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From: Guy Wilson on 10 Sep 2005 10:31 houghi wrote: > guy wrote: >>> Look in /media directory for entry starting with usb and could be your >>> usb drive. Remove entry and try to mount again. >>> >> Unfortunately, I can't access the media directory - even as super user. > > That is unpossible. Do the following steps: > open a terminal > do `su -` (Do not forget the - and log in) > do `whoami` to see you are rrrrrealy rrrroot. > do `cd /` > do `ls -dAlF /media` > do `cd /media` > do `ls -AlF` > > Copy and paste that infor here, like: > [12:49:27] [~] > houghi(a)penne : su - > Password: > [12:49:34] [~] > root(a)penne : whoami > root > [12:49:43] [~] > root(a)penne : cd / > [12:49:48] [/] > root(a)penne : ls -dAlF /media > drwxr-xr-x 15 houghi users 368 Sep 9 18:15 /media/ > [12:49:54] [/] > root(a)penne : cd /media > [12:50:00] [/media] > root(a)penne : ls -AlF > total 11 > drwxr-xr-x 10 houghi users 264 Sep 9 18:14 Backup2/ > drwxr-xr-x 2 houghi users 48 May 22 09:04 backup/ > drwxr-xr-x 2 houghi users 48 Aug 26 18:12 cdr/ > drwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Sep 10 01:56 cdrecorder/ > drwxr-xr-x 2 houghi users 48 May 22 09:04 cdrom/ > drwxr-xr-x 3 houghi users 4096 Sep 7 11:51 data/ > drwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Sep 10 01:56 dvd/ > drwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Sep 10 01:56 dvdr/ > drwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Sep 10 01:56 floppy/ > drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Sep 10 01:25 home/ > drwxr-xr-x 23 houghi users 2144 Aug 29 12:39 movies/ > drwxr-xr-x 5 houghi users 128 Aug 30 15:04 mp3/ > drwxr-xr-x 27 root root 656 Sep 10 01:54 root/ > [12:50:06] [/media] > root(a)penne : > > I tried accessing using Konqueror as superuser - thats where the error came from From terminal: guy(a)linux-emachines:~> su Password: linux-emachines:/home/guy # whoami root linux-emachines:/home/guy # cd / linux-emachines:/ # ls -dAIF /media /media linux-emachines:/ # cd /media linux-emachines:/media # ls -AIF /bin/ls: .: No medium found linux-emachines:/media #
From: Rajko M. on 10 Sep 2005 13:52 Guy Wilson wrote: <snip> > linux-emachines:/media # ls -AIF > /bin/ls: .: No medium found > linux-emachines:/media # Strange. That would be output of $ls -d or $ls -dAIF Please try plain user console and: $ll /media The ll alias should be predefined as ls -l. You can check typing: $alias -- Regards, Rajko.
From: houghi on 10 Sep 2005 14:05 Guy Wilson wrote: > houghi wrote: <snip> >> root(a)penne : ls -dAlF /media <snip> > linux-emachines:/home/guy # cd / > linux-emachines:/ # ls -dAIF /media I said : ls -dAlF /media U said : ls -dAIF /media That is not the same > /media > linux-emachines:/ # cd /media > linux-emachines:/media # ls -AIF Again no an I (capital i) but an l (lowercase L) -- houghi Please do not toppost http://houghi.org You are about to enter another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind. A journey into a wondrous land of imagination. Next stop, Usenet
From: Guy Wilson on 10 Sep 2005 14:58 houghi wrote: > Guy Wilson wrote: >> houghi wrote: > <snip> >>> root(a)penne : ls -dAlF /media > <snip> > >> linux-emachines:/home/guy # cd / >> linux-emachines:/ # ls -dAIF /media > I said : ls -dAlF /media > U said : ls -dAIF /media > > That is not the same > >> /media >> linux-emachines:/ # cd /media >> linux-emachines:/media # ls -AIF > > Again no an I (capital i) but an l (lowercase L) > Whoops... Guy(a)linux-emachines:~> su - Password: linux-emachines:~ # whoami root linux-emachines:~ # cd / linux-emachines:/ # ls -dAlF drwxr-xr-x 23 root root 600 Sep 10 10:51 ./ linux-emachines:/ # cd /media linux-emachines:/media # ls -AlF /bin/ls: .: No medium found linux-emachines:/media #
From: Chris Wilkinson on 10 Sep 2005 20:23
Hi there, Guy Wilson wrote: > Hi: > > Running SuSE 9.2 with all current patches/updates. PC - Celeron D 2.66 GHz > with 2 harddrives, 512 megs RAM (emachines T3624). I have a 20Gig external > USB harddrive that refuses to show up in My Computer. It used to - now its > stopped. Not sure when this happened but would appreciate some help in > troubleshooting. > > I have looked in the hotplug area of etc/sysconfig Editor - but all seems > fine. The partitioner tool shows dev/sda1 so the system seems to recognise > it but is not automounting. I had similar issues with USB 2 flash drives/MP3 players. They would not automount, then KDE could not open a Konqueror window. I was unable to fix the problem and the only conclusion I came to was that SuSE 9.2 has real issues with certain usb devices...an upgrade to SuSE 9.3 has fixed our usb problems completely. -- Kind regards, Chris Wilkinson, Brisbane, Australia. Anyone wishing to email me directly can remove the obvious spamblocker, and replace it with t p g <dot> c o m <dot> a u |