Trio3b Posted January 20, 2006 Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 (edited) 2 separate PCs. Same problem with 2 separate USB flashdrives. Initially, insert drive and fstab is updated, mtab indicates when drive is in or out, and icon placed on desktop - all OK. As time wears on however, things deteriorate to the point where icon is no longer placed on desktop and must 'create" a link to device. Sometimes the link gives me the ability to select 'trash' or 'delete' the link from context menu. Sometimes it does not. Now MCC recognizes sda in hdwr list when pendrive is in, but not showing in mtab. Altering options in config tool in MCC seems to have no effect. This has happened on 2 diff PCs running MDV 10.2 and leads me to believe there is problem with udev? MDK 10.0 was rock solid about USB removeable. (mounted first time everytime). haldaemon is running Has anything changed ? Thanks Edited January 22, 2006 by Trio3b Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted January 20, 2006 Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 Have you checked and applied updates to your system since installation? Is harddrake running as well? I found this morning that my usb stick would not work unless harddrake service is running. I have also noticed this problem on MDK 10.0/10.1/LE2005 as well. I'm using 2006 now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trio3b Posted January 22, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2006 This is the default 'virgin' Mandriva10.2 (2005LE) fstab and mtab before and after insertion of USB flashdrive. without flashdrive fstab: # This file is edited by fstab-sync - see 'man fstab-sync' for details /dev/hda6 / ext3 defaults 1 1 /dev/hda8 /home ext3 defaults 1 2 /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom iso9660 user,iocharset=iso8859-1,noauto,ro,exec 0 0 none /mnt/floppy supermount dev=/dev/fd0,fs=ext2:vfat,--,umask=0,iocharset=iso8859-1,sync,codepage=850 0 0 /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows ntfs umask=0,nls=iso8859-1,ro 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/hda7 swap swap defaults 0 0 mtab: /dev/hda6 / ext3 rw 0 0 none /proc proc rw 0 0 none /proc/bus/usb usbfs rw 0 0 none /sys sysfs rw 0 0 /dev/hda8 /home ext3 rw 0 0 none /mnt/floppy supermount rw,sync,dev=/dev/fd0,fs=ext2:vfat,-- 0 0 /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows ntfs ro,umask=0,nls=iso8859-1 0 0 WITH flashdrive fstab: # This file is edited by fstab-sync - see 'man fstab-sync' for details /dev/hda6 / ext3 defaults 1 1 /dev/hda8 /home ext3 defaults 1 2 /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom iso9660 user,iocharset=iso8859-1,noauto,ro,exec 0 0 none /mnt/floppy supermount dev=/dev/fd0,fs=ext2:vfat,--,umask=0,iocharset=iso8859-1,sync,codepage=850 0 0 /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows ntfs umask=0,nls=iso8859-1,ro 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/hda7 swap swap defaults 0 0 /dev/sda1 /mnt/removable vfat pamconsole,exec,noauto,noatime,sync,codepage=850,iocharset=iso8859-1,managed 0 0 mtab: /dev/hda6 / ext3 rw 0 0 none /proc proc rw 0 0 none /proc/bus/usb usbfs rw 0 0 none /sys sysfs rw 0 0 /dev/hda8 /home ext3 rw 0 0 none /mnt/floppy supermount rw,sync,dev=/dev/fd0,fs=ext2:vfat,-- 0 0 /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows ntfs ro,umask=0,nls=iso8859-1 0 0 /dev/sda1 /mnt/removable vfat rw,nosuid,nodev,sync,noatime,codepage=850,iocharset=iso8859-1,user=noah 0 0 MDV seems to be consistent about detecting insertion of the removable drive, but is inconsistent about placing an icon on the desktop. Eventually, fstab and mtab scripts become corrupted to point where there is a permanent entry in either file. I believe these entries should only be there when the drive is inserted and gone when it is removed. To fix this problem on the 2 'inoperative' PCs, deleted any reference to the USB_removable in both fstab and mtab, then made sure haldaemon and harddrake were both running. Then inserted the drive into each PC. Drive in both cases was detected, but in one PC, icon was placed on desktop but not on the other PC. Try inserting and removing USB flashdrive several times, waiting about 10 sec. between each action. Since this did not result in an icon consistently being placed on desktop, did next best thing: insert the drive right click on empty desktop select 'create new device' scroll to hard disk device select device tab scroll to and select /mnt/removable This gives a permanent USB flashdrive icon on desktop. If anyone can explain why USB drive entries get schmeared or why icon placement is inconsistent, please let us know. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted January 22, 2006 Report Share Posted January 22, 2006 On the most current versions of udev/dbus/hal all the automounting work is done by pmount, and there's no fstab-sync thingy. Cooker is already there, not sure about 2006.0 (I don't use it). HardDrake isn't needed for anything (almost). May I ask which udev/dbus/hal versions you are running? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trio3b Posted January 23, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2006 Sorry, how to determine version? thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted January 23, 2006 Report Share Posted January 23, 2006 Sorry, how to determine version?thanks <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Quite a few ways, easiest: Open mcc as root, go to software uninstallation and type in the query box udev, dbus and hal respectively... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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