Feisty 20070222 shows two USB icons

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uname -a output from bootup showing 2 icons for 1 usb device

dmesg from boot showing 2 icons for 1 usb device

lspci from boot showing 2 icons for 1 usb device

Screenshot showing 2 icons and properties showing same uuid for the two. Places, computer also shows 2 lines both saying casper-rw for the same usb device.

/etc/var/log/syslog from boot showing 2 icons for 1 device.

Note this is an IBM Thinkpad R31 standard, no modifications.

Same thing occurs with 20070225 on an IBM NetVista with a different USB drive. uname, dmesg, lspci -vvnn, and syslog are attached in one file. Search for ".log" to see the four logs.
Cheers, Jerry Amos

It really only finds one device... the size, etc., are output twice because the disk is "revalidated" by the block layer to make sure it was correct after it was brought up. It's annoying but harmless. As to why there are two icons... Can you check your /etc/fstab and see if there are two /dev/sda entries?

I'm testing as an "ordinary desktop computer user" as mentioned in the Official Ubuntu Book, so what I'm running is CD Live "out of the box" for the Feisty Alpha, 20070301. Here's /etc/fstab as in the iso on the Ubuntu daily-live site:

unionfs / unionfs rw 0 0
tmpfs /tmp tmpfs nosuid,nodev 0 0

So far I haven't seen the "duplicate" icons in Edgy or Dapper or PCLinuxOS or Knoppix or Simply Mepis or ... on the same hardware.

My particular interest in the USB icon is "casper-rw" for persistent mode which broke on Feisty after 20070207 (there's a launchpad bug on that) because I'd like to test Feisty on the five different PC's on our lan. I'm not about to install Feisty "Alpha" on five computers especially after Herd 2 trashed my partition table. I have seen "duplicate icons" on two different sets of hardware.

Cheers, Jerry

same here for my ipod. appearing twice on desktop. i customized the icon once, now i have on customized icon (having added the star-symbol) and an uncustomized "standard"-icon.

uname -a:

Linux dirk-deb 2.6.20-15-generic #2 SMP Sun Apr 15 07:36:31 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux

note: i'm not on live-cd, but a fully installed feisty from herd4 updated regularly.

note²: one icon remains after device removal, pointing to the non-existent ipod.

I have the exact same problem, but in this case its the DVD Drive.

There is only one fstab entry, but it shows up as a mounted removable drive even when the DVD tray is empty.

When a CD/DVD is inserted, the mounted drive icon appears on the desktop, pointing to the same location (as it normally should).

When given the eject command via context menu to either one, both get ejected; the second one disappears but the first one stays on the desktop as a folder.

uname -a:
Linux ubuntu 2.6.20-16-generic #2 SMP Thu Jun 7 20:19:32 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux

Attached: result of 'dmesg > dmesg.log'

Oh wait, that doesn't look good?! Looks like dmesg output is a log of my tcp connections...

Can someone please delete the attachment as well as this comment? Thanks in advance.

uname -a:
Linux ubuntu 2.6.20-16-generic #2 SMP Thu Jun 7 20:19:32 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux

I have a very similar problem, except with a DVD rather than a USB drive -- two icons for one DVD.

Linux lc2000 2.6.20-15-386 #2 Sun Apr 15 07:34:00 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux

I've exactly the same problem with my USB drive and it happens only when I reboot or when computer being switched off and then switch on again with the USB drive plugged in then two icons appear. IF I just plug in my USB drive in already booted environment then there is only one icon appears as expected.

#uname -a
Linux sm-desktop 2.6.22-14-generic #1 SMP Sun Oct 14 21:45:15 GMT 2007 x86_64 GNU/Linux

I have this problem too with these devices:

iPod Nano
Wester Digital 500gb MyBook USB Hard Drive

Here is the output from the commands requested earlier, but specific to my case:

mike@bistromath:~$ uname -a
Linux bistromath 2.6.22-14-generic #1 SMP Sun Oct 14 21:45:15 GMT 2007 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Attached is dmesg.log, lspci-vvnn.log will follow.

lspci-vvnn.log

Same problem for me, with DVD drive.

uname -a
Linux mowgli 2.6.22-14-generic #1 SMP Sun Oct 14 21:45:15 GMT 2007 x86_64 GNU/Linux

lspci -vvnn attached.

dmesg

Basically, 2 icons are there from startup when there's a disk in the drive. If you eject either one, the same one remains, still pointing to /media/cdrom0. You cannot eject it, because it is not mounted - which is a tad annoying.

