Recently, I wiped out my fstab using chmod 666 command on /dev and /media while making a liveusb. Idiotic, I know! I can get the usb to recognize but not much more. Perhaps someone can see the problem?
Here is some info: >uname -a Linux gnewsense 2.6.32.3-libre-lemote #1 PREEMPT Sat Jan 9 16:55:40 UTC 2010 mips64 GNU/Linux >Fstab # /etc/fstab: static file system information. # # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass> proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/hda1 / ext3 errors=remount-ro 0 1 /dev/hda9 /home ext3 defaults 0 2 /dev/hda8 /tmp ext3 defaults 0 2 /dev/hda5 /usr ext3 defaults 0 2 /dev/hda6 /var ext3 defaults 0 2 /dev/hda7 none swap sw 0 0 /dev/sdd1 /media/Sugar ext3 auto user,noauto 0 0 >(i added this line, the other lines self-corrected themselves in boot-up) >sudo lsmod Module Size Used by nls_iso8859_1 4477 2 nls_cp437 6009 2 vfat 12857 2 fat 66438 1 vfat snd_usb_audio 116353 0 snd_usb_lib 33145 1 snd_usb_audio snd_hwdep 9011 1 snd_usb_audio ext2 92021 23 ipv6 405279 14 fuse 89497 1 snd_cs5535audio 12456 2 snd_ac97_codec 179708 1 snd_cs5535audio ac97_bus 1246 1 snd_ac97_codec snd_pcm_oss 60637 0 snd_mixer_oss 23898 1 snd_pcm_oss snd_pcm 112238 5 snd_usb_audio,snd_cs5535audio,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss snd_seq_dummy 2887 0 snd_seq_oss 47181 0 snd_seq_midi 6735 0 snd_rawmidi 29330 2 snd_usb_lib,snd_seq_midi snd_seq_midi_event 7124 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi snd_seq 94043 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event snd_timer 28411 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq snd_seq_device 8872 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq snd 86630 15 snd_usb_audio,snd_hwdep,snd_cs5535audio,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device rtl8187b 304465 0 soundcore 9205 1 snd loongson2_cpufreq 2923 0 loongson2_clock 3352 1 loongson2_cpufreq snd_page_alloc 7613 2 snd_cs5535audio,snd_pcm yeeloong_laptop 18108 0 rfkill 23634 1 rtl8187b sd_mod 44948 39 usb_storage 46306 25 scsi_mod 141536 2 sd_mod,usb_storage >sudo dmesg | tail [164908.860000] usb-storage: device scan complete [164908.872000] sd 16:0:0:0: [sdo] 625142448 512-byte logical blocks: (320 GB/298 GiB) [164908.872000] sd 16:0:0:0: [sdo] Write Protect is off [164908.872000] sd 16:0:0:0: [sdo] Mode Sense: 1c 00 00 00 [164908.872000] sd 16:0:0:0: [sdo] Assuming drive cache: write through [164908.872000] sd 16:0:0:0: [sdo] Assuming drive cache: write through [164908.872000] sdo: sdo1 [164908.920000] sd 16:0:0:0: [sdo] Assuming drive cache: write through [164908.920000] sd 16:0:0:0: [sdo] Attached SCSI disk [168665.296000] usb 2-2: USB disconnect, address 28 >unmounted >tail -f /var/log/messages Mar 11 04:00:17 gnewsense kernel: [164893.444000] usb 2-2: USB disconnect, address 27 Mar 11 04:00:27 gnewsense kernel: [164903.704000] usb 2-2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 28 Mar 11 04:00:27 gnewsense kernel: [164903.844000] usb 2-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice Mar 11 04:00:27 gnewsense kernel: [164903.852000] scsi16 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices Mar 11 04:00:32 gnewsense kernel: [164908.856000] scsi 16:0:0:0: Direct-Access Seagate FreeAgent Go 102F PQ: 0 ANSI: 4 Mar 11 04:00:32 gnewsense kernel: [164908.872000] sd 16:0:0:0: [sdo] 625142448 512-byte logical blocks: (320 GB/298 GiB) Mar 11 04:00:32 gnewsense kernel: [164908.872000] sd 16:0:0:0: [sdo] Write Protect is off Mar 11 04:00:32 gnewsense kernel: [164908.872000] sdo: sdo1 Mar 11 04:00:32 gnewsense kernel: [164908.920000] sd 16:0:0:0: [sdo] Attached SCSI disk Mar 11 05:03:09 gnewsense kernel: [168665.296000] usb 2-2: USB disconnect, address >mounted (not really) write permissions error >tail -f /var/log/messages Mar 11 04:00:32 gnewsense kernel: [164908.920000] sd 16:0:0:0: [sdo] Attached SCSI disk Mar 11 05:03:09 gnewsense kernel: [168665.296000] usb 2-2: USB disconnect, address 28 Mar 11 05:16:25 gnewsense kernel: [169461.108000] usb 2-2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 29 Mar 11 05:16:25 gnewsense kernel: [169461.240000] usb 2-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice Mar 11 05:16:25 gnewsense kernel: [169461.264000] scsi17 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices Mar 11 05:16:30 gnewsense kernel: [169466.264000] scsi 17:0:0:0: Direct-Access Seagate FreeAgent Go 102F PQ: 0 ANSI: 4 Mar 11 05:16:30 gnewsense kernel: [169466.288000] sd 17:0:0:0: [sdp] 625142448 512-byte logical blocks: (320 GB/298 GiB) Mar 11 05:16:30 gnewsense kernel: [169466.292000] sd 17:0:0:0: [sdp] Write Protect is off Mar 11 05:16:30 gnewsense kernel: [169466.292000] sdp: sdp1 Mar 11 05:16:30 gnewsense kernel: [169466.348000] sd 17:0:0:0: [sdp] Attached SCSI disk Any advice would be very much appreicated! _______________________________________________ gNewSense-users mailing list gNewSense-users@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnewsense-users