"usb verbose debug" in the kernel? - check dmesg. Mine are always slow to mount if this is on.
BillK On Sun, 2011-02-20 at 10:33 -0500, David Relson wrote: > Mounting USB devices is very, very slow. This morning I inserted my > PNY memory stick at 10:18:22 but "df" didn't show it mounted until 3 > minutes later at 10:21:05. > > As background information, in /etc/udev/rules.d/10-local.rules is: > > KERNEL=="sd*1", ATTRS{manufacturer}=="PNY", SYMLINK+="PNY", > RUN+="/bin/mount -a" > > and in /etc/fstab is: > > /dev/PNY /mnt/pny vfat rw,nosuid,auto 0 0 > > The kernel messages in /var/log/messages for this period of time are in > the attached file (to avoid line wrapping by mail clients). > > Any thoughts on why it takes so long and how I can speed up > recognition? > > Ideas for enabling more messages (from udev, the kernel, etc) to see > what's happening would also be helpful. > > TIA, > > David > -- William Kenworthy <bi...@iinet.net.au> Home in Perth!