USB stick can't display contents - FC9

Jim mickeyboa at sbcglobal.net
Mon May 19 00:29:07 UTC 2008


Bill Davidsen wrote:
> Jim wrote:
>> FC9, Plugin USB stick/flash drive and I get error message.
>>
>> URL cannot be listed
>> system:/media/sdc1
>>
>> It opens the Dolphin file manager but folders/files are not displayed.
>>
>> If I try to drag a file into Dolphin I get the Error Message;
>>
>> Could not start process Unable to create io-slave: klauncher said: 
>> Unknown Protocol 'system' .
>>
> So is the problem that the stick is not mounted, or that this 
> "dolphin" application isn't working properly? Is it mounted? Does "df" 
> show the stick? Does "ls" list the contents.
>
> It's not clear exactly which part isn't working and how much of the 
> problem lies with the tools you are using after mount.
>
Using df shows that stick is not mounted after it is plugged in and 
fails to read stick.

I shut down all open windows.

Then I go to Menu > System > Dolphin and open Dolphin and at that time 
the sdc1 stick is mounted and you can read, write sdc1.

Then I do a df and then it shows as mounted.






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