[MYSTERIOUSLY FIXED] Flash mp3 Player Won't Mount

[palsyboy]

I received my long-anticipated SanDisk mp3 player in the mail yesterday. Unfortunately, it won't mount to my Kubuntu box. The Storage Media applet doesn't recognize it, even though it recognizes my old MSI MegaStick 128 with no problem. I've run dmesg to see about the device's possible address, but I can't find anything related to the player in the output:

# dmesg
l 5 seconds
EXT3-fs: hda3: 1 orphan inode deleted
EXT3-fs: recovery complete.
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
Adding 979956k swap on /dev/hda2.  Priority:-1 extents:1
EXT3 FS on hda3, internal journal
hdc: ATAPI 48X DVD-ROM drive, 512kB Cache
Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20
hdd: ATAPI 40X CD-ROM CD-R/RW drive, 4096kB Cache
parport: PnPBIOS parport detected.
parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778), irq 7, dma 3 [PCSPP,TRISTATE,COMPAT,ECP,DMA]
lp0: using parport0 (interrupt-driven).
mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
input: ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse on isa0060/serio1
ts: Compaq touchscreen protocol output
ieee1394: Initialized config rom entry `ip1394'
SCSI subsystem initialized
sbp2: $Rev: 1219 $ Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org>
Capability LSM initialized
device-mapper: 4.3.0-ioctl (2004-09-30) initialised: dm-devel@redhat.com
md: md driver 0.90.1 MAX_MD_DEVS=256, MD_SB_DISKS=27
cdrom: open failed.
cdrom: open failed.
kjournald starting.  Commit interval 5 seconds
EXT3 FS on hda1, internal journal
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
kjournald starting.  Commit interval 5 seconds
EXT3 FS on hda5, internal journal
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
kjournald starting.  Commit interval 5 seconds
EXT3 FS on hda6, internal journal
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
Real Time Clock Driver v1.12
input: PC Speaker
inserting floppy driver for 2.6.10-5-386
Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M
FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077
Linux agpgart interface v0.100 (c) Dave Jones
agpgart: Detected VIA KT400/KT400A/KT600 chipset
agpgart: Maximum main memory to use for agp memory: 439M
agpgart: AGP aperture is 64M @ 0xf8000000
cpci_hotplug: CompactPCI Hot Plug Core version: 0.2
pci_hotplug: PCI Hot Plug PCI Core version: 0.5
shpchp: acpi_shpchprm:\_SB_.PCI0 evaluate _BBN fail=0x5
shpchp: acpi_shpchprm:get_device PCI ROOT HID fail=0x5
pciehp: acpi_pciehprm:\_SB_.PCI0 evaluate _BBN fail=0x5
pciehp: acpi_pciehprm:get_device PCI ROOT HID fail=0x5
PCI: Enabling device 0000:00:0e.0 (0004 -> 0005)
ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:0e.0[A] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
PCI: Enabling device 0000:00:0e.1 (0004 -> 0005)
gameport: pci0000:00:0e.1 speed 1242 kHz
ohci1394: $Rev: 1223 $ Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org>
PCI: Enabling device 0000:00:0e.2 (0014 -> 0016)
ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:0e.2[B] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
ohci1394: fw-host0: OHCI-1394 1.1 (PCI): IRQ=[18]  MMIO=[ed800000-ed8007ff]  Max Packet=[2048]
libata version 1.10 loaded.
sata_via version 1.1
ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:0f.0[B] -> GSI 20 (level, low) -> IRQ 20
sata_via(0000:00:0f.0): routed to hard irq line 4
ata1: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xD000 ctl 0xB802 bmdma 0xA800 irq 20
ata2: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xB400 ctl 0xB002 bmdma 0xA808 irq 20
ata1: no device found (phy stat 00000000)
scsi0 : sata_via
ata2: no device found (phy stat 00000000)
scsi1 : sata_via
usbcore: registered new driver usbfs
usbcore: registered new driver hub
USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver v2.2
ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:10.0[A] -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 21
uhci_hcd 0000:00:10.0: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller
uhci_hcd 0000:00:10.0: irq 21, io base 0x9800
uhci_hcd 0000:00:10.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 1-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:10.1[A] -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 21
