USB ports will not recognize flash drive
I have a little problem with a customer's Ubuntu.
USB ports won't work, but if I restart the computer, the light on the flash drive starts blinking and I can mount the flash drive.
As you can see here:
guest-HFuyrW@liv-Aspire-1810TZ:~$ lsblk
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda 8:0 0 298,1G 0 disk
├─sda1 8:1 0 12G 0 part
├─sda2 8:2 0 1K 0 part
├─sda5 8:5 0 3,9G 0 part [SWAP]
├─sda6 8:6 0 158,3G 0 part
└─sda7 8:7 0 123,9G 0 part /
sdb 8:16 1 496M 0 disk
└─sdb1 8:17 1 496M 0 part
now the drive is flashing, still unmounted, but flashing. atleast it got power now.
but when i take it out and plugg it back in it shows:
guest-HFuyrW@liv-Aspire-1810TZ:~$ lsblk
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda 8:0 0 298,1G 0 disk
├─sda1 8:1 0 12G 0 part
├─sda2 8:2 0 1K 0 part
├─sda5 8:5 0 3,9G 0 part [SWAP]
├─sda6 8:6 0 158,3G 0 part
└─sda7 8:7 0 123,9G 0 part /
get what I mean now? and I don't know how to get it working, that's where the help is needed. I can't turn the computer off and on again every time I plug a drive in
I'm not used to Ubuntu or Linux.
usb flash drive
add a comment |
I have a little problem with a customer's Ubuntu.
USB ports won't work, but if I restart the computer, the light on the flash drive starts blinking and I can mount the flash drive.
As you can see here:
guest-HFuyrW@liv-Aspire-1810TZ:~$ lsblk
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda 8:0 0 298,1G 0 disk
├─sda1 8:1 0 12G 0 part
├─sda2 8:2 0 1K 0 part
├─sda5 8:5 0 3,9G 0 part [SWAP]
├─sda6 8:6 0 158,3G 0 part
└─sda7 8:7 0 123,9G 0 part /
sdb 8:16 1 496M 0 disk
└─sdb1 8:17 1 496M 0 part
now the drive is flashing, still unmounted, but flashing. atleast it got power now.
but when i take it out and plugg it back in it shows:
guest-HFuyrW@liv-Aspire-1810TZ:~$ lsblk
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda 8:0 0 298,1G 0 disk
├─sda1 8:1 0 12G 0 part
├─sda2 8:2 0 1K 0 part
├─sda5 8:5 0 3,9G 0 part [SWAP]
├─sda6 8:6 0 158,3G 0 part
└─sda7 8:7 0 123,9G 0 part /
get what I mean now? and I don't know how to get it working, that's where the help is needed. I can't turn the computer off and on again every time I plug a drive in
I'm not used to Ubuntu or Linux.
usb flash drive
see if this helps askubuntu.com/questions/645/…
– mchid
Feb 3 '15 at 8:41
also: using debian, I had to installusbmount
, but sometimes automout apps will conflict withmountall
which is installed in ubuntu by default. To check to see if mountall is installed, run:dpkg -l | grep mount
and see if it is listed. If listed, it's installed. They may not conflict but might, i'm not sure.
– mchid
Feb 3 '15 at 14:29
add a comment |
I have a little problem with a customer's Ubuntu.
USB ports won't work, but if I restart the computer, the light on the flash drive starts blinking and I can mount the flash drive.
As you can see here:
guest-HFuyrW@liv-Aspire-1810TZ:~$ lsblk
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda 8:0 0 298,1G 0 disk
├─sda1 8:1 0 12G 0 part
├─sda2 8:2 0 1K 0 part
├─sda5 8:5 0 3,9G 0 part [SWAP]
├─sda6 8:6 0 158,3G 0 part
└─sda7 8:7 0 123,9G 0 part /
sdb 8:16 1 496M 0 disk
└─sdb1 8:17 1 496M 0 part
now the drive is flashing, still unmounted, but flashing. atleast it got power now.
but when i take it out and plugg it back in it shows:
guest-HFuyrW@liv-Aspire-1810TZ:~$ lsblk
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda 8:0 0 298,1G 0 disk
├─sda1 8:1 0 12G 0 part
├─sda2 8:2 0 1K 0 part
├─sda5 8:5 0 3,9G 0 part [SWAP]
├─sda6 8:6 0 158,3G 0 part
└─sda7 8:7 0 123,9G 0 part /
get what I mean now? and I don't know how to get it working, that's where the help is needed. I can't turn the computer off and on again every time I plug a drive in
I'm not used to Ubuntu or Linux.
usb flash drive
I have a little problem with a customer's Ubuntu.
USB ports won't work, but if I restart the computer, the light on the flash drive starts blinking and I can mount the flash drive.
As you can see here:
guest-HFuyrW@liv-Aspire-1810TZ:~$ lsblk
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda 8:0 0 298,1G 0 disk
├─sda1 8:1 0 12G 0 part
├─sda2 8:2 0 1K 0 part
├─sda5 8:5 0 3,9G 0 part [SWAP]
├─sda6 8:6 0 158,3G 0 part
└─sda7 8:7 0 123,9G 0 part /
sdb 8:16 1 496M 0 disk
└─sdb1 8:17 1 496M 0 part
now the drive is flashing, still unmounted, but flashing. atleast it got power now.
but when i take it out and plugg it back in it shows:
guest-HFuyrW@liv-Aspire-1810TZ:~$ lsblk
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda 8:0 0 298,1G 0 disk
├─sda1 8:1 0 12G 0 part
├─sda2 8:2 0 1K 0 part
├─sda5 8:5 0 3,9G 0 part [SWAP]
├─sda6 8:6 0 158,3G 0 part
└─sda7 8:7 0 123,9G 0 part /
get what I mean now? and I don't know how to get it working, that's where the help is needed. I can't turn the computer off and on again every time I plug a drive in
I'm not used to Ubuntu or Linux.
usb flash drive
usb flash drive
edited Feb 3 '15 at 9:27
karel
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asked Feb 3 '15 at 7:54
MortyyMortyy
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see if this helps askubuntu.com/questions/645/…
– mchid
Feb 3 '15 at 8:41
also: using debian, I had to installusbmount
, but sometimes automout apps will conflict withmountall
which is installed in ubuntu by default. To check to see if mountall is installed, run:dpkg -l | grep mount
and see if it is listed. If listed, it's installed. They may not conflict but might, i'm not sure.
– mchid
Feb 3 '15 at 14:29
add a comment |
see if this helps askubuntu.com/questions/645/…
– mchid
Feb 3 '15 at 8:41
also: using debian, I had to installusbmount
, but sometimes automout apps will conflict withmountall
which is installed in ubuntu by default. To check to see if mountall is installed, run:dpkg -l | grep mount
and see if it is listed. If listed, it's installed. They may not conflict but might, i'm not sure.
– mchid
Feb 3 '15 at 14:29
see if this helps askubuntu.com/questions/645/…
– mchid
Feb 3 '15 at 8:41
see if this helps askubuntu.com/questions/645/…
– mchid
Feb 3 '15 at 8:41
also: using debian, I had to install
usbmount
, but sometimes automout apps will conflict with mountall
which is installed in ubuntu by default. To check to see if mountall is installed, run: dpkg -l | grep mount
and see if it is listed. If listed, it's installed. They may not conflict but might, i'm not sure.– mchid
Feb 3 '15 at 14:29
also: using debian, I had to install
usbmount
, but sometimes automout apps will conflict with mountall
which is installed in ubuntu by default. To check to see if mountall is installed, run: dpkg -l | grep mount
and see if it is listed. If listed, it's installed. They may not conflict but might, i'm not sure.– mchid
Feb 3 '15 at 14:29
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First, you can try unplugging and plugging the device back in.
Also, i've noticed sometimes the device doesn't mount until I click on the device in thunar (or nautilus). First, open the file manager (nautilus, thunar, whatever) and click on the device icon down on the left to mount the device.
To manually mount a device, open a terminal and type the following commands:
First, list all devices:
lsblk
here's an example of the output
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda 8:0 0 232.9G 0 disk
├─sda1 8:1 0 223.4G 0 part /
├─sda2 8:2 0 1K 0 part
└─sda5 8:5 0 9.5G 0 part [SWAP]
sdb 8:16 1 3.7G 0 disk
└─sdb1 8:17 1 3.6G 0 part
sdc 8:32 1 1.9G 0 disk /media/myawesomeusername/8817-272B
sr0 11:0 1 2K 0 rom
In this example, we have the hard drive at /dev/sda, an unmounted USB drive at /dev/sdb and a mounted USB drive at /dev/sdc.
To mount the unmounted USB drive at /mnt, we would run the following command:
sudo mount -o rw /dev/sdb1 /mnt
The contents of the drive should now be available in the folder /mnt.
To explain mount mounts the drive, -o rw is for the option read write, /dev/sdb1 is the usb partition we want to mount, and /mnt is the mount point where the contents of the drive will display.
To unmount the drive, either click the eject button or run the following command:
sudo umount /dev/sdb1
Thanks for this! Thing is when i plugg the usb out it will not turn back on, if you get what i mean? not even the light will turn on on the flash drive, but when i restart the computer it turns on again..
– Mortyy
Feb 3 '15 at 8:18
Yes, just plugging the device back in doesn't necessarily mount the device. Is the device listed when you runlsblk
?
– mchid
Feb 3 '15 at 8:22
no, the will not show in there either, i have to restart the laptop then it comes back
– Mortyy
Feb 3 '15 at 8:24
ahhhh, try runninglsusb
first and then check again to see if that made the system recognize the device.
– mchid
Feb 3 '15 at 8:29
i did when i had the stick flashing, then it found it. when i took it out and plugged it back in, it was gone :(
– Mortyy
Feb 3 '15 at 8:31
|
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First, you can try unplugging and plugging the device back in.
Also, i've noticed sometimes the device doesn't mount until I click on the device in thunar (or nautilus). First, open the file manager (nautilus, thunar, whatever) and click on the device icon down on the left to mount the device.
To manually mount a device, open a terminal and type the following commands:
First, list all devices:
lsblk
here's an example of the output
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda 8:0 0 232.9G 0 disk
├─sda1 8:1 0 223.4G 0 part /
├─sda2 8:2 0 1K 0 part
└─sda5 8:5 0 9.5G 0 part [SWAP]
sdb 8:16 1 3.7G 0 disk
└─sdb1 8:17 1 3.6G 0 part
sdc 8:32 1 1.9G 0 disk /media/myawesomeusername/8817-272B
sr0 11:0 1 2K 0 rom
In this example, we have the hard drive at /dev/sda, an unmounted USB drive at /dev/sdb and a mounted USB drive at /dev/sdc.
To mount the unmounted USB drive at /mnt, we would run the following command:
sudo mount -o rw /dev/sdb1 /mnt
The contents of the drive should now be available in the folder /mnt.
To explain mount mounts the drive, -o rw is for the option read write, /dev/sdb1 is the usb partition we want to mount, and /mnt is the mount point where the contents of the drive will display.
To unmount the drive, either click the eject button or run the following command:
sudo umount /dev/sdb1
Thanks for this! Thing is when i plugg the usb out it will not turn back on, if you get what i mean? not even the light will turn on on the flash drive, but when i restart the computer it turns on again..
– Mortyy
Feb 3 '15 at 8:18
Yes, just plugging the device back in doesn't necessarily mount the device. Is the device listed when you runlsblk
?
– mchid
Feb 3 '15 at 8:22
no, the will not show in there either, i have to restart the laptop then it comes back
– Mortyy
Feb 3 '15 at 8:24
ahhhh, try runninglsusb
first and then check again to see if that made the system recognize the device.
– mchid
Feb 3 '15 at 8:29
i did when i had the stick flashing, then it found it. when i took it out and plugged it back in, it was gone :(
– Mortyy
Feb 3 '15 at 8:31
|
show 1 more comment
First, you can try unplugging and plugging the device back in.
Also, i've noticed sometimes the device doesn't mount until I click on the device in thunar (or nautilus). First, open the file manager (nautilus, thunar, whatever) and click on the device icon down on the left to mount the device.
