Im using Salix and XFCE. All of a sudden I have a permanent File System icon on my desktop called "floppy". It just gives an error message if I click on it.
But. If I insert a CD, DVD or a flash drive, the system seems to respond but does not provide an icon on the desktop, like it used to do.
So I have no way of viewing the files or content of the inserted drive.
Is there any way to fix this? I don't know why it started doing this. Its a mystery!
Thank you. Cheers.

Does or see it?

permanent?
you mean you tried deleting it and you couldn't ?
[drumroll]
and.. the error message is....
[/drumroll]


seems to respond ?

well, does it respond or not?

after 10+ years you can only use a GUI icon on desktop to open file manager ?

or is Salix "crippleware"


no idea, no real information given

but if Salix is crippleware that may not exist

Thanks for the serious replies. I was trying to keep it short and sweet.

The laptop responds by spinning the disk in the case of a CD/DVD and by displaying the green LED in the case of a flash drive.
The error message I get is
<Failed to mount "floppy" mount: special device /dev/fd0 does not exist>

I will follow this up by posting the results of the suggested commands. No drumroll.
No idea what you refer to as crippleware.

So this is the output of those commands that were suggested.
I take all advice and suggestions seriously and appreciate all feedback.



astro[~]$ sudo lsblk -f
Password:
NAME FSTYPE LABEL UUID MOUNTPOINT
sda
├─sda1 xfs 5219af5a-688d-4f6a-9084-3a3140db6a55 /
├─sda2 swap 9418cead-6eb1-44b6-9338-87f906bdebdc [SWAP]
└─sda3 xfs 4e02fb77-961a-4e38-b9b5-675ad45d82a2 /home
sr0



astro[~]$ parted -l
astro[~]$ sudo parted -l
Model: ATA HITACHI HTS72501 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 160GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Disk Flags:

Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 32.3kB 15.7GB 15.7GB primary xfs boot
2 15.7GB 16.8GB 1053MB primary linux-swap(v1)
3 16.8GB 160GB 143GB primary xfs





astro[~]$ sudo fdisk -l
Disk /dev/ram0: 16 MiB, 16777216 bytes, 32768 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes


Disk /dev/ram1: 16 MiB, 16777216 bytes, 32768 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes


Disk /dev/ram2: 16 MiB, 16777216 bytes, 32768 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes


Disk /dev/ram3: 16 MiB, 16777216 bytes, 32768 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes


Disk /dev/ram4: 16 MiB, 16777216 bytes, 32768 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes


Disk /dev/ram5: 16 MiB, 16777216 bytes, 32768 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes


Disk /dev/ram6: 16 MiB, 16777216 bytes, 32768 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes


Disk /dev/ram7: 16 MiB, 16777216 bytes, 32768 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes


Disk /dev/ram8: 16 MiB, 16777216 bytes, 32768 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes


Disk /dev/ram9: 16 MiB, 16777216 bytes, 32768 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes


Disk /dev/ram10: 16 MiB, 16777216 bytes, 32768 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes


Disk /dev/ram11: 16 MiB, 16777216 bytes, 32768 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes


Disk /dev/ram12: 16 MiB, 16777216 bytes, 32768 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes


Disk /dev/ram13: 16 MiB, 16777216 bytes, 32768 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes


Disk /dev/ram14: 16 MiB, 16777216 bytes, 32768 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes


Disk /dev/ram15: 16 MiB, 16777216 bytes, 32768 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes


Disk /dev/sda: 149.1 GiB, 160041885696 bytes, 312581808 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x0002bfc3

Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type
/dev/sda1 * 63 30732344 30732282 14.7G 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 30732345 32788664 2056320 1004.1M 82 Linux swap
/dev/sda3 32788665 312576704 279788040 133.4G 83 Linux

leaving detail out just wasted time.


do you have a floppy drive?
if not just delete that icon

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crippleware
either your OS lacks basic software
or you lack ability

great, now repeat those commands while a CD/DVD is in the drive and the flash drive is plugged in.

13 years on LQ and you have not learnt when and how to use [code][/code]

the message is clear: You have no floppy drive.

This and all other output shows it clearly:
No flash drive has been recognized by the system.
Are you sure one was inserted when you tested?
Is your salix installed to the internal hard drive?

Also interesting:
You said it used to work.
What happened between now and then?

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