MP3 player fails to mount.

[Todd Zullinger]

Mark Haney wrote:
> Okay, I'm still banging my head against this problem with my daughters
> MP3 player.  In syslog I get this:
> 
> Jul 10 11:27:30 sulla kernel: usb 4-6: new high speed USB device using
> ehci_hcd and address 19
> Jul 10 11:27:30 sulla kernel: usb 4-6: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
> Jul 10 11:27:30 sulla kernel: scsi17 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass
> Storage devices
> Jul 10 11:27:35 sulla kernel: scsi 17:0:0:0: Direct-Access     SanDisk
> Sansa m240       1.30 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
> Jul 10 11:27:35 sulla kernel: SCSI device sdc: 1993920 512-byte hdwr
> sectors (1021 MB)
> Jul 10 11:27:35 sulla kernel: sdc: Write Protect is off
> Jul 10 11:27:35 sulla kernel: sdc: assuming drive cache: write through
> Jul 10 11:27:35 sulla kernel: SCSI device sdc: 1993920 512-byte hdwr
> sectors (1021 MB)
> Jul 10 11:27:35 sulla kernel: sdc: Write Protect is off
> Jul 10 11:27:35 sulla kernel: sdc: assuming drive cache: write through
> Jul 10 11:27:35 sulla kernel:  sdc: sdc1
> Jul 10 11:27:35 sulla kernel: sd 17:0:0:0: Attached scsi removable disk sdc
> Jul 10 11:27:35 sulla kernel: sd 17:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg4 type 0
> 
> Yet when I try to mount sdc1 I get 'special device does not exist'.
> 
> Any ideas?

Is udevd running?  I've found it had died mysteriously on me a few
times, causing my ipod not to get mounted.  If it's not running, a
udev -d should get it going again.  Then reconnect the device.

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