Right, Im a bit of a linux noob but will try and hopefully give enough information for someone to help.
I have taken the plunge and installed kubuntu and have to say Im impressed. everything works fine, even my ipod and camera, but strangely I have one usb key (sods law - the one I need) that takes about 5 mins before I can see the files, and what I see in the file manager bears no relation to what is on the key. The key has 3 folders and one document on it, and Dolphin file manager claims to see 43 folders and 46 files!!
The key things I think are the amount of time to acces the key, and the output I get from the File MAnager
Looking in system messages, the device is seen and mounted
Jan 4 09:09:32 CJN3H2J kernel: [ 2097.728000] usb 5-4: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 7
Jan 4 09:09:32 CJN3H2J kernel: [ 2097.860000] usb 5-4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
Jan 4 09:09:32 CJN3H2J kernel: [ 2097.868000] scsi4 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
Jan 4 09:09:37 CJN3H2J kernel: [ 2102.872000] scsi 4:0:0:0: Direct-Access Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 1.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
Jan 4 09:09:37 CJN3H2J kernel: [ 2102.872000] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] 2007040 512-byte hardware sectors (1028 MB)
Jan 4 09:09:37 CJN3H2J kernel: [ 2102.872000] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
Jan 4 09:09:37 CJN3H2J kernel: [ 2102.876000] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] 2007040 512-byte hardware sectors (1028 MB)
Jan 4 09:09:37 CJN3H2J kernel: [ 2102.876000] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
Jan 4 09:09:37 CJN3H2J kernel: [ 2102.876000] sdb: sdb1
Jan 4 09:09:37 CJN3H2J kernel: [ 2102.984000] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
Jan 4 09:09:37 CJN3H2J kernel: [ 2102.984000] sd 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
But it is seeing it as 1028Mb, not 1024Mb!! I can also see some messages about trying to access beyond the end of the drive...
Jan 4 08:41:55 CJN3H2J kernel: [ 439.068000] sd 3:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
Jan 4 08:45:37 CJN3H2J kernel: [ 661.972000] attempt to access beyond end of device
Jan 4 08:45:38 CJN3H2J kernel: [ 661.972000] sdb1: rw=0, want=2023120, limit=2006800
Jan 4 08:45:38 CJN3H2J kernel: [ 661.976000] attempt to access beyond end of device
Jan 4 08:45:38 CJN3H2J kernel: [ 661.976000] sdb1: rw=0, want=2023096, limit=2006800
This key is formatted as FAT and was used in my XP box and I can confirm that it is not corrupted in any way as I can still access it if I plug back into XP.
I can confirm vfat is loaded
mmacleod@CJN3H2J:~$ lsmod|grep vf
vfat 14080 1
fat 54300 1 vfat
I think it is mounted correctly...
mmacleod@CJN3H2J:~$ mount
/dev/mapper/CJN3H2J-root on / type ext3 (rw,errors=remount-ro)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
/sys on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
varrun on /var/run type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,mode=0755)
varlock on /var/lock type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,mode=1777)
udev on /dev type tmpfs (rw,mode=0755)
devshm on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)
lrm on /lib/modules/2.6.22-14-generic/volatile type tmpfs (rw)
/dev/sda1 on /boot type ext3 (rw)
securityfs on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw)
/dev/sdb1 on /media/KINGSTON type vfat (rw,nosuid,nodev,noatime,flush,uid=1000,utf8,shortname=lower)
I can also see a 'BROKEN TRANSLATION 1 Item' message on the bottom menu bar of the file manager window.
I have just about used my entire linux knowledge up now and would be grateful if someone could help me with some other commands for diagnosing the problem.
If no-one can help, its no big problem and I will post on the ubuntu forums, just thought Id give you guys first crack of the whip seeing as this is my forum of choice...
Cheers
Martin
I have taken the plunge and installed kubuntu and have to say Im impressed. everything works fine, even my ipod and camera, but strangely I have one usb key (sods law - the one I need) that takes about 5 mins before I can see the files, and what I see in the file manager bears no relation to what is on the key. The key has 3 folders and one document on it, and Dolphin file manager claims to see 43 folders and 46 files!!