uhci_hcd 0000:00:10.1: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (#2)
uhci_hcd 0000:00:10.1: irq 21, io base 0x9400
uhci_hcd 0000:00:10.1: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 2-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:10.2[B] -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 21
uhci_hcd 0000:00:10.2: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (#3)
ieee1394: Host added: ID:BUS[0-00:1023]  GUID[00023c00300495b2]
uhci_hcd 0000:00:10.2: irq 21, io base 0x9000
usb 1-1: new low speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
uhci_hcd 0000:00:10.2: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 3
hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 3-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:10.3[B] -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 21
uhci_hcd 0000:00:10.3: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (#4)
uhci_hcd 0000:00:10.3: irq 21, io base 0x8800
uhci_hcd 0000:00:10.3: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 4
hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 4-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
usb 1-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 3
usbcore: registered new driver hiddev
input: USB HID v1.11 Mouse [Logitech USB Receiver] on usb-0000:00:10.0-1
usbcore: registered new driver usbhid
drivers/usb/input/hid-core.c: v2.0:USB HID core driver
ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:10.4[C] -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 21
ehci_hcd 0000:00:10.4: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0
ehci_hcd 0000:00:10.4: irq 21, pci mem 0xec800000
ehci_hcd 0000:00:10.4: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 5
ehci_hcd 0000:00:10.4: USB 2.0 initialized, EHCI 1.00, driver 26 Oct 2004
drivers/usb/input/hid-core.c: input irq status -84 received
drivers/usb/input/hid-core.c: input irq status -84 received
drivers/usb/input/hid-core.c: input irq status -84 received
drivers/usb/input/hid-core.c: input irq status -84 received
drivers/usb/input/hid-core.c: input irq status -84 received
drivers/usb/input/hid-core.c: input irq status -84 received
drivers/usb/class/usblp.c: can't set desired altsetting 1 on interface 0
usblp: probe of 1-2:1.0 failed with error -5
usbcore: registered new driver usblp
drivers/usb/class/usblp.c: v0.13: USB Printer Device Class driver
drivers/usb/input/hid-core.c: input irq status -84 received
usb 1-1: USB disconnect, address 2
hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 5-0:1.0: 8 ports detected
PCI: Enabling device 0000:00:13.2 (0014 -> 0016)
ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:13.2[C] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
ehci_hcd 0000:00:13.2: NEC Corporation USB 2.0
ehci_hcd 0000:00:13.2: irq 16, pci mem 0xea800000
ehci_hcd 0000:00:13.2: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 6
ehci_hcd 0000:00:13.2: USB 2.0 initialized, EHCI 0.95, driver 26 Oct 2004
hub 6-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 6-0:1.0: 5 ports detected
usb 1-2: USB disconnect, address 3
via82xx: Assuming DXS channels with 48k fixed sample rate.
         Please try dxs_support=1 or dxs_support=4 option
         and report if it works on your machine.
ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:11.5[C] -> GSI 22 (level, low) -> IRQ 22
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:11.5 to 64
codec_read: codec 0 is not valid [0xfe0000]
codec_read: codec 0 is not valid [0xfe0000]
codec_read: codec 0 is not valid [0xfe0000]
codec_read: codec 0 is not valid [0xfe0000]
via-rhine.c:v1.10-LK1.2.0-2.6 June-10-2004 Written by Donald Becker
ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:12.0[A] -> GSI 23 (level, low) -> IRQ 23
eth0: VIA Rhine II at 0x8400, 00:11:2f:20:1a:eb, IRQ 23.
eth0: MII PHY found at address 1, status 0x786d advertising 01e1 Link 41e1.
usb 5-5: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 4
ohci_hcd: 2004 Nov 08 USB 1.1 'Open' Host Controller (OHCI) Driver (PCI)
PCI: Enabling device 0000:00:13.0 (0014 -> 0016)
ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:13.0[A] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
ohci_hcd 0000:00:13.0: NEC Corporation USB
ohci_hcd 0000:00:13.0: irq 18, pci mem 0xeb800000
