Fedora doesn't detect removable devices any more

PeTzZz · #1 6th July 2006, 04:00 PM

I discovered it on 22nd/23rd June (I guess), but as I don't use them every day then it began maybe earlier. Updates haven't fixed it.

If I put in a CD, nothing happens. No icons appear on the desktop and there is no CD-RW drive icon in the Computer folder. Also I don't see Floppy Drive icon there any more. If I put in a USB Flash Disk then USB Flash Disk icon appears in the Computer folder, but if to click on it, it says "Unable to mount media. There is probably no media in the drive.".

The only specific thing I did before I discovered it was that I tried to get a Canon digital camera working some days ago. Fedora didn't want to detect it, but at last the only thing I did was removing /usr/lib/gphoto2/2.1.6/libgphoto2_canon.so or something like that.

I cannot try if I can load images from the camera at the moment as it is not here at the moment.

Hardware browser says that the CD-ROM drive is /dev/hdd, but hdd doesn't exist in the /dev folder even if to put a CD into the drive.

***Firewing1*** · #2 6th July 2006, 04:11 PM

Well, mine's working : I see "TheFrozenThone" CD icon on my Desktop when I put in Warcraft III: TFT.

Have you tried using the development Gnome? It's what I'm running now, and it's very stable. Just note that it probably won't be pulled in, but gtk(2) and pygtk2 both need to be updated for it to work properly.
Firewing1

PeTzZz · #3 6th July 2006, 04:20 PM

I don't want to use the development version. I use FC5 with all updates and I'm a Gnome user.

newfc2user · #4 6th July 2006, 05:21 PM

Check System - Preferences - Removable Drives and Media to see if you have the proper options enabled. Also check to see if autofs is on. In a terminal, type "chkconfig --list | grep autofs". if you see "5:on" in the output, autofs is enabled.

PeTzZz · #5 6th July 2006, 05:26 PM

I have checked those settings already. Autofs is enabled and Removable Drives and Media settings are all right.

newfc2user · #6 6th July 2006, 10:03 PM

When you stick in a CD in the CDROM drive or plug in your USB drive, run "dmesg" in a terminal window and check the tail end of the output. Cut and paste the output here if possible.

PeTzZz · #7 6th July 2006, 10:49 PM

Putting a CD into the CD-ROM drive adds nothing, but the USB disk adds these lines:

Code:

usb 3-2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3
usb 3-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
scsi0 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
usb-storage: device found at 3
usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
usbcore: registered new driver usb-storage
USB Mass Storage support registered.
  Vendor: USB 2.0   Model: Flash Disk        Rev: 0.00
  Type:   Direct-Access                      ANSI SCSI revision: 02
SCSI device sda: 1024000 512-byte hdwr sectors (524 MB)
sda: Write Protect is off
sda: Mode Sense: 00 00 00 00
sda: assuming drive cache: write through
SCSI device sda: 1024000 512-byte hdwr sectors (524 MB)
sda: Write Protect is off
sda: Mode Sense: 00 00 00 00
sda: assuming drive cache: write through
 sda: sda1
sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi removable disk sda
usb-storage: device scan complete
sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0

The whole output is attached as a text file.

***Firewing1*** · #8 7th July 2006, 03:32 AM

What Gnome packages are installed?

Code:

rpm -qa gnome\*

Firewing1

Omega Blue · #9 7th July 2006, 03:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PeTzZz

The only specific thing I did before I discovered it was that I tried to get a Canon digital camera working some days ago. Fedora didn't want to detect it, but at last the only thing I did was removing /usr/lib/gphoto2/2.1.6/libgphoto2_canon.so or something like that.

How did you remove this? I hope you didn't just go in as root and issue rm...

PeTzZz · #10 7th July 2006, 08:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Omega Blue

How did you remove this? I hope you didn't just go in as root and issue rm...

I removed only this file. (It was actually /usr/lib/libgphoto2/2.1.99/canon.so, but it doesn't make sense.)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Firewing1

What Gnome packages are installed?

Code:

rpm -qa gnome\*

Code:

gnome-speech-0.3.9-3
gnome-mount-0.4-5
gnome-python2-gtksourceview-2.14.0-1
gnome-spell-1.0.5-13.2
gnome-user-docs-2.14.2-1.fc5.1
gnome-pilot-2.0.13-7.fc5.6
gnome-menus-2.14.0-1.fc5.1
gnome-keyring-devel-0.4.9-1
gnome-terminal-2.14.2-1
gnome-mag-0.12.4-1
gnome-python2-gtkhtml2-2.14.0-1
gnome-icon-theme-2.14.2-1.fc5.1
gnome-python2-canvas-2.12.4-1
gnome-vfs2-2.14.2-1
gnome-panel-2.14.2-1.fc5.1
gnome-session-2.14.2-1.fc5.1
gnome-screensaver-2.14.2-1.fc5.1
gnome-python2-applet-2.14.0-1
gnome-system-monitor-2.14.1-1.fc5.1
gnome-media-2.14.2-1
gnome-audio-2.0.0-3.1
gnome-keyring-0.4.9-1
gnome-python2-desktop-2.14.0-1
gnome-python2-extras-2.14.0-1
gnome-netstatus-2.12.0-3.2.1
gnome-volume-manager-1.5.15-1
gnome-python2-gconf-2.12.4-1
gnome-user-share-0.10-1.fc5.1
gnome-themes-2.14.2-1.fc5.1
gnome-power-manager-2.14.3-1
gnome-desktop-2.14.2-1
gnome-utils-2.14.0-4.fc5.2
gnome-applets-2.14.2-1.fc5.1
gnome-vfs2-devel-2.14.2-1
gnome-mime-data-2.4.2-1.2.1
gnome-doc-utils-0.6.0-1
gnome-python2-2.12.4-1
gnomebaker-0.5.1-4.fc5
gnome-backgrounds-2.14.2.1-1
gnome-python2-gnomeprint-2.14.0-1
gnome-python2-gnomevfs-2.12.4-1
gnome-python2-bonobo-2.12.4-1
gnome-vfs2-smb-2.14.2-1

***Firewing1*** · #11 7th July 2006, 06:15 PM

I don't think the camera should have anything to do with it, but just incase:

Code:

rpm -e gphoto2
yum install gphoto2

Firewing1

PeTzZz · #12 7th July 2006, 06:23 PM

gphoto2 is needed by too many packages to reinstall it...

PeTzZz · #13 7th August 2006, 02:09 PM

I reinstalled FC5 and it's ok now. Printer that didn't work already before this issue, works again also.