autofs not mounting usb disk after twicking

[urif]

hi, the system is fedora core 3 and the usb disk is a LG, until last night i hd no problems.
i was pluging in the usb and fedora would mount it automatically creating a /media/usbmedia (or similar) directory.

now, last night i opened the services application because i wanted to close all the unnessesary services.
i closed some, like sendmail, rpc, etc. but not autofs.

now, neither the usb key nor the camera are being mounted, and i need to do them manually, meaning i need to mess with fstab, etc...

any ideas?

any help is appreciated.

[tashirosgt]

You could post the output of
/sbin/chkconfig --list
and perhaps someone will see a critical service shut off.
One assumes udev still detects the device. Look in /var/log/messages after you plug it in and see if there is some error.
Also try
/sbin/lsusb
before and after plugging it in.

[urif]

thanks for the replay.
a couple of things, the OS sees the usb key and the camera, i can mount them manually, the same goes to the cd. it won;t mount it automatically anymore.
ok. here;s the output of chkconfig (let me know if thr format is ok):

mDNSResponder 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
rpcidmapd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
lisa 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
portmap 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:on 5:on 6:off
xinetd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
gpm 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
rpcsvcgssd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
microcode_ctl 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
readahead_early 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:on 6:off
autofs 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
spamassassin 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
saslauthd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
iptables 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
xfs 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
netfs 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:on 5:on 6:off
vncserver 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
lm_sensors 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
irda 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
nifd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:on 5:on 6:off
psacct 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
netplugd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
nfs 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:off 5:off 6:off
ypbind 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
irqbalance 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
snmpd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
cups-config-daemon 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:on 5:on 6:off
rhnsd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
sysstat 0:off 1:on 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
rpcgssd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:on 5:on 6:off
ntpd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
anacron 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:off 4:on 5:on 6:off
crond 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:off 4:on 5:on 6:off
named 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
diskdump 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
readahead 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:on 6:off
acpid 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
network 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
winbind 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
pcmcia 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:off 4:on 5:on 6:off
syslog 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
httpd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
kudzu 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
smb 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
netdump 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
cups 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:off 4:on 5:on 6:off
messagebus 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
mdmonitor 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:off 4:on 5:on 6:off
cpuspeed 0:off 1:on 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
yum 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
bluetooth 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
apmd 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:off 4:on 5:on 6:off
snmptrapd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
sshd 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
atd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:on 5:on 6:off
firestarter 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
smartd 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
nfslock 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:on 5:on 6:off
haldaemon 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:on 5:on 6:off
sendmail 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:off 4:on 5:on 6:off
isdn 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
mdmpd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
nscd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
NetworkManager 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
xinetd based services:
daytime: off
krb5-telnet: off
echo-udp: off
echo: off
chargen: off
chargen-udp: off
ktalk: off
gssftp: off
eklogin: off
time-udp: off
rsync: off
cups-lpd: off
time: off
kshell: off
klogin: off
daytime-udp: off

[tashirosgt]

I think the critical process in detecting hot-plug usb devices is haldaemon and you have it turned on. Perhaps you changed something else besides the services. (After all, how can you be a real Linux user and not change 3 or 4 configuration files and do some updates everytime you turn the machine on?) Did you try /sbin/lsusb before and after plugging-in a usb device?

[urif]

ok, let say it's turned off. only on level 3 anyway.
i turned on, i checked that the daemon is running and it is. still USB, camera, cdrom.... no automounts.

lsusb before plugin the usb key shows:
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000

lsusb after plugin the usb key shows:
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 001 Device 019: ID 067b:2517 Prolific Technology, Inc. Flash Disk Mass Storage Device
Bus 001 Device 018: ID 067b:2515 Prolific Technology, Inc. Flash Disk Embedded Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000

[tashirosgt]

I can understand why fstab-sync won't use the mount points you put in /etc/fstab if they don't have the keyword "managed" in them. But I don't understand why HAL didn't call fstab-sync and create some new mount point, like /media/usb3.
You should be able to see the event where the device is plugged-in in /var/log/messages. Were there any errors reported there?