DebuggingRemovableDevices

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Some have found that reinstalling hal helps with automount problems.[[http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=571768]]
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 0. stop gvm <<BR>>
  `killall gnome-volume-manager`
 0. start gvm and capture output <<BR>>
  `gnome-volume-manager -n 2>&1 | tee gvm.log`
 0. if that doesn't work, try <<BR>>
  `/usr/lib/gnome-volume-manager/gnome-volume-manager -n 2>&1 | tee gvm.log`
 0. and in another terminal, start udevadm in monitor mode and capture output <<BR>>
  `sudo udevadm monitor -e | tee udev.log`		  0. in a terminal, start "udevadm" in monitor mode and capture output <<BR>> {{{
sudo udevadm monitor -e | tee udev.log
}}}
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 0. wait a few seconds
 0. press Control-C in the first terminal to stop the foreground gnome-volume-manager
 0. press Control-C in the second terminal to stop the udevmonitor
 0. capture lshal, dmesg and ls the attached volumes <<BR>>
  `lshal > lshal.txt` <<BR>>
  `dmesg > dmesg.txt` <<BR>>
  `ls -l /dev/sd* > devices.txt`
 0. attach `gvm.log`, `lshal.txt`, `devices.txt`, `dmesg.txt` and `udev.log` (dapper only) to the bug report
 0. press Alt-F2 and type `gnome-volume-manager` to get your background g-v-m back (or just log out and back in again)
 0. paste the output of `id` into the bug report
 0. paste the output of `id hal` into the bug report
 0. paste the output of `id haldaemon` into the bug report
 0. paste the output of `uname -a` into the bug report		  0. open a second Terminal and capture lshal, dmesg and ls <<BR>> {{{
lshal > lshal.txt
dmesg > dmesg.txt
ls -l /dev/sd* > devices.txt
}}}
 0. press Control-C in the first terminal with the "udevadm".
 0. attach `lshal.txt`, `devices.txt`, `dmesg.txt` and `udev.log` to the bug report
 0. copy/paste into the report the output of <<BR>> {{{
ck-list-sessions }}}
 0. copy/paste into the report the output of <<BR>> {{{
id haldaemon }}}
 0. copy/paste into the report the output of <<BR>> {{{
uname -a }}}
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 0. stop hald <<BR>>
  `sudo killall hald`
 0. start hald while capturing its output <<BR>>
  `sudo hald --daemon=no --verbose=yes 2>&1 | tee hal.log`		  0. stop hald <<BR>> {{{
sudo killall hald }}}
 0. start hald while capturing its output <<BR>> {{{
sudo hald --daemon=no --verbose=yes 2>&1 | tee hal.log }}}
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 0. restore the background hal: <<BR>>
  `sudo /etc/init.d/dbus-1 restart` (in Warty and Hoary)<<BR>> OR <<BR>>
  `sudo /etc/dbus-1/event.d/20hal start` (in Breezy, Dapper, Edgy and Feisty)
 0. attach hal.log to the bug report		  0. restore the background hal <<BR>> {{{
sudo /etc/init.d/hal restart }}}
 0. attach `hal.log` to the bug report

Debugging Central

This page is part of the debugging series — pages with debugging details for a variety of Ubuntu packages.

Introduction

Help on debugging removable device issues.

Things to try first

Run fsck (dosfsck?) on the disk to make sure it does not have any configuration errors. Sometimes a misconfigured drive will work fine in Windows but not in Linux.

In Hardy or later, remove the "usefree" option with gconf-editor (Applications --> System Tools --> Configuration Editor). This can prevent drives from auto-mounting.https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-mount/+bug/151025 The "usefree" option should be removed from system --> storage --> default_options --> vfat --> mount_options

How to report

When reporting a problem with removable devices, such as USB storage devices ("keys", hard drives, card readers, music players, digital cameras, etc.), please do the following steps:

  1. disconnect the device

  2. in a terminal, start "udevadm" in monitor mode and capture output 

    sudo udevadm monitor -e | tee udev.log
  3. connect the device

  4. open a second Terminal and capture lshal, dmesg and ls 

    lshal > lshal.txt
dmesg > dmesg.txt
ls -l /dev/sd* > devices.txt
  5. press Control-C in the first terminal with the "udevadm".

  6. attach lshal.txt, devices.txt, dmesg.txt and udev.log to the bug report

  7. copy/paste into the report the output of 

    ck-list-sessions

  8. copy/paste into the report the output of 

    id haldaemon

  9. copy/paste into the report the output of 

    uname -a

In easy cases this is everything that is needed. However, you might be asked for a "hal debug output"; please do the following steps to get it:

  1. disconnect the device

  2. stop hald 

    sudo killall hald

  3. start hald while capturing its output 

    sudo hald --daemon=no --verbose=yes 2>&1 | tee hal.log
  4. wait until the flood of messages settled
  5. connect the device
  6. wait again until no more messages appear
  7. press Control-C to stop the foreground hal

  8. restore the background hal 

    sudo /etc/init.d/hal restart

  9. attach hal.log to the bug report

  10. restart your desktop session

Debugging procedure

TBD.

Known bugs

Description of known issues, how to recognise them and stock responses/actions.

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Bug#

Description

Action

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Closed

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Non-bugs

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