The key things I think are the amount of time to acces the key, and the output I get from the File MAnager
Looking in system messages, the device is seen and mounted
Jan 4 09:09:32 CJN3H2J kernel: [ 2097.728000] usb 5-4: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 7
Jan 4 09:09:32 CJN3H2J kernel: [ 2097.860000] usb 5-4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
Jan 4 09:09:32 CJN3H2J kernel: [ 2097.868000] scsi4 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
Jan 4 09:09:37 CJN3H2J kernel: [ 2102.872000] scsi 4:0:0:0: Direct-Access Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 1.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
Jan 4 09:09:37 CJN3H2J kernel: [ 2102.872000] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] 2007040 512-byte hardware sectors (1028 MB)
Jan 4 09:09:37 CJN3H2J kernel: [ 2102.872000] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
Jan 4 09:09:37 CJN3H2J kernel: [ 2102.876000] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] 2007040 512-byte hardware sectors (1028 MB)
Jan 4 09:09:37 CJN3H2J kernel: [ 2102.876000] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
Jan 4 09:09:37 CJN3H2J kernel: [ 2102.876000] sdb: sdb1
Jan 4 09:09:37 CJN3H2J kernel: [ 2102.984000] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
Jan 4 09:09:37 CJN3H2J kernel: [ 2102.984000] sd 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
But it is seeing it as 1028Mb, not 1024Mb!! I can also see some messages about trying to access beyond the end of the drive...
Jan 4 08:41:55 CJN3H2J kernel: [ 439.068000] sd 3:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
Jan 4 08:45:37 CJN3H2J kernel: [ 661.972000] attempt to access beyond end of device
Jan 4 08:45:38 CJN3H2J kernel: [ 661.972000] sdb1: rw=0, want=2023120, limit=2006800
Jan 4 08:45:38 CJN3H2J kernel: [ 661.976000] attempt to access beyond end of device
Jan 4 08:45:38 CJN3H2J kernel: [ 661.976000] sdb1: rw=0, want=2023096, limit=2006800
This key is formatted as FAT and was used in my XP box and I can confirm that it is not corrupted in any way as I can still access it if I plug back into XP.
I can confirm vfat is loaded
mmacleod@CJN3H2J:~$ lsmod|grep vf
vfat 14080 1
fat 54300 1 vfat
I think it is mounted correctly...
mmacleod@CJN3H2J:~$ mount
/dev/mapper/CJN3H2J-root on / type ext3 (rw,errors=remount-ro)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
/sys on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
varrun on /var/run type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,mode=0755)
varlock on /var/lock type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,mode=1777)
udev on /dev type tmpfs (rw,mode=0755)
devshm on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)
lrm on /lib/modules/2.6.22-14-generic/volatile type tmpfs (rw)
/dev/sda1 on /boot type ext3 (rw)
securityfs on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw)
/dev/sdb1 on /media/KINGSTON type vfat (rw,nosuid,nodev,noatime,flush,uid=1000,utf8,shortname=lower)
I can also see a 'BROKEN TRANSLATION 1 Item' message on the bottom menu bar of the file manager window.
I have just about used my entire linux knowledge up now and would be grateful if someone could help me with some other commands for diagnosing the problem.
If no-one can help, its no big problem and I will post on the ubuntu forums, just thought Id give you guys first crack of the whip seeing as this is my forum of choice...
Cheers
Martin
, can you browse /media/KINGSTON in a terminal? No idea about the KDE/Dolphin stuff, the 1028MB bit is a little strange but my Kingston '4Gb' key is 4127Mb (8060928 sectors) and works fine. The problem is probably because of the 'beyond end of device' messages, but beyond formatting it from Linux e.g. with fdisk - careful with drive names as confusing sda (hard drive) and sdb (usb drive) isn't going to end well 