| 2007-09-29 10:22:48 |
Matthew Paul Thomas |
bug |
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added bug |
| 2007-09-29 10:23:14 |
Matthew Paul Thomas |
description |
Ubuntu Gutsy, all updates installed
Upon connecting an external hard disk, I get the error message:
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Cannot mount volume.
Unable to mount the volume.
Details
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /
dev/sdb7, ______ missing codepage or helper program,
or other error ______ In some cases useful info is found
in syslog - try ______ dmesg | tail or so
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This bug report is not about whatever problem caused the error. It is about the error message itself.
* It uses the word "mount", which makes little sense to most people. ("Open" or "read" would be better.)
* "Cannot mount volume" and "Unable to mount the volume" are redundant with each other. Only one of them should be present.
* The details are full of odd whitespace (simulated above by underscores). This should be collapsed.
* The details are mostly jargon, only helpful to me if I guess that I'm supposed to type them into a terminal window. (But even if I do, then what?)
* "or so" doesn't make sense in this context.
It may save time to fix this bug 132279 at the same time as this bug. |
Ubuntu Gutsy, all updates installed
Upon connecting an external hard disk, I get the error message:
------------
Cannot mount volume.
Unable to mount the volume.
Details
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /
dev/sdb7, ______ missing codepage or helper program,
or other error ______ In some cases useful info is found
in syslog - try ______ dmesg | tail or so
------------
This bug report is not about whatever problem caused the error. It is about the error message itself.
* It uses the word "mount", which makes little sense to most people. ("Open" or "read" would be better.)
* "Cannot mount volume" and "Unable to mount the volume" are redundant with each other. Only one of them should be present.
* The details are full of odd whitespace (simulated above by underscores). This should be collapsed.
* The details are mostly jargon, only helpful to me if I guess that I'm supposed to type them into a terminal window. (But even if I do, then what?)
* "or so" doesn't make sense in this context.
It may save time to fix bug 132279 at the same time as this bug. |
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| 2008-05-15 00:11:48 |
Patrick Kilgore |
None: status |
New |
Incomplete |
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| 2008-05-19 08:49:43 |
Matthew Paul Thomas |
None: status |
Incomplete |
New |
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| 2008-06-20 15:08:52 |
Patrick Kilgore |
None: status |
New |
Confirmed |
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| 2008-06-20 15:08:52 |
Patrick Kilgore |
None: importance |
Undecided |
Wishlist |
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| 2008-06-20 15:10:59 |
Patrick Kilgore |
util-linux: status |
Confirmed |
Triaged |
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| 2008-06-20 15:12:02 |
Patrick Kilgore |
description |
Ubuntu Gutsy, all updates installed
Upon connecting an external hard disk, I get the error message:
------------
Cannot mount volume.
Unable to mount the volume.
Details
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /
dev/sdb7, ______ missing codepage or helper program,
or other error ______ In some cases useful info is found
in syslog - try ______ dmesg | tail or so
------------
This bug report is not about whatever problem caused the error. It is about the error message itself.
* It uses the word "mount", which makes little sense to most people. ("Open" or "read" would be better.)
* "Cannot mount volume" and "Unable to mount the volume" are redundant with each other. Only one of them should be present.
* The details are full of odd whitespace (simulated above by underscores). This should be collapsed.
* The details are mostly jargon, only helpful to me if I guess that I'm supposed to type them into a terminal window. (But even if I do, then what?)
* "or so" doesn't make sense in this context.
It may save time to fix bug 132279 at the same time as this bug. |
Ubuntu Gutsy, all updates installed
Upon connecting an external hard disk, I get the error message:
------------
Cannot mount volume.
Unable to mount the volume.
Details
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /
dev/sdb7, ______ missing codepage or helper program,
or other error ______ In some cases useful info is found
in syslog - try ______ dmesg | tail or so
------------
This text is located in util-linux package at: mount/mount.c:1216
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This bug report is not about whatever problem caused the error. It is about the error message itself.
* It uses the word "mount", which makes little sense to most people. ("Open" or "read" would be better.)
* "Cannot mount volume" and "Unable to mount the volume" are redundant with each other. Only one of them should be present.
* The details are full of odd whitespace (simulated above by underscores). This should be collapsed.
* The details are mostly jargon, only helpful to me if I guess that I'm supposed to type them into a terminal window. (But even if I do, then what?)
* "or so" doesn't make sense in this context.
It may save time to fix bug 132279 at the same time as this bug. |
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| 2009-01-04 17:00:10 |
Duncan Lithgow |
bug |
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added subscriber Ubuntu Documentation Project Team |
