i too have the same problem when i format my pendrive in ext 3 or 4, but no problem when its in fat 32 or ntfs
i use "sudo nautilus" to solve it On Jun 12, 1:23 pm, Srihari k <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 9:39 AM, Abhil@@sham <[email protected]> wrote: > > I am using Ubuntu 10.04, but I aam not able to copy or paste anything in my > > pen-drive. It says "Unable to mount volume, you are not the rooter", > > Are you sure about the error message "Unable to mount volume, you are > not the rooter" .If it is not the actual error message please send the > exact error message. > > Try to mount the pendrive as a root: > > Hit Alt+F2 > type gksudo nautilus ,press enter > You will get a nautilus window with root .Click the icon for your > pendrive to mount it and view files. > > What format is the pen-drive formatted as?Does it have a hardware > write protect-lock? (some notch like thingy?) > > Can you see the files in the pen-drive(i.e are the readable?) Can you > copy files from your pen-drive to your desktop? > > -- > Srihari -- "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ilug-tvm" group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en
