Unable to mount USB sticks

[GerardV]

All of a sudden i have been unable to mount any USB stick. The system, 26.04, will see them but when i try to mount any of them i get this error:

gerard@gerard-kubuntu2:~$ udisksctl mount -b /dev/sdc1
Error mounting /dev/sdc1: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.UDisks2.Error.Failed: Error mounting system-managed device /dev/sdc1: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdc1, missing codepage or helper program, or other error

I get the same error message when trying to mount it in Dolphin
They all mount just fine in CashyOs and Deepin also installed on the pc so that rules out a hardware error
Has anyone seen this before?

[oshunluvr]

Does it mount without udisksctl?

sudo mount /dev/sdc1 /mnt

Any output in dmesg when it fails?

Do the file systems have labels? I read somewhere about a bug in udisksctl if the file system is unlabled.

[die.boer]

have you tried

sudo apt update && sudo apt full-upgrade

and

sudo dpkg --configure -a

sudo apt --fix-broken install​

[jlittle]

IME (see https://www.kubuntuforums.net/forum/...unt-with-25-10) once udisks gets confused it can remain in that confused state until a reboot. What file systems are on the sticks? Do they all fail after a reboot?

[skyfishgoo]

it's working again now, all up to date.

but still getting this when i try to access the software updates GUI


it starts if i run sudo software-properties-qt in a terminal tho

[skyfishgoo]

the console gives this when i run it

QStandardPaths: XDG_RUNTIME_DIR not set, defaulting to '/tmp/runtime-root'

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should i enter a value for that variable in this field, or is this normal?