Dan Ritter <d...@randomstring.org> wrote:
> 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
>
Typical! I'm sure I tried that yesterday, but anyway it mounts
manually perfectly OK now. So all I'm missing is the automatic
mounting.
... and that's just in settings. While I'm here what's the difference
between:-
Mount removable drives when hot-plugged
and:-
Mount removable media when inserted
--
Chris Green
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