iPod: Jun 2 19:53:48 notebook usb 1-3: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2 Jun 2 19:53:48 notebook scsi0 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices Jun 2 19:53:48 notebook usb-storage: device found at 2 Jun 2 19:53:48 notebook usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning Jun 2 19:53:53 notebook Vendor: Apple Model: iPod Rev: 1.62 Jun 2 19:53:53 notebook Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 00 Jun 2 19:53:53 notebook SCSI device sda: 78126047 512-byte hdwr sectors (40001 MB) Jun 2 19:53:53 notebook sda: assuming Write Enabled Jun 2 19:53:53 notebook sda: assuming drive cache: write through Jun 2 19:53:53 notebook SCSI device sda: 78126047 512-byte hdwr sectors (40001 MB) Jun 2 19:53:53 notebook sda: assuming Write Enabled Jun 2 19:53:53 notebook sda: assuming drive cache: write through Jun 2 19:53:53 notebook sda: sda1 sda2 Jun 2 19:53:53 notebook Attached scsi removable disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 Jun 2 19:53:53 notebook Attached scsi generic sg0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0, type 0 Jun 2 19:53:53 notebook usb-storage: device scan complete Jun 2 19:53:54 notebook scsi.agent[11230]: disk at /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb1/1-3/1-3:1.0/host0/target0:0:0/0:0:0:0 Jun 2 19:54:10 notebook login(pam_unix)[11000]: session opened for user root by (uid=0) Jun 2 19:55:03 notebook FAT: invalid media value (0x2f) Jun 2 19:55:03 notebook VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev sda1. Jun 2 19:55:07 notebook FAT: invalid media value (0x00) Jun 2 19:55:07 notebook VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev sda. Jun 2 19:55:30 notebook usb 1-3: USB disconnect, address 2 USB stick: Jun 5 17:02:21 notebook usb 1-2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2 Jun 5 17:02:21 notebook scsi0 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices Jun 5 17:02:21 notebook usb-storage: device found at 2 Jun 5 17:02:21 notebook usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning Jun 5 17:02:26 notebook Vendor: Model: USB DRIVE Rev: 1.13 Jun 5 17:02:26 notebook Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 00 Jun 5 17:02:26 notebook SCSI device sda: 506880 512-byte hdwr sectors (260 MB) Jun 5 17:02:26 notebook sda: assuming Write Enabled Jun 5 17:02:26 notebook sda: assuming drive cache: write through Jun 5 17:02:26 notebook SCSI device sda: 506880 512-byte hdwr sectors (260 MB) Jun 5 17:02:26 notebook sda: assuming Write Enabled Jun 5 17:02:26 notebook sda: assuming drive cache: write through Jun 5 17:02:26 notebook sda: sda1 Jun 5 17:02:26 notebook Attached scsi removable disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 Jun 5 17:02:26 notebook Attached scsi generic sg0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0, type 0 Jun 5 17:02:26 notebook usb-storage: device scan complete Jun 5 17:02:28 notebook scsi.agent[15383]: disk at /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb1/1-2/1-2:1.0/host0/target0:0:0/0:0:0:0 Jun 5 17:03:30 notebook usb 1-2: USB disconnect, address 2 Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3.
> Jun 2 19:55:03 notebook VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev sda1. > Jun 2 19:55:07 notebook VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev sda. You won't have much luck when mounting devices with invalid filesystem. I can't see any errors about the USB stick. Also, emerge --info missing, so we don't know which kernel are you using, udev version missing as well. Reopen once you've posted the needed information.
The file system is not invalid, the stick as well as the iPod work perfectly under Windows XP and always have. udev-056 Portage 2.0.51.19 (default-linux/x86/2005.0, gcc-3.3.5-20050130, glibc-2.3.4.20041102-r1, 2.6.11-gentoo-r11 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.11-gentoo-r11 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1.60GHz Gentoo Base System version 1.6.12 Python: dev-lang/python-2.3.5 [2.3.5 (#1, Apr 30 2005, 16:24:40)] dev-lang/python: 2.3.5 sys-apps/sandbox: [Not Present] sys-devel/autoconf: 2.59-r6, 2.13 sys-devel/automake: 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.5, 1.4_p6, 1.6.3, 1.9.5 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.92.0.2-r10 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.16 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.8.1-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -funroll-loops -mmmx -msse -msse2 -mfpmath=sse" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/usr/kde/3.4/env /usr/kde/3.4/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/shutdown /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/share/config" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -funroll-loops -mmmx -msse -msse2 -mfpmath=sse" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache distlocks sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/pub/Linux/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.de.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 X aac acpi alsa apm arts avi berkdb bitmap-fonts cdr crypt cups curl dvd emboss encode esd fam foomaticdb fortran gdbm gif gpm gtk gtk2 icc icc-pgo ieee1394 imagemagick imlib ipv6 java jpeg kde libg++ libwww mad mikmod mmx motif mp3 mpeg ncurses nls nptl nptlonly ogg oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl png python qt quicktime readline samba sdl spell sse ssl svga tcltk tcpd threads tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts unicode vorbis wifi xine xml2 xmms xv zlib userland_GNU kernel_linux elibc_glibc" Unset: ASFLAGS, CBUILD, CTARGET, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS
(In reply to comment #2) > The file system is not invalid, the stick as well as the iPod work perfectly > under Windows XP and always have. That's not really a proof of filesystem consistency; I know very well myself.
