Hi NG

I seem to have some very strange problems with my USB memory stick/pen.
The mp3 player is broke, but the buttons are of course still there. When I
plug in it, I'm able to mount it the first time, but when I umount it, and
take it to a Windows (it works perfectly here) machine, and print the
files there.

When I try to mount it again, after having it out of the machine, I
usually get this reply:

mount: /dev/sda1 is not a valid block device

Also, sometimes when I plug it in, it freezes my mouse, and the only I
know of, is to reboot, and then it seems to work again. Obviously the
thing is not broke, so I'm quite frustrated about this!

Does anyone know a solution to this ? I'm seriously consider trying to
compile a kernel for the first time, to see if I'm able to make the right
choices of modules to load.

Kind regards,
Mads

Mads Jensen wrote:

> Hi NG
>
> I seem to have some very strange problems with my USB memory stick/pen.
> The mp3 player is broke, but the buttons are of course still there. When I
> plug in it, I'm able to mount it the first time, but when I umount it, and
> take it to a Windows (it works perfectly here) machine, and print the
> files there.
>
> When I try to mount it again, after having it out of the machine, I
> usually get this reply:
>
> mount: /dev/sda1 is not a valid block device
>
> Also, sometimes when I plug it in, it freezes my mouse, and the only I
> know of, is to reboot, and then it seems to work again. Obviously the
> thing is not broke, so I'm quite frustrated about this!
>
> Does anyone know a solution to this ? I'm seriously consider trying to
> compile a kernel for the first time, to see if I'm able to make the right
> choices of modules to load.
>
> Kind regards,
> Mads

usb-storage seems to do a lot of strange things. For me, it refuses to
recognize a thumb drive unless there is first a CF card in my card reader
(so I just leave an old 8MB card in it). Not a solution, but maybe a
workaround - try doing #rmmod usb-storage before reconnecting the thumb
drive, as discussed earlier here: http://tinyurl.com/43qay

--
Old Man

On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 16:27:35 -0400, Old Man wrote:

> usb-storage seems to do a lot of strange things. For me, it refuses to
> recognize a thumb drive unless there is first a CF card in my card reader
> (so I just leave an old 8MB card in it). Not a solution, but maybe a
> workaround - try doing #rmmod usb-storage before reconnecting the thumb
> drive, as discussed earlier here: http://tinyurl.com/43qay

It seems to be related to uhci, which does very strange things, but when
removing it, and reloading it, my mouse and usb memory stick works again.

Kind regards,
Mads

On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 21:33:24 +0200, Mads Jensen wrote:
>
> It seems to be related to uhci, which does very strange things, but when
> removing it, and reloading it, my mouse and usb memory stick works again.
>
> Kind regards,
> Mads

I had the same exact problem in 9.1, doesn't seem to be the case with 10