Hello, After spending some time trying to diagnose what the root cause of the problem is I have found the following information.
Nov 3 14:13:40 laptop0 kernel: [18372.488070] usb 5-5: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3 Nov 3 14:13:40 laptop0 kernel: [18372.651771] usb 5-5: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice Nov 3 14:13:41 laptop0 kernel: [18374.003001] usbcore: registered new interface driver libusual Nov 3 14:13:41 laptop0 kernel: [18374.289169] Initializing USB Mass Storage driver... Nov 3 14:13:41 laptop0 kernel: [18374.296146] scsi2 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices Nov 3 14:13:41 laptop0 kernel: [18374.304779] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage Nov 3 14:13:41 laptop0 kernel: [18374.305065] USB Mass Storage support registered. Nov 3 14:13:46 laptop0 kernel: [18379.306313] scsi 2:0:0:0: Direct-Access FUJITSU MHZ2400BT G1 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2 CCS Nov 3 14:13:46 laptop0 kernel: [18379.336527] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] 781422768 512-byte hardware sectors (400088 MB) Nov 3 14:13:46 laptop0 kernel: [18379.338643] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off Nov 3 14:13:46 laptop0 kernel: [18379.341150] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] 781422768 512-byte hardware sectors (400088 MB) Nov 3 14:13:46 laptop0 kernel: [18379.342386] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off Nov 3 14:13:46 laptop0 kernel: [18379.343285] sdb: sdb1 Nov 3 14:13:46 laptop0 kernel: [18379.362486] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI disk Nov 3 14:13:46 laptop0 kernel: [18379.362813] sd 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0 Nov 3 14:13:52 laptop0 kernel: [18384.451136] UDF-fs: No VRS found Nov 3 14:13:52 laptop0 kernel: [18384.684247] ISOFS: Unable to identify CD-ROM format. Nov 3 14:14:01 laptop0 kernel: [18393.471122] UDF-fs: No VRS found Nov 3 14:14:01 laptop0 kernel: [18393.528147] ISOFS: Unable to identify CD-ROM format. When I check the hal-device I get the following information for the newly added device. 0: udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/volume_uuid_14E5_3F07' block.storage_device = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_serial_FUJITSU_MHZ2400BT_G1_70088256FFFF_0_0' (string) volume.fstype = 'vfat' (string) linux.hotplug_type = 3 (0x3) (int) volume.fsusage = 'filesystem' (string) volume.fsversion = 'FAT32' (string) info.capabilities = { 'volume', 'block' } (string list) volume.uuid = '14E5-3F07' (string) info.product = 'FREECOM HDD' (string) volume.label = 'FREECOM HDD' (string) info.udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/volume_uuid_14E5_3F07' (string) volume.mount_point = '' (string) volume.is_mounted = false (bool) volume.is_mounted_read_only = false (bool) volume.linux.is_device_mapper = false (bool) volume.is_disc = false (bool) volume.is_partition = true (bool) volume.partition.number = 1 (0x1) (int) volume.block_size = 512 (0x200) (int) volume.num_blocks = 781417602 (0x2e937c82) (uint64) volume.size = 400085812224 (0x5d26f90400) (uint64) block.device = '/dev/sdb1' (string) volume.partition.start = 32256 (0x7e00) (uint64) block.major = 8 (0x8) (int) volume.partition.media_size = 400088457216 (0x5d27216000) (uint64) block.minor = 17 (0x11) (int) volume.partition.scheme = 'mbr' (string) block.is_volume = true (bool) volume.partition.type = '0x0c' (string) volume.partition.label = '' (string) info.category = 'volume' (string) volume.partition.uuid = '' (string) volume.partition.flags = { } (string list) volume.ignore = false (bool) storage.model = '' (string) org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Volume.method_names = { 'Mount', 'Unmount', 'Eject' } (string list) linux.sysfs_path = '/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb5/5-5/5-5:1.0/host2/target2:0:0/2:0:0:0/block/sdb/sdb1' (string) org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Volume.method_signatures = { 'ssas', 'as', 'as' } (string list) info.parent = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_serial_FUJITSU_MHZ2400BT_G1_70088256FFFF_0_0' (string) org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Volume.method_argnames = { 'mount_point fstype extra_options', 'extra_options', 'extra_options' } (string list) org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Volume.method_execpaths = { 'hal-storage-mount', 'hal-storage-unmount', 'hal-storage-eject' } (string list) volume.mount.valid_options = { 'ro', 'sync', 'dirsync', 'noatime', 'nodiratime', 'noexec', 'quiet', 'remount', 'exec', 'utf8', 'shortname=', 'codepage=', 'iocharset=', 'umask=', 'dmask=', 'fmask=', 'uid=', 'flush' } (string list) volume.unmount.valid_options = { 'lazy' } (string list) info.interfaces = { 'org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Volume' } (string list) I have not read this type of information in the past but when I read through that it seems to suggest that sdb1 is the right partition to mount. However when I go into the new device notifier in KDE 4 on Intrepid it says the following. error "An Error occurred while accessing 'FREECOM HDD'. the system responded: mount: wrong fs type, bad option bad superblock on /dev/sdb1. When I look at dmesg it says that it was trying to mount it as a cdrom not as the vfat device that it is and is reported as using hal-device. If I manually go to root I can mount the drive with no problems with -t vfat /dev/sdb1 /mountpoint -- external USB HD is not mounted on plugin anymore https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/277456 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs