Hi everyone!

I'm running Slackware 9.1 on a new IBM thinkpad R40 and having trouble getting it to find a usb key. I've been following instructions I've found here and elsewhere -

Editing the fstab and trying to manually mount it (I get the "too many file systems, bad block, or etc... " error I've seen posted here.) didn't work.

So I checked out the usb-mountv0.9 package at http://users.actrix.co.nz/michael/usbmount.html and followed the installation instructions. This package is supposed to detect hot-plugged usb devices and then change desktop icons accordingly mounting and unmounting smoothly.

Anyone have any success with this approach?
Any ideas, suggestions?

later,
geomatt (brand newbie)

Here is /user/etc/usb-mount.conf (the /var/log/messages section that appeared on plugging in follows)

# Config file for usb-mount
# These settings correspond to those in force for version v0.7
# except for the new MOUNT_OPTIONS setting of -o sync.
# Please inspect each setting an customise for your system.
# If unsure - then these settings are reasonable defaults.
#
MOUNT_PATH=/mnt/usbstick

# Location of disktype (utility from http://disktype.sourceforge.net/)
DISKTYPE=/usr/local/bin/disktype

# Location of sg_map (utility from sg3_utils)
SGMAP=/usr/local/bin/sg_map

# Location of fdisk
FDISK=/sbin/fdisk

# Comment out the next line to disable the $HOME/Desktop actions.
DO_DESKTOP=1

# The name of an icon that can be used for desktop icons
# for mounted devices.
MOUNT_ICON_NAME=/opt/kde/share/icons/kdeclassic/32x32/devices/3floppy_mount.png

# The name of an icon than can be used for destop icons for
# unmounted or detached devices.
UMOUNT_ICON_NAME=/opt/kde/share/icons/kdeclassic/32x32/devices/3floppy_unmount.png

# Uncomment the next line to enable deleting usb device icon
# from desktop after unmounting the device.
# DELETE_ICON=1

# Comment/uncomment the next lines to enable writing a .directory file
# to the root of each partition mounted - this provides a
# custom icon for the mounted folder as well as a folder unmount
# action.
DO_DIRECTORY_ICON=1
#unset DO_DIRECTORY_ICON

# Comment/uncomment the next line to disable mount uid option where
# the uid is set to the owner of the console.
DO_CONSOLE_USER=1
#unset DO_CONSOLE_USER

# Who to use if DO_CONSOLE_USER isn't set.
USB_USER=root

# Set this to a group appropriate for sharing
#USB_GROUP=root
# Uncomment to allow group rxw for the group called users
USB_GROUP=users

# Umask to set for the mount - default is rwxrwxr-x
USB_UMASK=0002
# Uncomment if you want rwxrwx---
#USB_UMASK=0007

# Uncomment to force module loading/unloading - can
# be usefull on Linux 2.4 to stop /dev/sd[abc] creeping up.
# Not recommended - playing with modules probably isn't nice.
# DO_MODULES=1

# Generic extra mount options.
#MOUNT_OPTIONS=""
# Make the file system updates synchonous - safer in the
# event someone yanks out a device without unmounting it
# because it is more likely to have all its data on board.
# But probably much slower.
MOUNT_OPTIONS="-o sync"

# Set any umount options. Some people prefer -lf, some
# with older distros do not. (Read the umount man page for
# details - if unsure, leave on)
UMOUNT_OPTIONS="-lf"
# Uncomment this line to disable -lf.
#UMOUNT_OPTIONS=""


# Syslog log priority where a GUI might pop up a window - for
# KDE on Redhat 7.2 this is emerg level. If you don't want
# to see any popups - change it to something lower - eg alert.
LOG_POPUP_LEVEL=emerg

# Syslog facility to use. Error messages in the syslog
# will have this facility so they can be easily identified.
FACILITY=local5

