Well I just installed this a week ago Tuesday on my laptop and updated
it everyday since.  Given how hard it was to install it then, I'm loath
to try that again, I lack a full days time for that trick.  The beta
image from last week would not install, I had to install 7.04 and
upgrade, no other way. (That was reported.)

However the bug has changed a bit more.  I used the device for something
else so I had to reformat it.  I used fdisk and put a fresh partition on
it using the entire device as the first partition, and then formatted it
vfat with mkfs.vfat.  Now it attempts to mount the device and fails with:

[10394.360000] usb 5-3: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and
address 6
[10394.504000] usb 5-3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[10394.504000] scsi5 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
[10394.504000] usb-storage: device found at 6
[10394.504000] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
[10399.504000] usb-storage: device scan complete
[10399.504000] scsi 5:0:0:0: Direct-Access     Memorex  TD Classic 003C
 1.04 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS
[10400.088000] SCSI device sdb: 2007040 512-byte hdwr sectors (1028 MB)
[10400.088000] sdb: Write Protect is off
[10400.088000] sdb: Mode Sense: 23 00 00 00
[10400.088000] sdb: assuming drive cache: write through
[10400.088000] SCSI device sdb: 2007040 512-byte hdwr sectors (1028 MB)
[10400.088000] sdb: Write Protect is off
[10400.088000] sdb: Mode Sense: 23 00 00 00
[10400.088000] sdb: assuming drive cache: write through
[10400.088000]  sdb: sdb1
[10400.092000] sd 5:0:0:0: Attached scsi removable disk sdb
[10400.092000] sd 5:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
[10400.680000] FAT: Unrecognized mount option "usefree" or missing value

So what is the proper thing to do here?  Open a new bug, leave it here.
 I'm not sure what is the correct thing.

Cheers,

David


Charlie Schluting wrote:
> That's not really directed at you.. I'm just pissed that they haven't
> fixed this (or even commented).
> 
> "This" is specifically about LDAP users not being able to mount USB
> devices. I'd guess your issue is a new bug, if it's reproducible with a
> fresh install.
> 
>  -Charlie
> 
> On 10/9/07 10:35 AM, DavidMandala wrote:
>> I sorry Charlie, where should I have logged this?  I'm new onboard and
>> if I've done something incorrect or stupid, I'll be happy to correct it.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> David
>>
>> Charlie Schluting wrote:
>>> If people keep replying with unrelated issues, the devs will ignore this
>>> even longer. At least, it'll make it harder to see at a glance what the
>>> real issue is. Perhaps there's multiple issues in this bug, but _I
>>> believe_ it the majority of the focus is on people who have LDAP users.
>>>
>>> It has been over a year.. it's unfortunate that this problem isn't
>>> impacting the single-user experience.
>>>
>>> :(
>>>
>>> On 10/9/07 9:59 AM, DavidMandala wrote:
>>>> When I plugged in my USB storage device it was recognized as a USB
>>>> device but not recognized as a storage device, it was never assigned a
>>>> device.
>>>>
>>>> I saw messages like:
>>>>
>>>> [  154.708000] usb 5-3: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 4
>>>> [  154.852000] usb 5-3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
>>>>
>>>> But it was never assigned a device.
>>>>
>>>>  I rebooted the machine and it now was recognized as a storage device,
>>>> but not mounted, when attempting to mount it manually I did:
>>>>
>>>> sudo mkdir /media/sdb1
>>>> sudo mount -t auto /dev/sdb1 /media/sdb1
>>>> mount: you must specify the filesystem type
>>>> Then I did
>>>> sudo mount -t vfat /dev/sdb1 /media/sdb1
>>>> and it mounted normally.
>>>>
>>>> I am a local user on my laptop, it's an IBM T43
>>>>
>>
> 


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