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Old 08-12-2023, 08:26 PM   #1
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My usb stick is playing up again, can't access files folders

My usb stick is playing up again. I presed control+s to save a Kate tx file and Kate froze
I prssed alt key and new and it made a dupliacte of the Kate txt file both are identical and frozen.
The usb plasma desktop says it mounted.
I went into dolphin and I did not see any yellow folders for the usb, I did see a blue bar on the bottom right of the screen saying "loading" 0 folders 0 files after clicking the usb icon in dolphin for the usb.
It's the same usb that I had problems just recently and got my files back when it started working again in a different slot.

I stuck in another usb and click mount and that said accessing but went back to saying mount in the plasma icon bottom far right of screen. I won't switch off the pc in the meantime. System Load is hovering around 40%-45% of CPU. It's normally lower when the problem with usb is no happening.
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Old 08-12-2023, 08:48 PM   #2
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Just throw it away.
 
Old 08-12-2023, 08:51 PM   #3
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Just throw it away.
I stuck another won I rarely used and it's having similar difficulty.It's not the usb.
 
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Then I guess it's the slot?
 
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Have you checked the log files for some indication of what's happening?

If you have SystemD and journalctl, you can monitor logging in real time. For a howto, see this link and scroll down to the "Follow or Tail" section.
 
Old 08-12-2023, 10:28 PM   #6
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Have you checked the log files for some indication of what's happening?