To manually mount a device, open a terminal and type the following commands:
First, list all devices:
lsblk
here's an example of the output
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda 8:0 0 232.9G 0 disk
├─sda1 8:1 0 223.4G 0 part /
├─sda2 8:2 0 1K 0 part
└─sda5 8:5 0 9.5G 0 part [SWAP]
sdb 8:16 1 3.7G 0 disk
└─sdb1 8:17 1 3.6G 0 part
sdc 8:32 1 1.9G 0 disk /media/myawesomeusername/8817-272B
sr0 11:0 1 2K 0 rom
In this example, we have the hard drive at /dev/sda, an unmounted USB drive at /dev/sdb and a mounted USB drive at /dev/sdc.
To mount the unmounted USB drive at /mnt, we would run the following command:
sudo mount -o rw /dev/sdb1 /mnt
The contents of the drive should now be available in the folder /mnt.
To explain mount mounts the drive, -o rw is for the option read write, /dev/sdb1 is the usb partition we want to mount, and /mnt is the mount point where the contents of the drive will display.
To unmount the drive, either click the eject button or run the following command:
sudo umount /dev/sdb1
Thanks for this! Thing is when i plugg the usb out it will not turn back on, if you get what i mean? not even the light will turn on on the flash drive, but when i restart the computer it turns on again..
– Mortyy
Feb 3 '15 at 8:18
Yes, just plugging the device back in doesn't necessarily mount the device. Is the device listed when you runlsblk
?
– mchid
Feb 3 '15 at 8:22
no, the will not show in there either, i have to restart the laptop then it comes back
– Mortyy
Feb 3 '15 at 8:24
ahhhh, try runninglsusb
first and then check again to see if that made the system recognize the device.
– mchid
Feb 3 '15 at 8:29
i did when i had the stick flashing, then it found it. when i took it out and plugged it back in, it was gone :(
– Mortyy
Feb 3 '15 at 8:31
|
show 1 more comment
First, you can try unplugging and plugging the device back in.
Also, i've noticed sometimes the device doesn't mount until I click on the device in thunar (or nautilus). First, open the file manager (nautilus, thunar, whatever) and click on the device icon down on the left to mount the device.
To manually mount a device, open a terminal and type the following commands:
First, list all devices:
lsblk
here's an example of the output
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda 8:0 0 232.9G 0 disk
├─sda1 8:1 0 223.4G 0 part /
├─sda2 8:2 0 1K 0 part
└─sda5 8:5 0 9.5G 0 part [SWAP]
sdb 8:16 1 3.7G 0 disk
└─sdb1 8:17 1 3.6G 0 part
sdc 8:32 1 1.9G 0 disk /media/myawesomeusername/8817-272B
sr0 11:0 1 2K 0 rom
In this example, we have the hard drive at /dev/sda, an unmounted USB drive at /dev/sdb and a mounted USB drive at /dev/sdc.
To mount the unmounted USB drive at /mnt, we would run the following command:
sudo mount -o rw /dev/sdb1 /mnt
The contents of the drive should now be available in the folder /mnt.
To explain mount mounts the drive, -o rw is for the option read write, /dev/sdb1 is the usb partition we want to mount, and /mnt is the mount point where the contents of the drive will display.
To unmount the drive, either click the eject button or run the following command:
sudo umount /dev/sdb1
First, you can try unplugging and plugging the device back in.
Also, i've noticed sometimes the device doesn't mount until I click on the device in thunar (or nautilus). First, open the file manager (nautilus, thunar, whatever) and click on the device icon down on the left to mount the device.
To manually mount a device, open a terminal and type the following commands:
First, list all devices:
lsblk
here's an example of the output
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda 8:0 0 232.9G 0 disk
├─sda1 8:1 0 223.4G 0 part /
├─sda2 8:2 0 1K 0 part
└─sda5 8:5 0 9.5G 0 part [SWAP]
sdb 8:16 1 3.7G 0 disk
└─sdb1 8:17 1 3.6G 0 part
sdc 8:32 1 1.9G 0 disk /media/myawesomeusername/8817-272B
sr0 11:0 1 2K 0 rom
In this example, we have the hard drive at /dev/sda, an unmounted USB drive at /dev/sdb and a mounted USB drive at /dev/sdc.
