An error occurred while mounting /proc/bus/usb error on boot

[David Clayton]

Binary package hint: util-linux

If a system that has a /etc/fstab entry that contains a usbfs entry is booted in 10.04 then this error will appear (and I believe it could interrupt the booting process).

The workaround is simple, comment out or remove the offending line in /etc/fstab, but unfortunately a lot of system that are being upgraded have entries like this left in the file and then have this error.

If the mount process not longer supports this filesystem type, then it should just ignore it and place a message in the syslog file.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: mount 2.17.2-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-21.32-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-21-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed May 5 16:35:30 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Alpha amd64 (20100308)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_AU.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: util-linux

[Phillip Susi (psusi)]

Closing since this only applies when upgrading from versions older than 10.04, which have been end of life for a long time.