USB flash drive will not work with Kubuntu Gutsy

[jeff788]

Hello all,
I have searched for a solution to this problem all over and have found similar problems, but not mine. I have been using Ubuntu gutsy for quite some time with no problems (or I already fixed the problems I had). I recently instlled the kde-desktop and have been very impressed... with one exception. When I plug in a usb flash drive, the box pops-up recognizing the drive and asking what I want to do with it. If I click to view the contents I get an error message reading:

mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda1, missing codepage or helper program, or other error. In come cases usedful info is found in syslog -try dmesg |tail or so

Here is the dmesg:

[17179667.376000] usb-storage: device scan complete
[17179667.376000] Vendor: PNY Model: USB 2.0 FD Rev: PMAP
[17179667.376000] Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 00
[17179667.620000] SCSI device sda: 8060928 512-byte hdwr sectors (4127 MB)
[17179667.620000] sda: Write Protect is off
[17179667.620000] sda: Mode Sense: 23 00 00 00
[17179667.620000] sda: assuming drive cache: write through
[17179667.624000] SCSI device sda: 8060928 512-byte hdwr sectors (4127 MB)
[17179667.624000] sda: Write Protect is off
[17179667.624000] sda: Mode Sense: 23 00 00 00
[17179667.624000] sda: assuming drive cache: write through
[17179667.624000] sda: sda1
[17179667.624000] sd 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi removable disk sda
[17179667.636000] sd 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0
[17179681.556000] FAT: Unrecognized mount option "flush" or missing value

I don't know where to go with this. It works fine with the Gnome desktop but not in KDE. Any help would be appreciated.

[Snowhog]

Re: USB flash drive will not work with Kubuntu Gutsy

Out of curiousity, what happens if you tell the pop-up window to "do nothing" and then try to access the flash drive via Konqueror and/or Media Storage?

[Teunis]

Re: USB flash drive will not work with Kubuntu Gutsy

Since about the upgrade I have a similar problem with some drives but not all.

The work around is via KwikDisk, when I right-click the drive in this utility it mounts without a hitch.
At the moment I can't be bothered to look any further, at some point I might do a clean install.

[jeff788]

Re: USB flash drive will not work with Kubuntu Gutsy

If I click to do nothing in the window, and then try and access the drive elsewhere the result is the same.

[Snowhog]

Re: USB flash drive will not work with Kubuntu Gutsy

You don't by chance have an entry for this device in your /ect/fstab file? There shouldn't be one, as USB HDs get identified dynamically - the /dev/xxxx designation changes from boot to boot when more than one USB HD device is connected(unless you are using UUIDs).

[jeff788]

Re: USB flash drive will not work with Kubuntu Gutsy

No, there is no entry in the /etc/fstab for this device