[CentOS] Automounter (?) failing in CentOS 5.3

Tue Jun 9 22:34:25 UTC 2009
MHR <mhullrich at gmail.com>

On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 3:03 PM, MHR<mhullrich at gmail.com> wrote:
> I may have asked about this before, but I can't find any records of so
> doing in my saved mail (which includes almost everything I ever read
> or write):
>
> All of a sudden, I am not getting flash drives automatically mounted
> in CentOS 5.3 with GNOME - they are recognized by the hardware, but
> there seems to be a (new?) problem with the maps.  Here's the tail end
> of dmesg:
>
> usb 1-10: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 68
> usb 1-10: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
> scsi53 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
> usb-storage: device found at 68
> usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
>  Vendor: SanDisk   Model: Cruzer            Rev: 4.05
>  Type:   Direct-Access                      ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> SCSI device sdd: 8001165 512-byte hdwr sectors (4097 MB)
> sdd: Write Protect is off
> sdd: Mode Sense: 03 00 00 00
> sdd: assuming drive cache: write through
> SCSI device sdd: 8001165 512-byte hdwr sectors (4097 MB)
> sdd: Write Protect is off
> sdd: Mode Sense: 03 00 00 00
> sdd: assuming drive cache: write through
>  sdd: sdd1
> sd 53:0:0:0: Attached scsi removable disk sdd
> sd 53:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0
> usb-storage: device scan complete
> usb 1-10: USB disconnect, address 68
> usb 1-9: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 69
> usb 1-9: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
> scsi54 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
> usb-storage: device found at 69
> usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
>  Vendor: SanDisk   Model: Cruzer            Rev: 4.05
>  Type:   Direct-Access                      ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> SCSI device sdd: 8001165 512-byte hdwr sectors (4097 MB)
> sdd: Write Protect is off
> sdd: Mode Sense: 03 00 00 00
> sdd: assuming drive cache: write through
> SCSI device sdd: 8001165 512-byte hdwr sectors (4097 MB)
> sdd: Write Protect is off
> sdd: Mode Sense: 03 00 00 00
> sdd: assuming drive cache: write through
>  sdd: sdd1
> sd 54:0:0:0: Attached scsi removable disk sdd
> sd 54:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0
> usb-storage: device scan complete
>
> And here's the tail end of /var/log/messages:
>
> Jun  9 14:42:33 mhrichter kernel: usb 1-10: new high speed USB device
> using ehci_hcd and address 68
> Jun  9 14:42:33 mhrichter kernel: usb 1-10: configuration #1 chosen
> from 1 choice
> Jun  9 14:42:33 mhrichter kernel: scsi53 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass
> Storage devices
> Jun  9 14:42:38 mhrichter kernel:   Vendor: SanDisk   Model: Cruzer
>        Rev: 4.05
> Jun  9 14:42:38 mhrichter kernel:   Type:   Direct-Access
>        ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> Jun  9 14:42:38 mhrichter kernel: SCSI device sdd: 8001165 512-byte
> hdwr sectors (4097 MB)
> Jun  9 14:42:38 mhrichter kernel: sdd: Write Protect is off
> Jun  9 14:42:38 mhrichter kernel: sdd: assuming drive cache: write through
> Jun  9 14:42:38 mhrichter kernel: SCSI device sdd: 8001165 512-byte
> hdwr sectors (4097 MB)
> Jun  9 14:42:38 mhrichter kernel: sdd: Write Protect is off
> Jun  9 14:42:38 mhrichter kernel: sdd: assuming drive cache: write through
> Jun  9 14:42:38 mhrichter kernel:  sdd: sdd1
> Jun  9 14:42:38 mhrichter kernel: sd 53:0:0:0: Attached scsi removable disk sdd
> Jun  9 14:42:38 mhrichter kernel: sd 53:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0
> Jun  9 14:43:04 mhrichter kernel: usb 1-10: USB disconnect, address 68
> Jun  9 14:43:12 mhrichter kernel: usb 1-9: new high speed USB device
> using ehci_hcd and address 69
> Jun  9 14:43:12 mhrichter kernel: usb 1-9: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
> Jun  9 14:43:12 mhrichter kernel: scsi54 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass
> Storage devices
> Jun  9 14:43:17 mhrichter kernel:   Vendor: SanDisk   Model: Cruzer
>        Rev: 4.05
> Jun  9 14:43:17 mhrichter kernel:   Type:   Direct-Access
>        ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> Jun  9 14:43:17 mhrichter kernel: SCSI device sdd: 8001165 512-byte
> hdwr sectors (4097 MB)
> Jun  9 14:43:17 mhrichter kernel: sdd: Write Protect is off
> Jun  9 14:43:17 mhrichter kernel: sdd: assuming drive cache: write through
> Jun  9 14:43:17 mhrichter kernel: SCSI device sdd: 8001165 512-byte
> hdwr sectors (4097 MB)
> Jun  9 14:43:17 mhrichter kernel: sdd: Write Protect is off
> Jun  9 14:43:17 mhrichter kernel: sdd: assuming drive cache: write through
> Jun  9 14:43:17 mhrichter kernel:  sdd: sdd1
> Jun  9 14:43:17 mhrichter kernel: sd 54:0:0:0: Attached scsi removable disk sdd
> Jun  9 14:43:17 mhrichter kernel: sd 54:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0
> Jun  9 14:50:18 mhrichter kernel: usb 1-9: USB disconnect, address 69
>
> These two particular mount attempts/expectations are with a flash
> drive that I've been using for months without any trouble at all, and
> I _can_ mount it manually with 'mount.'  (However, I cannot mount it,
> or the other flash drives that also have worked flawlessly for months,
> with gnome-mount, which used to work as long as the device was
> visible.  I can look at the partition tables on all three drives with
> fdisk -l, but no automount to /media/<whatever>.)
>
> How do I fix this?
>
> Thanks
>
> mhr
>
PS: I tried /etc/rc.d/init.d/autofs restart and that didn't help....

mhr