[kwlug-disc] Problem with Linux Mint 20 Automounting Drives

[Paul Nijjar]

Is the output from dmesg the same or different when you get a boot
that makes automounting work?

What specific program does the automounting? Does this program have
log files?

- Paul


On Wed, Jan 13, 2021 at 06:27:20PM -0500, John Driezen wrote:
> dmesg reports the following after a usb thumb drive is inserted:
> 
> [8299.022199] usb 1-1.2: new high-speed USB device number 4 using ehci-pci
> [ 8299.131912] usb 1-1.2: New USB device found, idVendor=0781,
> idProduct=5597, bcdDevice= 1.00
> [ 8299.131915] usb 1-1.2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2,
> SerialNumber=3
> [ 8299.131917] usb 1-1.2: Product: Cruzer Glide 3.0
> [ 8299.131919] usb 1-1.2: Manufacturer: SanDisk
> [ 8299.131921] usb 1-1.2: SerialNumber: 0401c2d27ca910db2543803cbf05739030ce8b126abc7d2b9da993d11b38113666200000000000000000000010237f2500181218975581072c28a24a
> [ 8299.132442] usb-storage 1-1.2:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected
> [ 8299.132660] scsi host6: usb-storage 1-1.2:1.0
> [ 8300.151378] scsi 6:0:0:0: Direct-Access���� SanDisk� Cruzer Glide 3.0
> 1.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 6
> [ 8300.151743] sd 6:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg9 type 0
> [ 8300.152572] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdi] 120176640 512-byte logical blocks: (61.5
> GB/57.3 GiB)
> [ 8300.153902] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdi] Write Protect is off
> [ 8300.153905] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdi] Mode Sense: 43 00 00 00
> [ 8300.154911] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdi] Write cache: disabled, read cache: enabled,
> doesn't support DPO or FUA
> [ 8300.198055]� sdi: sdi1
> [ 8300.202284] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdi] Attached SCSI removable disk
> 
> John Driezen
> 
> jdriezen at sympatico.ca
> 
> On 2021-01-13 5:19 p.m., Paul Nijjar via kwlug-disc wrote:
> > So what does dmesg report?
> > 
> > - Paul
> > 
> > On Wed, Jan 13, 2021 at 05:25:05AM -0500, John Driezen wrote:
> > > On 2021-01-13 12:22 a.m., Paul Nijjar via kwlug-disc wrote:
> > > > In the bad state, what does dmesg report when you plug in a USB flash
> > > > drive?
> > > > 
> > > > Can you manually mount the flash drive once you put it in, if it does
> > > > not automount?
> > > Yes, I can manually mount the flash drive if the flash drive does not
> > > automount.
> > > 
> > > > It certainly seems as if you are booting into two different
> > > > configurations, but I do not have a good sense of what might be
> > > > different.
> > > > 
> > > Neither do I, which is why I asked for help.
> > > > - Paul
> > > > 
> > > > On Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 08:08:12PM -0500, John Driezen wrote:
> > > > > I am having a problem with Linux Mint 20. It is booting fine, and works fine
> > > > > but will not automount usb thumb drives.� The desktop shows 4 drives: efi,
> > > > > root filesystem, and my two hard drives by uuid name as shown in the first
> > > > > picture.
> > > > > 
> > > > > When I first installed Linux Mint 20, the desktop booted and showed just the
> > > > > two hard drives, a 1 TB volume and a 2 TB volume shown in the second
> > > > > picture.� Automounting thumb drives and audio cds worked just fine.�
> > > > > Occasionally I can boot to this state. I would like to always boot to this
> > > > > state.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Does anyone have any idea what is going on?� I'm at a loss to explain or
> > > > > resolve this issue.� The issue has persisted across multiple kernel
> > > > > updates.� I have subsequently upgraded to Linux Mint 20.1 as well.� More
> > > > > detailed system information can be given.� This issue is a minor annoyance,
> > > > > but nothing game breaking.
> > > > > 
> > > > > John Driezen
> > > > > 
> > > > > jdriezen at sympatico.ca
> > > > > 
> > > > 
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