ohci_hcd 0000:00:13.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 7
usb 1-1: new low speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 4
eth0: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0x41E1
Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
input: USB HID v1.11 Mouse [Logitech USB Receiver] on usb-0000:00:10.0-1
usb 1-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 5
drivers/usb/class/usblp.c: usblp0: USB Bidirectional printer dev 5 if 0 alt 1 proto 2 vid 0x03F0 pid 0x0317
scsi2 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
usbcore: registered new driver usb-storage
USB Mass Storage support registered.
hub 7-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 7-0:1.0: 3 ports detected
usb-storage: device found at 4
usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
NET: Registered protocol family 17
PCI: Enabling device 0000:00:13.1 (0014 -> 0016)
ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:13.1[B] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
ohci_hcd 0000:00:13.1: NEC Corporation USB (#2)
ohci_hcd 0000:00:13.1: irq 19, pci mem 0xeb000000
ohci_hcd 0000:00:13.1: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 8
hub 8-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 8-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
NET: Registered protocol family 10
Disabled Privacy Extensions on device c02f0500(lo)
IPv6 over IPv4 tunneling driver
  Vendor: Generic   Model: STORAGE DEVICE    Rev: 0128
  Type:   Direct-Access                      ANSI SCSI revision: 00
  Vendor: Generic   Model: STORAGE DEVICE    Rev: 0128
  Type:   Direct-Access                      ANSI SCSI revision: 00
  Vendor: Generic   Model: STORAGE DEVICE    Rev: 0128
  Type:   Direct-Access                      ANSI SCSI revision: 00
  Vendor: Generic   Model: STORAGE DEVICE    Rev: 0128
  Type:   Direct-Access                      ANSI SCSI revision: 00
usb-storage: device scan complete
Attached scsi removable disk sda at scsi2, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
Attached scsi removable disk sdb at scsi2, channel 0, id 0, lun 1
Attached scsi removable disk sdc at scsi2, channel 0, id 0, lun 2
Attached scsi removable disk sdd at scsi2, channel 0, id 0, lun 3
ACPI: Power Button (FF) [PWRF]
ibm_acpi: ec object not found
apm: BIOS version 1.2 Flags 0x03 (Driver version 1.16ac)
apm: overridden by ACPI.
drivers/usb/input/hid-input.c: event field not found
eth0: no IPv6 routers present
usb 5-4: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 5
scsi3 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
usb-storage: device found at 5
usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
  Vendor: Maxtor 6  Model: B300R0            Rev:  0 0
  Type:   Direct-Access                      ANSI SCSI revision: 00
SCSI device sde: 586114704 512-byte hdwr sectors (300091 MB)
sde: assuming drive cache: write through
SCSI device sde: 586114704 512-byte hdwr sectors (300091 MB)
sde: assuming drive cache: write through
 /dev/scsi/host3/bus0/target0/lun0: p1 p2 p3 < p5 p6 > p4
Attached scsi disk sde at scsi3, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
usb-storage: device scan complete
UDF-fs: No partition found (1)
UDF-fs: No partition found (1)
Unable to identify CD-ROM format.
Unable to identify CD-ROM format.
FAT: utf8 is not a recommended IO charset for FAT filesystems, filesystem will be case sensitive!
FAT: bogus number of reserved sectors
VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev sde6.
FAT: bogus number of reserved sectors
VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev sde6.
NTFS driver 2.1.22 [Flags: R/O MODULE].
NTFS-fs warning (device sde6): parse_options(): Option iocharset is deprecated. Please use option nls=<charsetname> in the future.
NTFS-fs error (device sde6): read_ntfs_boot_sector(): Primary boot sector is invalid.
NTFS-fs error (device sde6): read_ntfs_boot_sector(): Mount option errors=recover not used. Aborting without trying to recover.
NTFS-fs error (device sde6): ntfs_fill_super(): Not an NTFS volume.
NTFS-fs error (device sde6): read_ntfs_boot_sector(): Primary boot sector is invalid.
NTFS-fs error (device sde6): read_ntfs_boot_sector(): Mount option errors=recover not used. Aborting without trying to recover.
