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gsingh93

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Registered: 2013-07-19

Posts: 96

[SOLVED] Flash drive not showing up in /dev

When I plug in a flash drive to the USB 2.0/3.0 ports on my computer, nothing changes in /dev. I don't see any /dev/sdb either.

lsusb shows the flash drives, and /dev/bus/usb/ contains the correct files. fdisk and lsblk don't show the flash drives.

Here's the dmesg output for plugging a flash drive into the USB 2.0 port:

[13146.969084] usb 4-1.1: new high-speed USB device number 5 using ehci-pci

I'm trying to mount the flash drives manually, but I can't if I can't find the device. What's going on?

Last edited by gsingh93 (2013-08-19 14:55:22)

henk

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From: Weert, Netherlands

Registered: 2013-01-01

Posts: 334

Re: [SOLVED] Flash drive not showing up in /dev

Does it show up under /run/media/<username>/

Trilby

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Registered: 2011-11-29

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Re: [SOLVED] Flash drive not showing up in /dev

If the version numbers from `uname -a` and `pacman -Qi linux` don't match, then reboot.  If they do match, what are they?

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gsingh93

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Registered: 2013-07-19

Posts: 96

Re: [SOLVED] Flash drive not showing up in /dev

The version number were different, and rebooting fixed the problem. I see the flash drive in /dev and in /run/media. Thanks guys.

One more question. What program is automounting my flash drive in /run/media?

EDIT: I'll mark this question as solved and make a new question.

Last edited by gsingh93 (2013-08-19 14:55:07)