Comment 21 for bug 209483

Device node : dmesg output

[ 3790.861961] scsi 6:0:0:0: Direct-Access SONY WALKMAN 1.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS
[ 3791.879644] ready
[ 3791.880267] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] 3829760 2048-byte hardware sectors (7843 MB)
[ 3791.881385] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
[ 3791.881392] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 00 2a 00 00
[ 3791.881396] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[ 3791.883511] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] 3829760 2048-byte hardware sectors (7843 MB)
[ 3791.884504] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
[ 3791.884510] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 00 2a 00 00
[ 3791.884514] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[ 3791.884520] sdb: sdb1
[ 3791.889895] sdb: p1 exceeds device capacity
[ 3791.896922] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
[ 3791.896994] sd 6:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
[ 3792.030963] attempt to access beyond end of device
[ 3792.030973] sdb: rw=0, want=4294967044, limit=15319040

OK, it's sdb1

Output of lshal is attached.
$ LANGUAGE=en_US gnome-mount -vbd /dev/sdb1
gnome-mount 0.8
** Message: Given device '/dev/sdb1' is not a volume or a drive.

So, to sum up, in Gutsy, the player was recognized in HAL and listed as containing a volume, which was automounted. In Hardy, the player is still recognized by HAL but no volume is detected, and of course it can't get automounted.

However, it is still possible to mount /dev/sdb1 either with mount or pmount.

Sony does probably not implement mass-storage pretty accurately, giving us the messages shown in dmesg.

BUT, what we are looking for is what changed between Gutsy and Hardy that prevents volume detection in HAL.