NTFS-fs error (device sde6): ntfs_fill_super(): Not an NTFS volume.
HFS+-fs: unable to find HFS+ superblock
HFS+-fs: unable to find HFS+ superblock
VFS: Can't find a HFS filesystem on dev sde6.
VFS: Can't find a HFS filesystem on dev sde6.
VFS: Can't find ext3 filesystem on dev sde6.
VFS: Can't find ext3 filesystem on dev sde6.
VFS: Can't find an ext2 filesystem on dev sde6.
VFS: Can't find an ext2 filesystem on dev sde6.
ReiserFS: sde6: found reiserfs format "3.6" with standard journal
ReiserFS: sde6: using ordered data mode
ReiserFS: sde6: journal params: device sde6, size 8192, journal first block 18, max trans len 1024, max batch 900, max commit age 30, max trans age 30
ReiserFS: sde6: checking transaction log (sde6)
ReiserFS: sde6: Using r5 hash to sort names
usb 5-4: USB disconnect, address 5
usb 5-4: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 6
scsi4 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
usb-storage: device found at 6
usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
  Vendor: Maxtor 6  Model: B300R0            Rev:  0 0
  Type:   Direct-Access                      ANSI SCSI revision: 00
SCSI device sde: 586114704 512-byte hdwr sectors (300091 MB)
sde: assuming drive cache: write through
SCSI device sde: 586114704 512-byte hdwr sectors (300091 MB)
sde: assuming drive cache: write through
 /dev/scsi/host4/bus0/target0/lun0: p1 p2 p3 < p5 p6 > p4
Attached scsi disk sde at scsi4, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
usb-storage: device scan complete
UDF-fs: No partition found (1)
UDF-fs: No partition found (1)
Unable to identify CD-ROM format.
Unable to identify CD-ROM format.
FAT: utf8 is not a recommended IO charset for FAT filesystems, filesystem will be case sensitive!
FAT: bogus number of reserved sectors
VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev sde6.
FAT: bogus number of reserved sectors
VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev sde6.
NTFS-fs warning (device sde6): parse_options(): Option iocharset is deprecated. Please use option nls=<charsetname> in the future.
NTFS-fs error (device sde6): read_ntfs_boot_sector(): Primary boot sector is invalid.
NTFS-fs error (device sde6): read_ntfs_boot_sector(): Mount option errors=recover not used. Aborting without trying to recover.
NTFS-fs error (device sde6): ntfs_fill_super(): Not an NTFS volume.
NTFS-fs error (device sde6): read_ntfs_boot_sector(): Primary boot sector is invalid.
NTFS-fs error (device sde6): read_ntfs_boot_sector(): Mount option errors=recover not used. Aborting without trying to recover.
NTFS-fs error (device sde6): ntfs_fill_super(): Not an NTFS volume.
HFS+-fs: unable to find HFS+ superblock
HFS+-fs: unable to find HFS+ superblock
VFS: Can't find a HFS filesystem on dev sde6.
VFS: Can't find a HFS filesystem on dev sde6.
VFS: Can't find ext3 filesystem on dev sde6.
VFS: Can't find ext3 filesystem on dev sde6.
VFS: Can't find an ext2 filesystem on dev sde6.
VFS: Can't find an ext2 filesystem on dev sde6.
ReiserFS: sde6: found reiserfs format "3.6" with standard journal
ReiserFS: sde6: using ordered data mode
ReiserFS: sde6: journal params: device sde6, size 8192, journal first block 18, max trans len 1024, max batch 900, max commit age 30, max trans age 30
ReiserFS: sde6: checking transaction log (sde6)
ReiserFS: sde6: Using r5 hash to sort names
usb 5-4: USB disconnect, address 6
usb 4-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
scsi5 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
usb-storage: device found at 2
usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
  Vendor: MSI       Model: MS-551X           Rev: 0100
  Type:   Direct-Access                      ANSI SCSI revision: 04
SCSI device sde: 250624 512-byte hdwr sectors (128 MB)
sde: Write Protect is off
sde: Mode Sense: 03 00 00 00
sde: assuming drive cache: write through
SCSI device sde: 250624 512-byte hdwr sectors (128 MB)
sde: Write Protect is off
sde: Mode Sense: 03 00 00 00
sde: assuming drive cache: write through
 /dev/scsi/host5/bus0/target0/lun0: p1
Attached scsi removable disk sde at scsi5, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
usb-storage: device scan complete
usb 4-1: USB disconnect, address 2
ibm_acpi: ec object not found

