On Wednesday 12 May 2004 14:56, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
* Fergus Wilde
[05-12-04 08:46]: On Wednesday 12 May 2004 11:52, you wrote:
Another reply to own thread - sorry - I just think USB experts might spot why 8.2 and 9.0 can mount this compact flash disk so that one can actually read data off it either in a reader or in a camera, and why 9.1 can do neither.
For the benefit of those who may not have enjoyed previous elements of the thread, in essence the mounting process gets as far as providing a location like:
file:/media/usb-storage-odd-NIKON-NIKONDSCD70:0:0:0p1
But then won't actually let you read the disk, and locks Konqueror 3.2.2 so that it has to be destroyed.
Here's a transcript of 9.1 struggling to mount the camera, twice:
<snip long dull transcript in earlier post> And Patrick suggested:
You might try:
as root make a directory under /media ie: mkdir /media/sda1 as root do: /sbin/rchotplug restart plugin the chip as root: mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /media/sda1
then try to access the directory /media/sda1
report results -- Patrick Shanahan
Thanks again, Patrick: effectively it won't let you do that. I indeed created /media/sda1, restarted hotplug, etc, but it will only mount as: /media/usb-storage-odd-NIKON-NIKONDSCD70:0:0:0p1 I tried deleting that directory, but as soon as you switch on the camera it recreated it and mounted it before I could issue the alternate mount command you suggest. The appropriate part of the output of 'mount' looks like: pc02:/home/fergus # mount usbfs on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw) /dev/sda1 on /media/usb-storage-odd-NIKON-NIKONDSCD70:0:0:0p1 type subfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,sync,fs=floppyfss,procuid) You can cd to that directory: pc02:/home/fergus # cd /media/usb-storage-odd-NIKON-NIKONDSCD70\:0\:0\:0p1/ pc02:/media/usb-storage-odd-NIKON-NIKONDSCD70:0:0:0p1 # ls But the ls command never returns and it locks up the Konsole window. Still drawing a blank, I fear - for the benefit of newcomers, and at the risk of nauseating those who've read the thread, this all worked fine in 8.2 and 9.0 Thanks for your input Fergus -- Fergus Wilde Chetham's Library Long Millgate Manchester M3 1SB Tel: +44 161 834 7961 Fax: +44 161 839 5797 http://www.chethams.org.uk