Chris Green wrote: > I have a Kobo Forma reader (like a Kindle), on xubuntu versions up to > 24.04 it automounted without problems. Now I'm running Debian 12 it's > failing to automount, I can't mount it manually either. > > I get the usual messages at the Kobo end and fdisk shows me /dev/sdc > but no file system appears. In dmesg I see:- > > [210397.607735] /dev/scd: Can't open blockdev > [210446.971129] usb 1-1: USB disconnect, device number 5 > [210447.028493] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdc] Synchronizing SCSI cache > [210447.028615] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdc] Synchronize Cache(10) failed: Result: > hostbyte=DID_NO_CONNECT driverbyte=DRIVER_OK > [210459.880506] usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 6 using xhci_hcd > [210460.031177] usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=2237, > idProduct=4229, bcdDevice= 4.01 > [210460.031200] usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=4, > SerialNumber=5 > [210460.031212] usb 1-1: Product: eReader-4.38.23038 > [210460.031221] usb 1-1: Manufacturer: Kobo > [210460.031229] usb 1-1: SerialNumber: N782870000514 > [210460.035451] usb-storage 1-1:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected > [210460.035948] scsi host3: usb-storage 1-1:1.0 > [210461.041989] scsi 3:0:0:0: Direct-Access Linux File-Stor Gadget > 0401 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2 > [210461.043013] sd 3:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0 > [210461.043534] sd 3:0:0:0: Power-on or device reset occurred > [210461.056884] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdc] 14143101 512-byte logical blocks: (7.24 > GB/6.74 GiB) > [210461.057201] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off > [210461.057205] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdc] Mode Sense: 0f 00 00 00 > [210461.057597] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdc] Write cache: enabled, read cache: > enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA > [210461.060279] sdc: > [210461.066840] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI removable disk
That certainly says that /dev/sdc is the Kobo's storage. What happens if you do sudo mount /dev/sdc /mnt please cut and paste. -dsr-