If you have SystemD and journalctl, you can monitor logging in real time. For a howto, see this link and scroll down to the "Follow or Tail" section.
I got:
Code:
└──╼ $journalctl -f
Hint: You are currently not seeing messages from other users and the system.
      Users in groups 'adm', 'systemd-journal' can see all messages.
      Pass -q to turn off this notice.
-- Journal begins at Sat 2022-10-22 20:29:57 
Aug 13 11:49:30 lenovo systemd[1547]: app-start\x2dlibrewolf-fb3324d8db6f468f95282b84cd3ab9ad.scope: Consumed 2h 3min 5.211s CPU time.
Aug 13 12:05:55 lenovo dbus-daemon[1566]: [session uid=1000 pid=1566] Activating service name='org.kde.runners.baloo' requested by ':1.23' (uid=1000 pid=1729 comm="/usr/bin/plasmashell ")
Aug 13 12:05:55 lenovo dbus-daemon[1566]: [session uid=1000 pid=1566] Activated service 'org.kde.runners.baloo' failed: Process org.kde.runners.baloo exited with status 255
Aug 13 12:05:55 lenovo dbus-daemon[1566]: [session uid=1000 pid=1566] Activating service name='org.kde.runners.baloo' requested by ':1.23' (uid=1000 pid=1729 comm="/usr/bin/plasmashell ")
Aug 13 12:05:55 lenovo dbus-daemon[1566]: [session uid=1000 pid=1566] Activated service 'org.kde.runners.baloo' failed: Process org.kde.runners.baloo exited with status 255
Aug 13 12:05:55 lenovo dbus-daemon[1566]: [session uid=1000 pid=1566] Activating service name='org.kde.runners.baloo' requested by ':1.23' (uid=1000 pid=1729 comm="/usr/bin/plasmashell ")
Aug 13 12:05:55 lenovo dbus-daemon[1566]: [session uid=1000 pid=1566] Activated service 'org.kde.runners.baloo' failed: Process org.kde.runners.baloo exited with status 255
Aug 13 12:05:55 lenovo dbus-daemon[1566]: [session uid=1000 pid=1566] Activating service name='org.kde.runners.baloo' requested by ':1.23' (uid=1000 pid=1729 comm="/usr/bin/plasmashell ")
Aug 13 12:05:55 lenovo dbus-daemon[1566]: [session uid=1000 pid=1566] Activated service 'org.kde.runners.baloo' failed: Process org.kde.runners.baloo exited with status 255
Aug 13 12:05:57 lenovo systemd[1547]: Started Firefox - Web Browser.
Code:
Journal begins at Sat 2022-10-22 20:29:57  ends at Sun 2023-08-13 12:05:57 
Aug 13 10:56:32 lenovo systemd[1547]: Started Dolphin - File Manager.
Aug 13 10:58:40 lenovo systemd[1547]: Started Konsole - Terminal.
Aug 13 10:59:34 lenovo dbus-daemon[1566]: [session uid=1000 pid=1566] Activating service name='org.kde.runners.baloo' requested by ':1.23' (uid=1000 pid=1>
Aug 13 10:59:34 lenovo dbus-daemon[1566]: [session uid=1000 pid=1566] Activated service 'org.kde.runners.baloo' failed: Process org.kde.runners.baloo exit>
Aug 13 10:59:34 lenovo dbus-daemon[1566]: [session uid=1000 pid=1566] Activating service name='org.kde.runners.baloo' requested by ':1.23' (uid=1000 pid=1>
Aug 13 10:59:34 lenovo dbus-daemon[1566]: [session uid=1000 pid=1566] Activated service 'org.kde.runners.baloo' failed: Process org.kde.runners.baloo exit>
Aug 13 10:59:34 lenovo dbus-daemon[1566]: [session uid=1000 pid=1566] Activating service name='org.kde.runners.baloo' requested by ':1.23' (uid=1000 pid=1>
Aug 13 10:59:34 lenovo dbus-daemon[1566]: [session uid=1000 pid=1566] Activated service 'org.kde.runners.baloo' failed: Process org.kde.runners.baloo exit>
Aug 13 10:59:37 lenovo systemd[1547]: Started VirtualBox - PC virtualization solution.
Aug 13 11:04:00 lenovo sudo[31041]:   lenovo : TTY=pts/1 ; PWD=/home/lenovo ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/systemctl status program
Aug 13 11:04:00 lenovo sudo[31041]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session opened for user root(uid=0) by lenovo(uid=1000)
Aug 13 11:05:02 lenovo sudo[31041]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session closed for user root
Aug 13 11:05:03 lenovo systemd[1547]: app-org.kde.konsole-54f5b75476414a6bbc1746bfbb93d1e4.scope: Succeeded.
Aug 13 11:05:03 lenovo systemd[1547]: app-org.kde.konsole-54f5b75476414a6bbc1746bfbb93d1e4.scope: Consumed 1.478s CPU time.
Aug 13 11:05:06 lenovo systemd[1547]: Started Konsole - Terminal.
Aug 13 11:05:33 lenovo sudo[31107]:   lenovo : TTY=pts/1 ; PWD=/home/lenovo ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/local/bin/apt purge program
