Problem with 256MB USB Stick

[cathodion]

Hey folks,

I've allready seen a couple threads about USB sticks, but haven't found an answer yet.

This is the situation:
When i plugg my usb stick in, gnome 2.6 adds an item called "flash" in the "Computer" screen, but when i double click it gnome gives me an error saying it can't read the superblock of the device. I have attached a screenie of this situation (it's dutch).

The WEIRD thing is that mounting it manually DOES work. The problem that arises when mounted manually is that i don't have rights to write it. I created 2 directories on a XP machiene which i perfectly see in FC2, but i can't write anything to the device because it's the property of root. I tried to mount it as a normal user but that's not possible.

Does anybody have a solution for these problems??
I'd be very thankful!

[kbradl1]

In order to write to it as another user besides root you need to apply a umask. So your mount statement should be something like

mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/<mntpoint> -0 umask=000

or the better option is to add this to your /etc/fstab:

/dev/sda1 /mnt/<mntpoint> vfat user,iocharset=utf8,umask=0,sync,quiet,exec,codepa ge=866,noauto 0 0

[cathodion]

thanks, didn't know that. That solved the issue about not being able to use the stick properly as a non-root user.

Now the only thing is that gnome is not able to mount the stick normally when i plug it in. I still have to do it manually. I have red a lot of posts from people who all do it manually but i kinda expect from my system to mount it automatically. I don't want my dad to laugh at me because i have to enter a terminal before i'm able to use my stick.

[ezeze5000]

If you added the proper line in your fstab all you have to do is go to system tools and select disk management , it will be listed there, at least it is on my linux box.

You can mount it with a click of the mouse.

[cathodion]

if you put it that way, i can allready mount it with the push of a button (enter) after having done certain pre-actions. But that's exactly what i DON'T want to. I just want it to be mounted when i plug the stick in my PC. It allready appears in the "Computer" window, but I can't acces it for the reason mentioned in the top post.