To mount the unmounted USB drive at /mnt, we would run the following command:
sudo mount -o rw /dev/sdb1 /mnt
The contents of the drive should now be available in the folder /mnt.
To explain mount mounts the drive, -o rw is for the option read write, /dev/sdb1 is the usb partition we want to mount, and /mnt is the mount point where the contents of the drive will display.
To unmount the drive, either click the eject button or run the following command:
sudo umount /dev/sdb1
answered Feb 3 '15 at 8:13
mchidmchid
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Thanks for this! Thing is when i plugg the usb out it will not turn back on, if you get what i mean? not even the light will turn on on the flash drive, but when i restart the computer it turns on again..
– Mortyy
Feb 3 '15 at 8:18
Yes, just plugging the device back in doesn't necessarily mount the device. Is the device listed when you runlsblk
?
– mchid
Feb 3 '15 at 8:22
no, the will not show in there either, i have to restart the laptop then it comes back
– Mortyy
Feb 3 '15 at 8:24
ahhhh, try runninglsusb
first and then check again to see if that made the system recognize the device.
– mchid
Feb 3 '15 at 8:29
i did when i had the stick flashing, then it found it. when i took it out and plugged it back in, it was gone :(
– Mortyy
Feb 3 '15 at 8:31
|
show 1 more comment
Thanks for this! Thing is when i plugg the usb out it will not turn back on, if you get what i mean? not even the light will turn on on the flash drive, but when i restart the computer it turns on again..
– Mortyy
Feb 3 '15 at 8:18
Yes, just plugging the device back in doesn't necessarily mount the device. Is the device listed when you runlsblk
?
– mchid
Feb 3 '15 at 8:22
no, the will not show in there either, i have to restart the laptop then it comes back
– Mortyy
Feb 3 '15 at 8:24
ahhhh, try runninglsusb
first and then check again to see if that made the system recognize the device.
– mchid
Feb 3 '15 at 8:29
i did when i had the stick flashing, then it found it. when i took it out and plugged it back in, it was gone :(
– Mortyy
Feb 3 '15 at 8:31
Thanks for this! Thing is when i plugg the usb out it will not turn back on, if you get what i mean? not even the light will turn on on the flash drive, but when i restart the computer it turns on again..
– Mortyy
Feb 3 '15 at 8:18
Thanks for this! Thing is when i plugg the usb out it will not turn back on, if you get what i mean? not even the light will turn on on the flash drive, but when i restart the computer it turns on again..
– Mortyy
Feb 3 '15 at 8:18
Yes, just plugging the device back in doesn't necessarily mount the device. Is the device listed when you run
lsblk
?– mchid
Feb 3 '15 at 8:22
Yes, just plugging the device back in doesn't necessarily mount the device. Is the device listed when you run
lsblk
?– mchid
Feb 3 '15 at 8:22
no, the will not show in there either, i have to restart the laptop then it comes back
– Mortyy
Feb 3 '15 at 8:24
no, the will not show in there either, i have to restart the laptop then it comes back
– Mortyy
Feb 3 '15 at 8:24
ahhhh, try running
lsusb
first and then check again to see if that made the system recognize the device.– mchid
Feb 3 '15 at 8:29
ahhhh, try running
lsusb
first and then check again to see if that made the system recognize the device.– mchid
Feb 3 '15 at 8:29
i did when i had the stick flashing, then it found it. when i took it out and plugged it back in, it was gone :(
– Mortyy
Feb 3 '15 at 8:31
i did when i had the stick flashing, then it found it. when i took it out and plugged it back in, it was gone :(
– Mortyy
Feb 3 '15 at 8:31
|
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see if this helps askubuntu.com/questions/645/…
– mchid
Feb 3 '15 at 8:41
also: using debian, I had to install
usbmount
, but sometimes automout apps will conflict withmountall
which is installed in ubuntu by default. To check to see if mountall is installed, run:dpkg -l | grep mount
and see if it is listed. If listed, it's installed. They may not conflict but might, i'm not sure.– mchid
Feb 3 '15 at 14:29