problems with USB flash drive

[Paul Higgins]

No luck with "ls /media":

ls: /media: No such file or directory

The drive doesn't show up on my desktop or in the home window of Konqueror.  
I'm wondering if it needs to be formatted or something.  It does show up 
using the how-to instructions from TerraSoft, however, so clearly the system 
does see the drive:

[root at localhost root]#  tail -f /var/log/messages
Aug  7 22:58:42 localhost su(pam_unix)[2914]: session opened for user root by 
higg0008(uid=500)
Aug  7 22:59:02 localhost kernel: usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using 
ohci_hcd and address 9
Aug  7 22:59:03 localhost kernel: scsi7 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage 
devices
Aug  7 22:59:08 localhost kernel:   Vendor: Flash     Model: Drive UT_USB20    
Rev: 0.00
Aug  7 22:59:08 localhost kernel:   Type:   Direct-Access                      
ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Aug  7 22:59:08 localhost kernel: SCSI device sda: 1999872 512-byte hdwr 
sectors (1024 MB)
Aug  7 22:59:08 localhost kernel: sda: assuming Write Enabled
Aug  7 22:59:08 localhost kernel: sda: assuming drive cache: write through
Aug  7 22:59:08 localhost kernel: SCSI device sda: 1999872 512-byte hdwr 
sectors (1024 MB)
Aug  7 22:59:08 localhost kernel: sda: assuming Write Enabled
Aug  7 22:59:08 localhost kernel: sda: assuming drive cache: write through
Aug  7 22:59:08 localhost kernel:  sda:<7>usb-storage: queuecommand called
Aug  7 22:59:08 localhost kernel:  [mac] sda1 sda2 sda3 sda4
Aug  7 22:59:08 localhost kernel: Attached scsi removable disk sda at scsi7, 
channel 0, id 0, lun 0
Aug  7 22:59:08 localhost kernel: Attached scsi generic sg0 at scsi7, channel 
0, id 0, lun 0,  type 0
Aug  7 22:59:09 localhost scsi.agent[3006]: disk 
at /devices/pci0001:10/0001:10:18.0/usb1/1-1/1-1:1.0/host7/target7:0:0/7:0:0:0
Aug  7 22:59:10 localhost udev[3071]: creating device node '/udev/sda'
Aug  7 22:59:10 localhost udev[3072]: creating device node '/udev/sda1'
Aug  7 22:59:10 localhost udev[3073]: creating device node '/udev/sda2'
Aug  7 22:59:10 localhost udev[3074]: creating device node '/udev/sda3'
Aug  7 22:59:10 localhost udev[3075]: creating device node '/udev/sda4'
Aug  7 22:59:10 localhost udev[3077]: creating device node '/udev/sg0'

-PRH

On Monday 07 August 2006 22:36, Ebrahim Mayat wrote:

> Paul
>
> Run "ls /media" in a console and with luck if your flash drive has
> been mounted then the name of your USB flash drive will appear.
>
> If not, on the left-hand side of your panel there should be a big "K"
> logo (if you have set up KDE as your desktop environment) or a yellow
> dog (if you are using GNOME). Click on this --> Home --> portable
> media and icons for your hard drive (hda), CD/DVD drive (hdc) and
> flash drive (sda) should appear. Click on your "sda" icon to mount it
> and your OS should "see" it.
>
> Hope this helps.
> Ebrahim