Please post here output from the "mount" command after plugging the storage media to make things more clear.
Alexey On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 2:48 AM, Merciadri Luca <luca.mercia...@student.ulg.ac.be> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi, > > I am encountering a major problem which seems to be related to my > (actually su's) /media/ folder. > > # ls -al | grep media > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 2009-07-17 17:01 cdrom -> media/cdrom > drwxrwxrwx 9 root root 4096 2009-10-18 21:00 media > > seems pretty nice, but, when a device is mounted correctly, linked, > etc., and that I am able to access it with /media/, it always appear > as empty. For example, let's say that I plug a `disk1' key in one of > my USB ports. It is recognized, I can > > # cd /media/disk1/ > > BUT, after this, > > # ls -al > total 12 > drwxr-xr-x 3 merciadriluca root 8192 2009-10-18 19:16 . > drwxrwxrwx 10 root root 4096 2009-10-18 21:42 .. > > > and the folder is apparently empty. However, when I ls -al on another > (Debian-powered) PC, the ls -al's output is correct, and there are > several files. It is the same for any external DD, or any other mass > storage device (that is, my non el cheapo usb key is not faulty). > > My first suspicion was /media's permissions, but > > # ls -al | grep media > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 2009-07-17 17:01 cdrom -> media/cdrom > drwxrwxrwx 9 root root 4096 2009-10-18 21:00 media > > is what I encounter on my `faulty' computer, and > > # ls -al | grep media > drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 2009-10-18 21:04 media > > is what I can read on one of my `not faulty' computers (which has > actually no CDROM). The only difference seems to be in the `9' which > is a `4' on the `not faulty' computer, but, although I do not know > what this number aims at, it shouldn't be the cause of the problem, > should it? > > Any help would be much appreciated. > > - -- > Merciadri Luca > See http://www.student.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/~merciadri/ > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Processed by Mailcrypt 3.5.8 <http://mailcrypt.sourceforge.net/> > > iEYEARECAAYFAkrbcSgACgkQM0LLzLt8Mhz7fACgp8cAbMGYJmSjUtQVDiXntjuY > w4EAoJb1XiQFDq0sMDB1s8tIYChplpFf > =aJPj > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