Aug 13 11:05:33 lenovo sudo[31107]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session opened for user root(uid=0) by lenovo(uid=1000)
Aug 13 11:06:26 lenovo sudo[31107]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session closed for user root
Aug 13 11:09:10 lenovo systemd[1547]: app-org.kde.konsole-d62e8d7b2ce646ab80ea1b8e6f60aae1.scope: Succeeded.
Aug 13 11:09:10 lenovo systemd[1547]: app-org.kde.konsole-d62e8d7b2ce646ab80ea1b8e6f60aae1.scope: Consumed 3.934s CPU time.
Aug 13 11:09:22 lenovo systemd[1547]: app-virtualbox-9ea8b981416c40958a8a0bd28c8ef049.scope: Succeeded.
Aug 13 11:09:22 lenovo systemd[1547]: app-virtualbox-9ea8b981416c40958a8a0bd28c8ef049.scope: Consumed 11min 55.473s CPU time.
Aug 13 11:09:52 lenovo systemd[1547]: Started Dolphin - File Manager.
Aug 13 11:11:00 lenovo dbus-daemon[1566]: [session uid=1000 pid=1566] Activating service name='org.kde.runners.baloo' requested by ':1.23' (uid=1000 pid=1>
Aug 13 11:11:00 lenovo dbus-daemon[1566]: [session uid=1000 pid=1566] Activated service 'org.kde.runners.baloo' failed: Process org.kde.runners.baloo exit>
Aug 13 11:11:00 lenovo dbus-daemon[1566]: [session uid=1000 pid=1566] Activating service name='org.kde.runners.baloo' requested by ':1.23' (uid=1000 pid=1>
Aug 13 11:11:00 lenovo dbus-daemon[1566]: [session uid=1000 pid=1566] Activated service 'org.kde.runners.baloo' failed: Process org.kde.runners.baloo exit>
Aug 13 11:11:00 lenovo dbus-daemon[1566]: [session uid=1000 pid=1566] Activating service name='org.kde.runners.baloo' requested by ':1.23' (uid=1000 pid=1>
Aug 13 11:11:00 lenovo dbus-daemon[1566]: [session uid=1000 pid=1566] Activated service 'org.kde.runners.baloo' failed: Process org.kde.runners.baloo exit>
Aug 13 11:11:00 lenovo dbus-daemon[1566]: [session uid=1000 pid=1566] Activating service name='org.kde.runners.baloo' requested by ':1.23' (uid=1000 pid=1>
Aug 13 11:11:00 lenovo dbus-daemon[1566]: [session uid=1000 pid=1566] Activated service 'org.kde.runners.baloo' failed: Process org.kde.runners.baloo exit>
Aug 13 11:11:01 lenovo dbus-daemon[1566]: [session uid=1000 pid=1566] Activating service name='org.kde.runners.baloo' requested by ':1.23' (uid=1000 pid=1>
Aug 13 11:11:01 lenovo dbus-daemon[1566]: [session uid=1000 pid=1566] Activated service 'org.kde.runners.baloo' failed: Process org.kde.runners.baloo exit>
Aug 13 11:11:03 lenovo systemd[1547]: Started VirtualBox - PC virtualization solution.
Aug 13 11:14:51 lenovo systemd[1547]: Started Konsole - Terminal.
Journal begins at Sat 2022-10-22 20:29:57 AEDT, ends at Sun 2023-08-13 12:05:57 AEST. --
Aug 13 10:56:32 lenovo systemd[1547]: Started Dolphin - File Manager.
Aug 13 10:58:40 lenovo systemd[1547]: Started Konsole - Terminal.
Aug 13 10:59:34 lenovo dbus-daemon[1566]: [session uid=1000 pid=1566] Activating service name='org.kde.runners.baloo' requested by ':1.23' (uid=1000 pid=1>
Aug 13 10:59:34 lenovo dbus-daemon[1566]: [session uid=1000 pid=1566] Activated service 'org.kde.runners.baloo' failed: Process org.kde.runners.baloo exit>
Aug 13 10:59:34 lenovo dbus-daemon[1566]: [session uid=1000 pid=1566] Activating service name='org.kde.runners.baloo' requested by ':1.23' (uid=1000 pid=1>
Aug 13 10:59:34 lenovo dbus-daemon[1566]: [session uid=1000 pid=1566] Activated service 'org.kde.runners.baloo' failed: Process org.kde.runners.baloo exit>
Aug 13 10:59:34 lenovo dbus-daemon[1566]: [session uid=1000 pid=1566] Activating service name='org.kde.runners.baloo' requested by ':1.23' (uid=1000 pid=1>
Aug 13 10:59:34 lenovo dbus-daemon[1566]: [session uid=1000 pid=1566] Activated service 'org.kde.runners.baloo' failed: Process org.kde.runners.baloo exit>
Aug 13 10:59:37 lenovo systemd[1547]: Started VirtualBox - PC virtualization solution.
Aug 13 11:04:00 lenovo sudo[31041]:   lenovo : TTY=pts/1 ; PWD=/home/lenovo ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/systemctl status program
Aug 13 11:04:00 lenovo sudo[31041]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session opened for user root(uid=0) by lenovo(uid=1000)
