Yes, I do know the difference between their and they're sometimes my
fingers don't like to listen!
** Changed in: util-linux (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed => Triaged
** Description changed:
Ubuntu Gutsy, all updates installed
Upon connecting an external hard disk, I get the error message:
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Cannot mount volume.
Unable to mount the volume.
Details
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /
dev/sdb7, ______ missing codepage or helper program,
or other error ______ In some cases useful info is found
in syslog - try ______ dmesg | tail or so
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+ This text is located in util-linux package at: mount/mount.c:1216
+ ------------
This bug report is not about whatever problem caused the error. It is about
the error message itself.
* It uses the word "mount", which makes little sense to most people. ("Open"
or "read" would be better.)
* "Cannot mount volume" and "Unable to mount the volume" are redundant with
each other. Only one of them should be present.
* The details are full of odd whitespace (simulated above by underscores).
This should be collapsed.
* The details are mostly jargon, only helpful to me if I guess that I'm
supposed to type them into a terminal window. (But even if I do, then what?)
* "or so" doesn't make sense in this context.
It may save time to fix bug 132279 at the same time as this bug.
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"Cannot mount volume" error explanation is a mess
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/146686
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