[CentOS] Recent kernel update vs usb disk

Wed Mar 7 13:25:55 UTC 2012
John Doe <jdmls at yahoo.com>

From: wwp <subscript at free.fr>

> When I plug the disk, this wakes it up and I see in /var/log/messages:
> kernel: usb 2-4.2: USB disconnect, address 11
> kernel: usb 2-2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 13
> kernel: usb 2-2: New USB device found, idVendor=1ca1, idProduct=18a9
> kernel: usb 2-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
> kernel: usb 2-2: Product: Usb Sata Bridge
> kernel: usb 2-2: Manufacturer: SYMWAVE
> kernel: usb 2-2: SerialNumber: 3559443452593133
> kernel: usb 2-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
> kernel: scsi11 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
> but it's not getting mounted.

Up to where did you cut the output...?
Did you get the SCSI device at all?
if not, is hald running and polling /dev/sd* (ps auxfw | grep hald)?

kernel: usb 2-3: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3
kernel: usb 2-3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
kernel: scsi9 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
kernel:   Vendor: Corsair   Model: Voyager Mini      Rev: 0.00
kernel:   Type:   Direct-Access                      ANSI SCSI revision: 02
kernel: SCSI device sdg: 15771759 512-byte hdwr sectors (8075 MB)
kernel: sdg: Write Protect is off
kernel: sdg: assuming drive cache: write through
kernel: SCSI device sdg: 15771759 512-byte hdwr sectors (8075 MB)
kernel: sdg: Write Protect is off
kernel: sdg: assuming drive cache: write through
kernel:  sdg: sdg1
kernel: sd 9:0:0:0: Attached scsi removable disk sdg
kernel: sd 9:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg7 type 0
hald: mounted /dev/sdg1 on behalf of uid 2000

Maybe try to restart the usb_storage module...

JD