I don't have a big problem manually mounting things (even if the Storage Media applet has spoiled me since my Gentoo days), but I can't even figure out the device name. I'm guessing that it uses a FAT32 filesystem, but that doesn't seem to be helping me out, either.

Can someone please point me in the right direction?

[je_fro]

Udev rules....

http://www.reactivated.net/writing_udev_rules.html

http://webpages.charter.net/decibels...imer.html#UDEV

[palsyboy]

I read the first document in its entirety and skimmed the second one. I very much enjoyed the reading and certainly plan to set up a node for my player in the future. Thank you.

However, I believe I may have missed something vital, or perhaps you misunderstood my problem: I cannot find a device name for my player, so I cannot begin to mount it or set up a device node for it.

I don't see it in dmesg output, but then again, that may be an inadequate way of looking for it. What can I do?

[hlrguy]

Tru plugging it in while running
tail -f /var/log/messages

hlrguy

[palsyboy]

Thanks. Here's what I get:

# tail -f /var/log/messages
Sep 20 16:19:22 localhost kernel: ACPI: Power Button (FF) [PWRF]
Sep 20 16:19:23 localhost kernel: apm: BIOS version 1.2 Flags 0x03 (Driver version 1.16ac)
Sep 20 16:19:23 localhost kernel: apm: overridden by ACPI.
Sep 20 16:19:27 localhost kernel: drivers/usb/input/hid-input.c: event field not found
Sep 20 16:21:07 localhost gconfd (palsyboy-9153): starting (version 2.10.0), pid 9153 user 'palsyboy'
Sep 20 16:21:07 localhost gconfd (palsyboy-9153): Resolved address "xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory" to a read-only configuration source at position 0
Sep 20 16:21:07 localhost gconfd (palsyboy-9153): Resolved address "xml:readwrite:/home/palsyboy/.gconf" to a writable configuration source at position 1
Sep 20 16:21:07 localhost gconfd (palsyboy-9153): Resolved address "xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults" to a read-only configuration source at position 2
Sep 20 16:39:22 localhost -- MARK --
Sep 20 16:59:22 localhost -- MARK --

[palsyboy]

Nevermind! It just started working! This is the weirdest thing I've ever seen. Hell, it even worked via the Storage Media applet!

Thanks for taking the time to help me!

[palsyboy]

I have a limited explanation to the "mysteriously fixed" phenomenon. Whenever I plug the player into my computer's USB port, it does one of two things:

90% of the time: The unit turns on as though I just pressed the "play/pause" button, and the track remains paused and ready to play.

10% of the time: The unit registers "USB Connect" on its display, and KDE's Storage Media applet recognizes it with no problem.

So basically, every time I want to transfer new music or other types of files, I have to plug the player in, unplug it after an unsuccessful connection, turn it off, plug it in again, etc. over and over again. I know of no explanation for this, but it certainly does suck to have to screw around with this. So basically, after plugging/unplugging it, it eventually "just worked."

I hope this thread proves helpful to someone else who's frustrated with their SanDisk SDMX1 or thinking about buying either one of those or a similar model.