Aug 13 11:05:02 lenovo sudo[31041]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session closed for user root
Aug 13 11:05:03 lenovo systemd[1547]: app-org.kde.konsole-54f5b75476414a6bbc1746bfbb93d1e4.scope: Succeeded.
Aug 13 11:05:03 lenovo systemd[1547]: app-org.kde.konsole-54f5b75476414a6bbc1746bfbb93d1e4.scope: Consumed 1.478s CPU time.
Aug 13 11:05:06 lenovo systemd[1547]: Started Konsole - Terminal.
Aug 13 11:05:33 lenovo sudo[31107]:   lenovo : TTY=pts/1 ; PWD=/home/lenovo ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/local/bin/apt purge program
Aug 13 11:05:33 lenovo sudo[31107]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session opened for user root(uid=0) by lenovo(uid=1000)
Aug 13 11:06:26 lenovo sudo[31107]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session closed for user root
Aug 13 11:09:10 lenovo systemd[1547]: app-org.kde.konsole-d62e8d7b2ce646ab80ea1b8e6f60aae1.scope: Succeeded.
Aug 13 11:09:10 lenovo systemd[1547]: app-org.kde.konsole-d62e8d7b2ce646ab80ea1b8e6f60aae1.scope: Consumed 3.934s CPU time.
Aug 13 11:09:22 lenovo systemd[1547]: app-virtualbox-9ea8b981416c40958a8a0bd28c8ef049.scope: Succeeded.
Aug 13 11:09:22 lenovo systemd[1547]: app-virtualbox-9ea8b981416c40958a8a0bd28c8ef049.scope: Consumed 11min 55.473s CPU time.
Aug 13 11:09:52 lenovo systemd[1547]: Started Dolphin - File Manager.
Aug 13 11:11:00 lenovo dbus-daemon[1566]: [session uid=1000 pid=1566] Activating service name='org.kde.runners.baloo' requested by ':1.23' (uid=1000 pid=1>
Aug 13 11:11:00 lenovo dbus-daemon[1566]: [session uid=1000 pid=1566] Activated service 'org.kde.runners.baloo' failed: Process org.kde.runners.baloo exit>
Aug 13 11:11:00 lenovo dbus-daemon[1566]: [session uid=1000 pid=1566] Activating service name='org.kde.runners.baloo' requested by ':1.23' (uid=1000 pid=1>
Aug 13 11:11:00 lenovo dbus-daemon[1566]: [session uid=1000 pid=1566] Activated service 'org.kde.runners.baloo' failed: Process org.kde.runners.baloo exit>
Aug 13 11:11:00 lenovo dbus-daemon[1566]: [session uid=1000 pid=1566] Activating service name='org.kde.runners.baloo' requested by ':1.23' (uid=1000 pid=1>
Aug 13 11:11:00 lenovo dbus-daemon[1566]: [session uid=1000 pid=1566] Activated service 'org.kde.runners.baloo' failed: Process org.kde.runners.baloo exit>
Aug 13 11:11:00 lenovo dbus-daemon[1566]: [session uid=1000 pid=1566] Activating service name='org.kde.runners.baloo' requested by ':1.23' (uid=1000 pid=1>
Aug 13 11:11:00 lenovo dbus-daemon[1566]: [session uid=1000 pid=1566] Activated service 'org.kde.runners.baloo' failed: Process org.kde.runners.baloo exit>
Aug 13 11:11:01 lenovo dbus-daemon[1566]: [session uid=1000 pid=1566] Activating service name='org.kde.runners.baloo' requested by ':1.23' (uid=1000 pid=1>
Aug 13 11:11:01 lenovo dbus-daemon[1566]: [session uid=1000 pid=1566] Activated service 'org.kde.runners.baloo' failed: Process org.kde.runners.baloo exit>
Aug 13 11:11:03 lenovo systemd[1547]: Started VirtualBox - PC virtualization solution.
Aug 13 11:14:51 lenovo systemd[1547]: Started Konsole - Terminal.
I think the problem occurred about 30-60 min before the start times listed above. Is it ok to close the terminal window when I see
Code:
The program 'journalctl' is currently running in this session.  Are you sure you want to close it?
Last edited by linux-man; 08-12-2023 at 11:59 PM.
 
Old 08-12-2023, 11:23 PM   #7
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The 2nd usb appears to be working but not the other usb that I want, that is still in never ending 'loading' mode according to the bottom right icon of dolphin. I think it's something to do with Kate editor control+S, as my previous issues with this usb occurred with kate editor. Should I click 'stop loading'? Unlike last time, I can't see any yellow folders.

The 2nd usb I am able to view files fine, but it's not unmounting and I would like it unmounted. I see a never ending green twirl beside it's icon. I am still able to view it's contents whilst it does this. But usb#2 is not my priority, Usb #1 is, I need to see it's folders again populated within dolphin file manager.
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