[CentOS] Automounter (?) failing in CentOS 5.3

Wed Jun 10 13:00:37 UTC 2009
Roger Wells <ROGER.K.WELLS at saic.com>

MHR wrote:
> 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
>>
>>     
The same thing happened here except that the USB drives work fine but 
the CDROM/DVD player/recorder does not mount. 
It certainly worked as expected just a week or two ago.

uname -a:
Linux rwells-rh 2.6.18-128.1.6.el5.centos.plus #1 SMP Thu Apr 2 12:53:36 
EDT 2009 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

now there seems to be no way to recognize the drive so that something 
can get burned to it.

roger wells

> PS: I tried /etc/rc.d/init.d/autofs restart and that didn't help....
>
> mhr
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