# Comment/uncomment for more debugging info.
#DEBUG=1
unset DEBUG

### End of usb-mount.conf






/var/log/messages




Apr 3 07:03:44 slack kernel: hub.c: new USB device 00:1d.7-3, assigned address 2
Apr 3 07:03:48 slack kernel: Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
Apr 3 07:03:48 slack kernel: usb.c: registered new driver usb-storage
Apr 3 07:03:48 slack kernel: scsi1 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
Apr 3 07:03:48 slack kernel: sda: sda1 sda2 sda3 sda4
Apr 3 07:03:48 slack kernel: USB Mass Storage support registered.
Apr 3 07:03:48 slack usb-mount: +++ Starting usb (u)mounter DEVPATH= SCSI=
Apr 3 07:03:48 slack usb-mount: Cleaning up mounts for detached devices.
Apr 3 07:03:48 slack usb-mount: Called to mount device /proc/bus/usb/001/002
Apr 3 07:03:48 slack usb-mount: Find and mount all attached usb storage devices.
Apr 3 07:03:48 slack usb-mount: mount /proc/scsi/usb-storage-0/1
Apr 3 07:03:48 slack usb-mount: USB proc-fs yields SCSI host number=1
Apr 3 07:03:48 slack usb-mount: SCSI disk device for 1 is /dev/sda
Apr 3 07:03:48 slack usb-mount: Mounting partitions for /dev/sda (/proc/scsi/usb-storage-0/1)
Apr 3 07:03:48 slack usb-mount: Partition lookup for disk device=/dev/sda
Apr 3 07:03:48 slack usb-mount: Partition list for /dev/sda is /dev/sda1 /dev/sda2 /dev/sda3 /dev/sda4
Apr 3 07:03:48 slack usb-mount: Doing /dev/sda1
Apr 3 07:03:48 slack usb-mount: Checking /mnt/usbstick/device-0
Apr 3 07:03:48 slack usb-mount: Mountpoint /mnt/usbstick/device-0 is free
Apr 3 07:03:48 slack usb-mount: Console usb user is root
Apr 3 07:03:48 slack usb-mount: Owner is root - mounting for root
Apr 3 07:03:48 slack usb-mount: Mounting /dev/sda1 on /mnt/usbstick/device-0
Apr 3 07:03:49 slack usb-mount: Filesystem is 'disktype: Data read failed at position 0: Input/output error'
Apr 3 07:03:49 slack usb-mount: UUID 'disktype: Data read failed at position 0: Input/output error', label 'disktype: Data read failed at position 0: Input/output error'
Apr 3 07:03:49 slack kernel: UMSDOS: msdos_read_super failed, mount aborted.
Apr 3 07:03:49 slack usb-mount: Mount error for mountpoint /mnt/usbstick/device-0, device /dev/sda1!
Apr 3 07:03:49 slack usb-mount: Doing /dev/sda2
Apr 3 07:03:49 slack usb-mount: Checking /mnt/usbstick/device-0
Apr 3 07:03:49 slack usb-mount: Mountpoint /mnt/usbstick/device-0 is free
Apr 3 07:03:49 slack usb-mount: Console usb user is root
Apr 3 07:03:49 slack usb-mount: Owner is root - mounting for root
Apr 3 07:03:49 slack usb-mount: Mounting /dev/sda2 on /mnt/usbstick/device-0
Apr 3 07:03:50 slack usb-mount: Filesystem is 'disktype: Data read failed at position 0: Input/output error'
Apr 3 07:03:50 slack usb-mount: UUID 'disktype: Data read failed at position 0: Input/output error', label 'disktype: Data read failed at position 0: Input/output error'
Apr 3 07:03:50 slack kernel: UMSDOS: msdos_read_super failed, mount aborted.
Apr 3 07:03:50 slack usb-mount: Mount error for mountpoint /mnt/usbstick/device-0, device /dev/sda2!
Apr 3 07:03:50 slack usb-mount: Doing /dev/sda3
Apr 3 07:03:50 slack usb-mount: Checking /mnt/usbstick/device-0
Apr 3 07:03:50 slack usb-mount: Mountpoint /mnt/usbstick/device-0 is free
Apr 3 07:03:50 slack usb-mount: Console usb user is root
Apr 3 07:03:50 slack usb-mount: Owner is root - mounting for root
Apr 3 07:03:50 slack usb-mount: Mounting /dev/sda3 on /mnt/usbstick/device-0
Apr 3 07:03:50 slack usb-mount: Filesystem is 'disktype: Data read failed at position 0: Input/output error'
Apr 3 07:03:50 slack usb-mount: UUID 'disktype: Data read failed at position 0: Input/output error', label 'disktype: Data read failed at position 0: Input/output error'
Apr 3 07:03:51 slack kernel: UMSDOS: msdos_read_super failed, mount aborted.
Apr 3 07:03:51 slack usb-mount: Mount error for mountpoint /mnt/usbstick/device-0, device /dev/sda3!
Apr 3 07:03:51 slack usb-mount: Doing /dev/sda4
Apr 3 07:03:51 slack usb-mount: Checking /mnt/usbstick/device-0
Apr 3 07:03:51 slack usb-mount: Mountpoint /mnt/usbstick/device-0 is free
Apr 3 07:03:51 slack usb-mount: Console usb user is root
Apr 3 07:03:51 slack usb-mount: Owner is root - mounting for root
Apr 3 07:03:51 slack usb-mount: Mounting /dev/sda4 on /mnt/usbstick/device-0
Apr 3 07:03:51 slack usb-mount: Filesystem is 'disktype: Data read failed at position 0: Input/output error'
Apr 3 07:03:51 slack usb-mount: UUID 'disktype: Data read failed at position 0: Input/output error', label 'disktype: Data read failed at position 0: Input/output error'
Apr 3 07:03:51 slack kernel: UMSDOS: msdos_read_super failed, mount aborted.
Apr 3 07:03:51 slack usb-mount: Mount error for mountpoint /mnt/usbstick/device-0, device /dev/sda4!
Apr 3 07:03:51 slack usb-mount: Checking for unused mountpoints
Apr 3 07:03:51 slack usb-mount: Removing /mnt/usbstick/device-0