Comment 31 for bug 67307

That's not really directed at you.. I'm just pissed that they haven't
fixed this (or even commented).

"This" is specifically about LDAP users not being able to mount USB
devices. I'd guess your issue is a new bug, if it's reproducible with a
fresh install.

 -Charlie

On 10/9/07 10:35 AM, DavidMandala wrote:
> I sorry Charlie, where should I have logged this? I'm new onboard and
> if I've done something incorrect or stupid, I'll be happy to correct it.
>
> Thanks,
>
> David
>
> Charlie Schluting wrote:
>> If people keep replying with unrelated issues, the devs will ignore this
>> even longer. At least, it'll make it harder to see at a glance what the
>> real issue is. Perhaps there's multiple issues in this bug, but _I
>> believe_ it the majority of the focus is on people who have LDAP users.
>>
>> It has been over a year.. it's unfortunate that this problem isn't
>> impacting the single-user experience.
>>
>> :(
>>
>> On 10/9/07 9:59 AM, DavidMandala wrote:
>>> When I plugged in my USB storage device it was recognized as a USB
>>> device but not recognized as a storage device, it was never assigned a
>>> device.
>>>
>>> I saw messages like:
>>>
>>> [ 154.708000] usb 5-3: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 4
>>> [ 154.852000] usb 5-3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
>>>
>>> But it was never assigned a device.
>>>
>>> I rebooted the machine and it now was recognized as a storage device,
>>> but not mounted, when attempting to mount it manually I did:
>>>
>>> sudo mkdir /media/sdb1
>>> sudo mount -t auto /dev/sdb1 /media/sdb1
>>> mount: you must specify the filesystem type
>>> Then I did
>>> sudo mount -t vfat /dev/sdb1 /media/sdb1
>>> and it mounted normally.
>>>
>>> I am a local user on my laptop, it's an IBM T43
>>>
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