FC7: No USB stick automount after latest kernel update

[André Costa]

On 7/22/07, Aly Dharshi <aly.dharshi at telus.net> wrote:
> This maybe a off the tangent on, but you do have ConsoleKit running
> right ? I found that after I turned this off I had difficulties in
> mounting my USB stick

Well, something strange is indeed happening.

I have been bitten by the "no USB detection" bug, but only partially.
Let me explain: I have a 256M LG USB stick that still appears (even
with latest kernel + autofs) just fine as a new icon on the
"computer:///" nautilus "address" (and also on GNOME desktop). It is
also nicely automounted.

However, my new 1G PQI stick is detected by kernel/HAL/whatever, but
doesn't show up anywhere. It can still be manually mounted, though.

/var/log/messages shows this for each of them:

** LG stick **

Jul 24 09:26:06 localhost kernel: usb 3-4: new high speed USB device
using ehci_hcd and address 4
Jul 24 09:26:06 localhost kernel: usb 3-4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
Jul 24 09:26:06 localhost kernel: hub 3-4:1.0: USB hub found
Jul 24 09:26:06 localhost kernel: hub 3-4:1.0: 1 port detected
Jul 24 09:26:06 localhost kernel: usb 3-4.1: new high speed USB device
using ehci_hcd and address 5
Jul 24 09:26:06 localhost kernel: usb 3-4.1: configuration #1 chosen
from 1 choice
Jul 24 09:26:06 localhost kernel: scsi3 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass
Storage devices
Jul 24 09:26:11 localhost kernel: scsi 3:0:0:0: Direct-Access     LG
    USB Drive 2.0    1.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS
Jul 24 09:26:11 localhost kernel: sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] 507904 512-byte
hardware sectors (260 MB)
Jul 24 09:26:11 localhost kernel: sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
Jul 24 09:26:11 localhost kernel: sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive
cache: write through
Jul 24 09:26:11 localhost kernel: sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] 507904 512-byte
hardware sectors (260 MB)
Jul 24 09:26:11 localhost kernel: sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
Jul 24 09:26:11 localhost kernel: sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive
cache: write through
Jul 24 09:26:11 localhost kernel:  sdb: sdb1
Jul 24 09:26:11 localhost kernel: sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
Jul 24 09:26:11 localhost kernel: sd 3:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0

** PQI stick **

Jul 24 09:28:05 localhost kernel: usb 3-4: new high speed USB device
using ehci_hcd and address 6
Jul 24 09:28:05 localhost kernel: usb 3-4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
Jul 24 09:28:06 localhost kernel: scsi4 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass
Storage devices
Jul 24 09:28:10 localhost kernel: scsi 4:0:0:0: Direct-Access
Generic  USB Flash Disk   0.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
Jul 24 09:28:10 localhost kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] 2015231 512-byte
hardware sectors (1032 MB)
Jul 24 09:28:10 localhost kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
Jul 24 09:28:10 localhost kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive
cache: write through
Jul 24 09:28:10 localhost kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] 2015231 512-byte
hardware sectors (1032 MB)
Jul 24 09:28:10 localhost kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
Jul 24 09:28:10 localhost kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive
cache: write through
Jul 24 09:28:10 localhost kernel:  sdb: sdb1
Jul 24 09:28:10 localhost kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
Jul 24 09:28:10 localhost kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0

Can anyone spot any difference?

- 'lshal -m' shows this for each stick:

** LG **

10:18:13.119: usb_device_67b_2515_noserial added
10:18:13.342: usb_device_67b_2515_noserial_if0 added
10:18:13.475: usb_device_67b_2517_noserial added
10:18:13.703: usb_device_67b_2517_noserial_if0 added
10:18:18.596: usb_device_67b_2517_noserial_if0_scsi_host added
10:18:18.598: usb_device_67b_2517_noserial_if0_scsi_host_scsi_device_lun0 added
10:18:18.705: usb_device_67b_2517_noserial_if0_scsi_host_scsi_device_lun0_scsi_generic
added
10:18:18.957: storage_serial_Prolific_Technology_Inc__USB_Mass_Storage_Device
added
10:18:19.222: volume_part1_size_260030464 added

** PQI **

10:16:34.935: usb_device_3538_54_2007120000003F added
10:16:35.157: usb_device_3538_54_2007120000003F_if0 added
10:16:40.047: usb_device_3538_54_2007120000003F_if0_scsi_host added
10:16:40.049: usb_device_3538_54_2007120000003F_if0_scsi_host_scsi_device_lun0
added
10:16:40.160: usb_device_3538_54_2007120000003F_if0_scsi_host_scsi_device_lun0_scsi_generic
added

Here we can see HAL proceeds further for LG stick. Anyone knows the reason?

I am not sure this is a problem with the latest kernel... sadly I just
removed previous kernel, can't test it right now (will try to download
it later).

TIA,

Andre