To this point, whenever I've plugged a storage device (flash drive, mp3 player) into a USB plug, it's magically mounted and I get an icon on my desktop. I've just got a card reader and it doesn't automount. I can mount it manually with "mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/temp" and that works fine. I would prefer to have it automount and give me the desktop icon. Unfortunately, I don't yet know enough about the automounting mechanism to know what I need to change to make this happen. Here is the relevant portion of /var/log/messages when I plug in the card reader: Sep 4 16:31:11 bargainhunter kernel: usb 7-6: new high speed USB device using e hci_hcd and address 12 Sep 4 16:31:11 bargainhunter kernel: usb 7-6: configuration #1 chosen from 1 ch oice Sep 4 16:31:11 bargainhunter kernel: scsi11 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Stora ge devices Sep 4 16:31:16 bargainhunter kernel: Vendor: Generic Model: USB SD Reader Rev: 1.00 Sep 4 16:31:16 bargainhunter kernel: Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 00 Sep 4 16:31:16 bargainhunter kernel: SCSI device sdb: 3901440 512-byte hdwr sec tors (1998 MB) Sep 4 16:31:16 bargainhunter kernel: sdb: Write Protect is off Sep 4 16:31:16 bargainhunter kernel: sdb: assuming drive cache: write through Sep 4 16:31:16 bargainhunter kernel: SCSI device sdb: 3901440 512-byte hdwr sec tors (1998 MB) Sep 4 16:31:16 bargainhunter kernel: sdb: Write Protect is off Sep 4 16:31:16 bargainhunter kernel: sdb: assuming drive cache: write through Sep 4 16:31:16 bargainhunter kernel: sdb: sdb1 Sep 4 16:31:16 bargainhunter kernel: sd 11:0:0:0: Attached scsi removable disk sdb Sep 4 16:31:16 bargainhunter kernel: sd 11:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 typ e 0 Sep 4 16:31:16 bargainhunter kernel: Vendor: Generic Model: USB CF Reader Rev: 1.01 Sep 4 16:31:16 bargainhunter kernel: Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 00 Sep 4 16:31:16 bargainhunter kernel: sd 11:0:0:1: Attached scsi removable disk sdc Sep 4 16:31:16 bargainhunter kernel: sd 11:0:0:1: Attached scsi generic sg3 typ e 0 Sep 4 16:31:16 bargainhunter kernel: Vendor: Generic Model: USB SM Reader Rev: 1.02 Sep 4 16:31:16 bargainhunter kernel: Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 00 Sep 4 16:31:16 bargainhunter kernel: sd 11:0:0:2: Attached scsi removable disk sdd Sep 4 16:31:16 bargainhunter kernel: sd 11:0:0:2: Attached scsi generic sg4 typ e 0 Sep 4 16:31:16 bargainhunter kernel: Vendor: Generic Model: USB MS Reader Rev: 1.03 Sep 4 16:31:16 bargainhunter kernel: Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 00 Sep 4 16:31:16 bargainhunter kernel: sd 11:0:0:3: Attached scsi removable disk sde Sep 4 16:31:16 bargainhunter kernel: sd 11:0:0:3: Attached scsi generic sg5 typ e 0 Again, it works fine if I use a mount command to mount it myself. How can I get it to automount and give me the desktop icon? -- MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Melville Sask ~ http://www.melvilletheatre.com
On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 4:03 PM, Frank Cox <theatre at sasktel.net> wrote:> To this point, whenever I've plugged a storage device (flash drive, mp3 player) > into a USB plug, it's magically mounted and I get an icon on my desktop. > > I've just got a card reader and it doesn't automount. I can mount it > manually with "mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/temp" and that works fine. >I believe that a card reader is not a storage device per se and, hence, does not mount until you connect it with a card plugged into it or plug a card into it. I've never used mine any other way, and it always works just fine. mhr
Frank Cox a ?crit :> > I've just got a card reader and it doesn't automount. I can mount it > manually with "mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/temp" and that works fine. > > I would prefer to have it automount and give me the desktop icon. > Unfortunately, I don't yet know enough about the automounting mechanism to know > what I need to change to make this happen. >Try this: # /etc/init.d/pcscd start --> Smart Card Reader daemon! And if it works: # chkconfig pcscd on Enjoy! Niki Kovacs