problem mounting a usb pen

ninjaprawn · 2008-12-16 21:06:55

hi,

i have a flash pen that will not automount with hal or fstab. everything else does though!! i have another flash pen that mounts with hal straight to pcmanfm, my mobile mounts the same way, cd's & dvd's do as well!

a long time ago, i bought a creative muvo 128mb mp3 player! 128meg is useless now for mp3's so when i used to run windows about 2 years ago, i installed puppy linux on the pen! it still boots fine and runs perfecly!

my plan is to replace puppy on the pen with a very light arch! but first i need to mount it!!

various other os's mount it fine, including gparted, pc-bsd, M$-os, ubuntu & puppy!

any ideas?

pointone · 2008-12-16 21:16:59

Does Arch even detect it? Check your dmesg or /var/log/messages.log (I think) after inserting the USB key for clues.

ninjaprawn · 2008-12-16 21:26:40

EXT3 FS on sda1, internal journal
kjournald starting.  Commit interval 5 seconds
EXT3-fs warning: maximal mount count reached, running e2fsck is recommended
EXT3 FS on sda3, internal journal
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
EXT3-fs warning: maximal mount count reached, running e2fsck is recommended
kjournald starting.  Commit interval 5 seconds
EXT3 FS on sdb1, internal journal
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
Adding 971924k swap on /dev/sda2.  Priority:-1 extents:1 across:971924k
scsi 2:0:0:0: Direct-Access     CREATIVE NOMAD_MUVO       0001 PQ: 0 ANSI: 4
sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] 256001 512-byte hardware sectors (131 MB)
sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off
sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] Mode Sense: 03 00 00 04
sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through
sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] 256001 512-byte hardware sectors (131 MB)
sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off
sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] Mode Sense: 03 00 00 04
sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through
 sdc: sdc1
sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI removable disk
sd 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg4 type 0
usb-storage: device scan complete
end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 256000
Buffer I/O error on device sdc, logical block 256000
eth0: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0x45E1
agpgart-sis 0000:00:00.0: AGP 2.0 bridge
agpgart-sis 0000:00:00.0: putting AGP V2 device into 4x mode
nvidia 0000:01:00.0: putting AGP V2 device into 4x mode
usb 2-2: reset full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 2
usb 2-2: device not accepting address 2, error -62
usb 2-2: reset full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 2
usb 2-2: device descriptor read/64, error -62
usb 2-2: device descriptor read/64, error -62
usb 2-2: reset full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 2
usb 2-2: device not accepting address 2, error -62
usb 2-2: reset full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 2
usb 2-2: device not accepting address 2, error -62
usb 2-2: USB disconnect, address 2
scsi 2:0:0:0: Device offlined - not ready after error recovery
scsi 2:0:0:0: [sdc] Result: hostbyte=0x01 driverbyte=0x00
end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 256000
Buffer I/O error on device sdc, logical block 256000
Buffer I/O error on device sdc, logical block 255992
Buffer I/O error on device sdc, logical block 255993
Buffer I/O error on device sdc, logical block 255994
Buffer I/O error on device sdc, logical block 255995
Buffer I/O error on device sdc, logical block 255996
Buffer I/O error on device sdc, logical block 255997
Buffer I/O error on device sdc, logical block 255998
Buffer I/O error on device sdc, logical block 255999
Buffer I/O error on device sdc, logical block 255992
usb 2-2: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 3
usb 2-2: device descriptor read/64, error -62
usb 2-2: device descriptor read/64, error -62
usb 2-2: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 4
usb 2-2: device descriptor read/64, error -62
usb 2-2: device descriptor read/64, error -62
usb 2-2: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 5
usb 2-2: device not accepting address 5, error -62
usb 2-2: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 6
usb 2-2: device not accepting address 6, error -62
hub 2-0:1.0: unable to enumerate USB device on port 2

im guessing that is a yes?

R00KIE · 2008-12-16 23:07:03

I guess its a no.

usb 2-2: device not accepting address 6, error -62
hub 2-0:1.0: unable to enumerate USB device on port 2

When this happens it means there is trouble I believe, it seems like a hardware problem but I might be wrong.

ninjaprawn · 2008-12-16 23:09:21

so why cant arch find it?

windtalker · 2008-12-17 00:48:02

Googling tells me it can be kernel related and/or bios related.
Since you stated it works fine with other distro's, I'd venture it's kernel related.
If you havn't upgraded yet, there was an update to the kernel header today.
My USB pens work fine and in fact used one today to transfer a file from one pc to another.

ninjaprawn · 2008-12-17 10:45:00

yeah, i did that upgrade, but still it wont work. I have another usb pen that works fine in Archlinux.

windtalker · 2008-12-17 15:38:05

Try Googling,,,>device not accepting address 6, error -62<
I also saw posts concerning the speed from USB ports in some instances.
It may be that particular pen can't or won't allow info to be passed at the speed Arch has set as default.
Slowing the USB port speed on your system is your call.
Personally, I'd replace the pen.

Edit:
You may also look at this post here in the forum:

http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=61102

Last edited by windtalker (2008-12-17 15:43:39)

piete · 2008-12-17 15:48:01

A bit out of topic, but can you tell me the exact model of you mp3 player? I have a 1GB Creative Muvo TX, and it's my only USB stick that I couldn't make bootable.

ninjaprawn · 2008-12-17 18:39:48

i think it is the original creative muvo mp3 player! only 128 mb, its got a model number of DAP-TD0001

i made it bootable through windowsxp back when i had a dual boot! so i wont be able to give much advice on the subject till i get this one working!

ninjaprawn · 2008-12-17 19:06:03

when running 'lsusb' i get the following;

[danny@arch ~]$ lsusb
Bus 002 Device 016: ID 041e:4106 Creative Technology, Ltd Nomad MuVo
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001  
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 045e:0039 Microsoft Corp. IntelliMouse Optical
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001  
[danny@arch ~]$

I also deactivated high speed transfers with modprobe -r ehci_hcd with the exact same results!

windtalker · 2008-12-18 01:17:58

The only other thing I know goes back to the kernel.
You may check and see which kernels the pen does work in and compare it against what you're using here in Arch and make a decision based on that.

ichbinesderelch · 2008-12-18 07:58:19

seems like a file system corruption, try reformatting it with gparted or qtparted, puppy linux will be deted than, or maybe just try checking the filesystem with fsck.

ninjaprawn · 2008-12-20 13:58:09

thanks so far,
ok, i first formatted the drive with gparted, this went fine. but still same errors.
i then tried fsck, and ran fsck.vfat -r -t /dev/sdc
this gave the following error;
dosfsck 2.11, 12 Mar 2005, FAT32, LFN
Currently, only 1 or 2 FATs are supported, not 192
any ideas??

ninjaprawn · 2008-12-20 14:48:55

hi, i have had a little play around with testdisk, and now when i run fsck, i get a very slightly different error. I think i am heading the right direction;

dosfsck 2.11, 12 Mar 2005, FAT32, LFN
Currently, only 1 or 2 FATs are supported, not 6

windtalker · 2008-12-20 17:32:52

I found this in the Wiki and may or may not help:

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Cre … ile_system

At least the problem is being narrowed down some.

ninjaprawn · 2008-12-20 19:16:20

yeah, definately! something on the pen is corrupt. thanks for that link, hasn't improved the situation though. still the same!

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