Interesting, thanks. Looks like that's the issue. On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 7:55 PM, djgrandmarquis <[email protected]>wrote:
> Experienced same issue trying to connect Motorola Droid. Removing > usbmount seems to fix the issue. > > -- > Ubuntu 10.04 - VFAT usb drives mount with root access only > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/573981 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in Ubuntu: New > > Bug description: > On a fresh install of Ubuntu 10.04 Desktop 32 bit, not an upgrade, all USB > VFAT drives I've tried mount with root access only which means I can not > create or edit files or folders on these drives. The workaround I found was > to use the Disk Utility to unmount and then mount the drives. This changed > permissions on the drives to my login. However every time the system is > rebooted the USB VFAT drives mount with root permissions only and the same > procedure with Disk Utility has to be repeated for all the VFAT usb drives, > same as before. The problem does not occur on the same drives, on the same > system with ubuntu 9.10 Desktop 32 bit. The drives mount with permissions > for me every time with Ubuntu 9.10 Desktop 32 bit. > > Examining fstab I noticed there is a line in it in Ubuntu 9.10 that is not > present in Ubuntu 10.04 with respect to mounting usb drives. That line is: > > none /proc/bus/usb usbfs auto,devmode=0666 0 0 > > Placed that line in fstab in the 10.04 load and found the system would not > boot without bypassing that line. The choice was to skip processing that > line or manually attempt to force it. > > Anyone installing a VFAT usb drive who encounters this symtom will not be > able to copy files to the drive, nor edit existing files or folders at all > without using the Disk Utility workaround I discovered. > > Have no idea what packages are involved in this. It's a problem mounting > VFAT usb drives for sure. Haven't tried NTFS or EXT type usb file systems. > > Simply pulling out the drive connector and re-installing it does not fix > the problem. Drive Utility must be used. > > To unsubscribe from this bug, go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/573981/+subscribe > -- Ubuntu 10.04 - VFAT usb drives mount with root access only https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/573981 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