How are you trying to mount the device? What exactly did you type to mount it? Have you mounted the devices previously? Do you have the proper filesystem modules loaded?
The USB stick is new and hence did not work before. Well, I just took a shot just now and am somewhat confused: I have the same logs on my SuSE 9.3 machine. However I was able to format it with VFAT, manually (opposed to subfs) it and write onto the stick. When I re-plugged in the stick I still had the same logs. When I plugged the stick in my gentoo notebook I also got the logs but were unable to mount the stick. I formatted it with ext3 but was still unable to mount it. ??? Regarding the iPod: yes, this one worked before. Currently I do not even see loggings when I plug it (?) and this applies to both of my machines so this is propably a kernel rather than a distribution bug.
You did not answer my questions, please do. Also, can you enable CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_DEBUG and attach the logs for when you try to mount the device?
- the file system driver are built-in - mount /dev/sda1 /mnt, mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt
Also, please note that I get this before mounting/doing anything, just plugging the device. I once had very similar logs for my iPod on SuSE 9.2 and this actually *was* a bug that was fixed after a while. This is the USB stick, for the iPod I don't get any logs at all: Jul 4 21:42:24 notebook usb 1-2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3 Jul 4 21:42:24 notebook scsi0 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices Jul 4 21:42:24 notebook usb-storage: device found at 3 Jul 4 21:42:24 notebook usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning Jul 4 21:42:29 notebook Vendor: LG Model: USB DRIVE Rev: 2.00 Jul 4 21:42:29 notebook Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Jul 4 21:42:29 notebook sda: Unit Not Ready, sense: Jul 4 21:42:29 notebook : Current: sense key=0x6 Jul 4 21:42:29 notebook ASC=0x28 ASCQ=0x0 Jul 4 21:42:29 notebook sda : READ CAPACITY failed. Jul 4 21:42:29 notebook sda : status=1, message=00, host=0, driver=08 Jul 4 21:42:29 notebook sd: Current: sense key=0x6 Jul 4 21:42:29 notebook ASC=0x28 ASCQ=0x0 Jul 4 21:42:29 notebook sda: assuming Write Enabled Jul 4 21:42:29 notebook sda: assuming drive cache: write through Jul 4 21:42:29 notebook sda: Unit Not Ready, sense: Jul 4 21:42:29 notebook : Current: sense key=0x6 Jul 4 21:42:29 notebook ASC=0x28 ASCQ=0x0 Jul 4 21:42:29 notebook sda : READ CAPACITY failed. Jul 4 21:42:29 notebook sda : status=1, message=00, host=0, driver=08 Jul 4 21:42:29 notebook sd: Current: sense key=0x6 Jul 4 21:42:29 notebook ASC=0x28 ASCQ=0x0 Jul 4 21:42:29 notebook sda: assuming Write Enabled Jul 4 21:42:29 notebook sda: assuming drive cache: write through Jul 4 21:42:29 notebook sda: Unit Not Ready, sense: Jul 4 21:42:29 notebook : Current: sense key=0x6 Jul 4 21:42:29 notebook ASC=0x28 ASCQ=0x0 Jul 4 21:42:29 notebook sda : READ CAPACITY failed. Jul 4 21:42:29 notebook sda : status=1, message=00, host=0, driver=08 Jul 4 21:42:29 notebook sd: Current: sense key=0x6 Jul 4 21:42:29 notebook ASC=0x28 ASCQ=0x0 Jul 4 21:42:29 notebook sda: assuming Write Enabled Jul 4 21:42:29 notebook sda: assuming drive cache: write through Jul 4 21:42:29 notebook sda:end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 0 Jul 4 21:42:29 notebook Buffer I/O error on device sda, logical block 0 Jul 4 21:42:29 notebook Buffer I/O error on device sda, logical block 0 Jul 4 21:42:29 notebook unable to read partition table Jul 4 21:42:29 notebook Attached scsi removable disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 Jul 4 21:42:29 notebook Attached scsi generic sg0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0, type 0 Jul 4 21:42:29 notebook usb-storage: device scan complete Jul 4 21:42:29 notebook scsi.agent[20149]: disk at /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb1/1-2/1-2:1.0/host0/target0:0:0/0:0:0:0
Did you try just mounting "sda"? Also, you can still enable the CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_DEBUG option, if you have stuff built into your kernel. Either way, this is an upstream issue, please open a bug at bugzilla.kernel.org for it and they will help you out there.
