_device_3538_54_2007120000003F_if0_scsi_host_scsi_device_lun0_scsi_generic
> added
>
> Here we can see HAL proceeds further for LG stick. Anyone knows the reason?
>
> I am not sure this is a problem with the latest kernel... sadly I just
> removed previous kernel, can't test it right now (will try to download
> it later).

Correcting myself: this is not the first time I use this PQI stick on
my F7 box, it used to work well with previous kernels (I can't precise
if it worked with the kernel before the last one, though).

Regards,

Andre