External TB HD not recognized by OpenSUSE 11.3
I am a Newbie to Linux and am loving it. I have gone through Mint, Ubuntu, Fedora, and continue using them on different PCs but I recently had a problem with my graphics card on new releases.. another story all together.
So I am using OpenSUSE 11.3 on my Dell inspiron 1526 AMD 64 bit. I have always been able to plug in my external HD and have it show on my desktop. Now with OpenSUSE something is different. I tried other flash drives, all show up and open to view on their own, but my 1GB ext HD doesn't. I am not a pro with the Terminal yet but I prefer to use it and am good at reading and copying commands from online.. I saw this earlier and maybe it will help jason@linux-z81g:~> lshal -m Start monitoring devicelist: ------------------------------------------------- 04:35:12.017: computer_power_supply_battery_BAT0 property battery.voltage.current = 12479 (0x30bf) 04:35:17.813: usb_device_1058_1102_57442D574341553432313937303738 added 04:35:17.833: usb_device_1058_1102_57442D574341553432313937303738_if1 added 04:35:17.839: usb_device_1058_1102_57442D574341553432313937303738_if0 added 04:35:17.843: usb_device_1058_1102_57442D574341553432313937303738_if0_scsi_host added 04:35:17.865: usb_device_1058_1102_57442D574341553432313937303738_if1_logicaldev_input added 04:35:18.676: usb_device_1058_1102_57442D574341553432313937303738_if0_scsi_host_0 added 04:35:18.676: usb_device_1058_1102_57442D574341553432313937303738_if0_scsi_host_0_scsi_device_lun0 added 04:35:18.681: usb_device_1058_1102_57442D574341553432313937303738_if0_scsi_host_0_scsi_device_lun0_scsi_generic added 04:35:19.116: storage_serial_WD_My_Book_57442D574341553432313937303738_0_0 added 04:35:19.538: volume_uuid_D2DC_22C9 added as you can see it says "My Book" which is the name of my ext TB but where is it and how do I mount it? Thanks and hope this isn't too long for a first question |
Go to system>preference> removable drives .
With option are on look for Mount removable when hot-plugged in |
It should also show in your Dolphin File Manager.
If you want to find it by command try as root cat /proc/partitions this should list your ext hd. If you have problems figuring which one, unplug your hd and run command then plug hd and rerun command. |
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dmesg | tail -20 and post the output. In case you haven't solved it already. |
@almatic
linux-z81g:/home/jason # mesg | tail -20 is y @Larry Webb it didn't change plugged in or not linux-z81g:/ # cat /proc/partitions major minor #blocks name 8 0 625131864 sda 8 1 2103296 sda1 8 2 20972544 sda2 8 3 602054656 sda3 linux-z81g:/ # cat /proc/partitions major minor #blocks name 8 0 625131864 sda 8 1 2103296 sda1 8 2 20972544 sda2 8 3 602054656 sda3 |
this should work...
unplug the drive then run: sudo tail -f /var/log/messages then plug in the drive and look for a log message that mentions sda or sdb or sdb1 ... then to mount manually it would be something like: Code:
mkdir hd-1 |
@ron lauw
Go to system>preference> removable drives .
With option are on look for Mount removable when hot-plugged in I don't see removable drives anywhere, not in control center nor Ya2t |
@schneidz
Jan 16 16:56:01 linux-z81g kernel: [82131.296058] usb 1-2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 26 Jan 16 16:56:07 linux-z81g kernel: [82136.370103] hub 1-0:1.0: unable to enumerate USB device on port 2 I don't see any of those |
this concerns me:
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Jan 16 16:56:07 linux-z81g kernel: [82136.370103] hub 1-0:1.0: unable to enumerate USB device on port 2 |
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I can plug it into usb on the PS3 or an Ubuntu laptop I gave to my daughter and it works but I need it for mine. Is something wrong with this kernal? |
If other usb storage will work with the same machine - same plug - suse 11.3 then I am lost. If you have time try 11.2 and see if there is a difference. If there is another usb slot try it. I am running 11.3 but do not have an external hd but do use storage cards and they auto mount. I think I did have a problem with one that did not have a partition, the device showed but did not have a partition to mount. If nothing else before I gave up I would try a different distro and make sure it worked under the same situation. I am curious, please let us know if you find a solution.
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Its like everything is working perfect except this one problem! |
Leave it alone, if can install a distro on a usb flash then try out your hd while booted to the flash distro. That would be a safe work around. The flash needs to be 2 gig or larger. They say you can get by with one gig but I load too much junk.
Another train of thought, have you tried that hd on that machine using a different distro and had it work? The reason I ask is usb backward compatibility, I always thought they all were backwards compatible. |
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I think this may be related
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-b.../msg00185.html I guess that the only option will be to change distros once again. Any suggestions? |
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