/dev/sda1 - where's it? [flash drive]

[aze]

hey all!

i'm running mandrake 10 official.

well, everytime i connect my flashdrive at any usb port is the same:

it is recognized and works normally. but if i remove and reconnect again it isn't recognized (the flashdrive led isnt activated) then i need to restart entire system to get it working again.

 

what about makedev? should i use it?

[liquidzoo]

I would check the output of lsmod and see if the following modules are loaded:

 

usb_storage

usb-hotplug (I think that's what it's called, but I'm not sure)

 

If not, add them to /etc/modprobe.conf (or modprobe.preload)

 

At that point, it should work for you

[aze]

Module                  Size  Used by
usb-storage            72932  1
md5                     3872  1
ipv6                  232352  6
binfmt_misc             9960  1
sg                     38044  0
st                     38616  0
sr_mod                 17028  0
sd_mod                 16832  1
scsi_mod              114648  5 usb-storage,sg,st,sr_mod,sd_mod
raw                     7616  1
ide-cd                 40548  0
cdrom                  37184  2 sr_mod,ide-cd
floppy                 59444  0
nvidia               4809036  12
snd-seq-midi            8160  0
snd-emu10k1-synth       6816  0
snd-emux-synth         36320  1 snd-emu10k1-synth
snd-seq-virmidi         6912  1 snd-emux-synth
snd-seq-midi-emul       7776  1 snd-emux-synth
snd-seq-oss            31232  0
snd-seq-midi-event      7552  3 snd-seq-midi,snd-seq-virmidi,snd-seq-oss
snd-seq                51024  8 snd-seq-midi,snd-emux-synth,snd-seq-virmidi,snd-seq-midi-emul,snd-seq-oss,snd-seq-midi-event
snd-pcm-oss            51812  1
snd-mixer-oss          17952  1 snd-pcm-oss
snd-emu10k1            85508  3 snd-emu10k1-synth
snd-rawmidi            23616  3 snd-seq-midi,snd-seq-virmidi,snd-emu10k1
snd-pcm                93156  2 snd-pcm-oss,snd-emu10k1
snd-timer              24484  2 snd-seq,snd-pcm
snd-seq-device          8008  7 snd-seq-midi,snd-emu10k1-synth,snd-emux-synth,snd-seq-oss,snd-seq,snd-emu10k1,snd-rawmidi
snd-ac97-codec         58148  1 snd-emu10k1
snd-page-alloc         11972  2 snd-emu10k1,snd-pcm
snd-util-mem            4448  2 snd-emux-synth,snd-emu10k1
snd-hwdep               8928  2 snd-emux-synth,snd-emu10k1
snd                    52484  18 snd-seq-midi,snd-emux-synth,snd-seq-virmidi,snd-seq-oss,snd-seq-midi-event,snd-seq,snd-pcm-oss,
snd-mixer-oss,snd-emu10k1,snd-rawmidi,snd-pcm,snd-timer,snd-seq-device,snd-ac97-codec,snd-util-mem,snd-hwdep
soundcore               9248  2 snd
af_packet              20520  0
via-rhine              20520  0
mii                     4992  1 via-rhine
nls_iso8859-15          4480  5
nls_cp850               4736  5
vfat                   13760  5
fat                    45120  1 vfat
supermount             37876  1
intel-agp              17372  1
agpgart                31016  2 intel-agp
ehci-hcd               24196  0
uhci-hcd               29104  0
usbcore                99132  5 usb-storage,ehci-hcd,uhci-hcd
rtc                    11576  0
ext3                  110408  2
jbd                    54328  1 ext3

[armondf]

Try the following in a terminal:

 

modprobe usbcore

modprobe usb-storage

modprobe usb-uhci

mount -t usbdevfs /dev/sda1 /proc/bus/usb

 

Regards,

Armond

[aze]

modprobe usbcore
modprobe usb-storage
modprobe usb-uhci

mount -t usbdevfs /dev/sda1 /proc/bus/usb

/dev/sda1 already mounted or /proc/bus/usb busy
according to mtab, none is already mounted on /proc/bus/usb

guys, im really have a serious problem in my /dev structure!

modprobe returns nothing...

Sometimes when i turn on the pc, after loading nvidia driver and before starting loading KDE the system simply freezes. then I go to a terminal as root and top says modprobe is a defunct proccess. I try to kill it but it still defunct. I dont want to re-install the system again.

 

Thanks for any help!