No write properties to external HD

[Johannes Konow]

This problem appeared two updates ago. I have a Western Digital 120 gb external USB powered HD and I have no write properties to it. It is (on the desktop) labeled as 120 GB media, and in /media, the mount point is External as it should be. I have no problem with the underscore added to the mount point as everybody else seam to have. I do however lack write properties both in nautilus and in the terminal. I can create folders and move files as root, but I don't really fancy the terminal for my kind of operations (i.e. selecting certain files from extremely many and moving them to the HD). The update from this morning didn't solve the problem so I thought I'd notify you.

My system is as following:
Acer Aspire 3610

Architecture: i386
Version: Hardy Beta - Gnome powered, updated from Gutsy. (Description: Ubuntu hardy (development branch) Release: 8.04)

Please ask if you need further information.

[Johannes Konow (itix)]

I change my mind on the underscore subject. I also have underscore problems since the last upgrade. It's now mounted as _External since the last upgrade and there is a "External" folder already in /media. This problem started after last upgrade (this morning, 2008 - 04 - 9).

[Johannes Konow (itix)]

Underscore problem solved. Write properties problem still remain.

[Kjell Braden (afflux)]

Please provide the output of the following commands:

sudo umount /dev/sdXX
gnome-mount -vnbt -d /dev/sdXX
mount

Where /dev/sdXX is the affected partition.

Thanks,

[Johannes Konow (itix)]

Uh well, here's the thing. I've reverted back to gutsy, and I plan on remaining here for a while longer. I had an immense amount of problems only days before the stable release so I reverted back. The write properties remained even in gutsy but it eventually solved itself. Here is the thread I posted on the ubuntu forums about the issue: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=4737274

[Kjell Braden (afflux)]

Closing as the reporter is not able to reproduce this anymore. Feel free to reopen when it comes back.