By the way, I'm running the latest Feisty build (not bleeding edge), not off a live cd. Also, I'm not so sure this isn't a nautilus bug, but I'm no expert.

Hello

I am having the same problem as sergem. I am running the Gutsy Gibbon:
Linux qwerzila 2.6.22-14-generic #1 SMP Sun Oct 14 23:05:12 GMT 2007 i686 GNU/Linux

If I have my harddrive mounted while turning off the computer it shows up twice when I start it again, the harddrive would need to be turned on as I boot up. The behavior when trying to unmount is the same as described in the other comments here. I can unmount one of the icons, the other stays. When I plug it in again the second icon shows up again.

It does not have any records in fstab.
Unlike some of the other reports I can only register showing up one time in dmesg. The USB device is /dev/sdc, it shows up again on the bottom, but note that i unmounted, unplugged, plugged and mounted again one time after the reboot.

lsusb -v follows

Is the title for this bug correct? For me it seems that this problem could just as well be in HAL or gnome?

If I go to my Computer in Nautilus the device only shows up once.

- gaute

I mean of course the package.

- gaute

Adding syslog as well, is full of NetworkManager debug messages, but they are mostly about HAL anyway.

- gaute

I also have this problem on Ubuntu Gutsy, with 2 DVD drives shown on my desktop, but it happened after I tried the method to solve "computer frozen" case with <CTRL>+<ALT>+F1, and I tried to use Slackware way to go back to the desktop "startx", but I forgot I was on Gnome lol. Then after I used <Ctrl>+<Alt>+<Delete> to reboot the laptop, this bug started to annoy me.

Now the another weird thing happened, after installing some new plugins for Compiz Fusion, the bug problem is just gone.

Beginning with the Hardy Heron 8.04 development cycle, all open Ubuntu kernel bugs need to be reported against the "linux" kernel package. We are automatically migrating this bug to the new "linux" package. However, development has already began for the upcoming Intrepid Ibex 8.10 release. It would be helpful if you could test the upcoming release and verify if this is still an issue - http://www.ubuntu.com/testing . If the issue still exists, please update this report by changing the Status of the "linux" task from "Incomplete" to "New". We appreciate your patience and understanding as we make this transition. Thanks!

Intrepid Ibex Alpha 3 does not have the duplicated desktop icons on this pc. uname -a:

Linux linux 2.6.26-5-generic #1 SMP Sun Aug 10 20:30:28 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux

It's a 1.2 gHz Celeron. See attachment for lspci.

A couple weeks ago it did have the duplicate icons w/intrepid ibex, but does not now.

Thanks, Jerry

The Ubuntu Kernel Team is planning to move to the 2.6.27 kernel for the upcoming Intrepid Ibex 8.10 release. As a result, the kernel team would appreciate it if you could please test this newer 2.6.27 Ubuntu kernel. There are one of two ways you should be able to test:

1) If you are comfortable installing packages on your own, the linux-image-2.6.27-* package is currently available for you to install and test.

--or--

2) The upcoming Alpha5 for Intrepid Ibex 8.10 will contain this newer 2.6.27 Ubuntu kernel. Alpha5 is set to be released Thursday Sept 4. Please watch http://www.ubuntu.com/testing for Alpha5 to be announced. You should then be able to test via a LiveCD.

Please let us know immediately if this newer 2.6.27 kernel resolves the bug reported here or if the issue remains. More importantly, please open a new bug report for each new bug/regression introduced by the 2.6.27 kernel and tag the bug report with 'linux-2.6.27'. Also, please specifically note if the issue does or does not appear in the 2.6.26 kernel. Thanks again, we really appreicate your help and feedback.

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!