Unable to mount usb key

[spacemen12]

HI,
Here is my situation:
fedora core 4 on a x86_64 and machine
2 hard drive disk /dev/sda1 and /dev/sdb[1,2]

My usb driver are:
/sbin/lspci | grep USB
00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 USB Controller (rev a2)
00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 USB Controller (rev a3)

The key is totally fonctional on other computer. It is fat 32 formatted

This is what happend in dmesg when I plug a usb key:
usb 1-10: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 30
usb 1-10: unable to read config index 0 descriptor/start
usb 1-10: can't read configurations, error -110
usb 1-10: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 31
usb 1-10: unable to read config index 0 descriptor/start
usb 1-10: can't read configurations, error -110
usb 1-10: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 32
usb 1-10: device descriptor read/all, error -110
usb 1-10: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 33
usb 1-10: device descriptor read/all, error -110
usb 1-9: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 34
usb 1-9: device not accepting address 34, error -110
usb 1-10: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 36
usb 1-10: device descriptor read/all, error -110
usb 1-10: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 37
usb 1-10: device descriptor read/all, error -110
usb 1-10: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 38
usb 1-10: device descriptor read/8, error -110
usb 1-10: device descriptor read/8, error -110
usb 1-10: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 39
usb 1-10: device not accepting address 39, error -110

What is the error in dmesg?

Where sould I mount my usb key since sda and sdb are taken?

Thanks

[PabloTwo]

Check the output of:

/sbin/lsusb

Some newer (especially ones from Kingston) usb thumb drives have some weird code or formatting that even newer versions of Fedora can't get a grip on.

The logical place FC4 would attatch the USB thumb drive to would be /dev/sdc1

Try, as root

mkdir /mnt/usbkey
mount -t vfat /dev/sdc1 /mnt/usbkey

Maybe time for an upgrade to Fedora 7 ?

Paul

[spacemen12]

Thanks for this reply

Oh Oh, it is a Kingston... I did format it on a windows machine. It is now a fat32 drive.

There is no /sbin/lsusb : command not found

In my /dev, I don't have any sdc*, so cannot mount on it.

I don;t have time for an upgrade to FC7, way too much configuration done on the current OS.

[gthill]

After plugging in the usb drive, type

$dmesg

If the device is recognised it will show up as the last entries and tell you what the dev name is

Here is an example of my dmesg after plugging a usb device in.
This gives you the mount information to mount it manually if it doesn't do it automatically
.
.
usb 2-3: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 26
usb 2-3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
scsi13 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
usb-storage: device found at 26
usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
usb-storage: device scan complete
scsi 13:0:0:0: Direct-Access ST325082 0A 0000 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
sd 13:0:0:0: [sdc] 488397168 512-byte hardware sectors (250059 MB)
sd 13:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off
sd 13:0:0:0: [sdc] Mode Sense: 27 00 00 00
sd 13:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through
sd 13:0:0:0: [sdc] 488397168 512-byte hardware sectors (250059 MB)
sd 13:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off
sd 13:0:0:0: [sdc] Mode Sense: 27 00 00 00
sd 13:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through
sdc: sdc1
sd 13:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI disk
sd 13:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0


As you can see it is /dev/sdc1

[spacemen12]

This is my dmesg just after I plug it in

usb 1-10: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 48
usb 1-10: device not accepting address 48, error -110
usb 1-10: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 49
usb 1-10: unable to read config index 0 descriptor/all
usb 1-10: can't read configurations, error -110
usb 1-10: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 50
usb 1-10: unable to read config index 0 descriptor/start
usb 1-10: can't read configurations, error -110
usb 1-10: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 51

Does this means that it is not reconize. How can I tell the computer what it is so it can reconize it?

Thanks

[gthill]

leaving the drive connected
su -
passwd ****

#fdisk -l

what is the result of fdisk -l

is it recognised?

if so reformat it using
mkfs.vfat -n KINGSTON /dev/sd??

If you have data on it perhaps you can back it up to your windows machine first.

[spacemen12]

This my output of fdisk -l

/sbin/fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 200.0 GB, 200049647616 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 24321 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 13 104391 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 14 24321 195254010 8e Linux LVM

Disk /dev/sdb: 320.0 GB, 320072933376 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 1 250 2008093+ 83 Linux
/dev/sdb2 251 38913 310560547+ 83 Linux

Disk /dev/dm-0: 197.8 GB, 197803376640 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 24048 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Disk /dev/dm-0 doesn't contain a valid partition table

Disk /dev/dm-1: 2080 MB, 2080374784 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 252 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Disk /dev/dm-1 doesn't contain a valid partition table

It is the same wether or not the usb is plug. Look bad...

[gthill]

Yes, it is not recognised.

Are other usb drives auto mounting on your system or at least being recognised?
Do you have a windows machine on which you can format it?
if so re format using Windows as vfat
You may have unplugged it while in operation and it could therefore be corrupted.

There may be other ways to do it and you could wait for someone else to post or you could just try the Windows format. Nothing to lose by it!

I bought a 4gb kingston thumb a few months ago and recall it came pre-loaded with some crap on it already. I usually reformat all drives when they are new but I don't remember if I had to use windows for the kingston.

[spacemen12]

Originally Posted by gthill

Are other usb drives auto mounting on your system or at least being recognised?

Yes the usb printer and It works plug, unplug, plug and works again.

Originally Posted by gthill

Do you have a windows machine on which you can format it?

Already try fat and fat32 on the windows machine, both unusable on my linux machine.

Thanks for the help, I just hope there is a solution.

[gthill]

Originally Posted by spacemen12

Yes the usb printer and It works plug, unplug, plug and works again.



Already try fat and fat32 on the windows machine, both unusable on my linux machine.

Thanks for the help, I just hope there is a solution.

My last suggestion

try formatting as NTFS on your windows machine
then if you have ntfs-3g installed on your linux box you may be able to recognise it.

[spacemen12]

Thanks for all those great suggestions, but it seen that the answer is something else.

[gthill]

That's a bummer, please post your solution here when you get it.

[spacemen12]

Hi,
Look like there is the same problem there (64 bit also).
http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-207683.html

[spacemen12]

Hi,
Is this aproblem with my kernel configuration?

Will compiling and installing a new kernel will solve the problem?

Thanks

[spacemen12]

Hi,
The "solution" is to disable usb 2 and run it trough usb 1 with this command:
modprobe -r ehci-hcd

The solution was found in this forum there: http://www.fedoraforum.org/forum/sho...0&page=1&pp=15

Thanks everyone who helped me with this