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On 23/08/13 18:10, bad apple wrote:
I have tested this. With one of the sticks that works I do indeed get /dev/sdb1. With the problem stick I get nothing. This is on the laptop. However on the desktop I get /dev/sdb1 for all the sticks.On 23/08/13 17:35, Neil wrote:Thanks, here is what I think are the relevant lines. NeilWell, it seems to be recognising an 8Gb Kingston drive being initialized at /dev/sdb, and there aren't any error messages - it's not obvious why your laptop isn't automatically mounting it though, especially as your other two sticks show up fine. Let's see if you can mount it manually, just to check if everything is ok. With the stick inserted, run: sudo fdisk -l /dev/sdb | tail -n2 And see what comes back. For me, with a similar USB drive plugged at /dev/sde in I get: ghost@failbot:~$ sudo fdisk -l /dev/sde | tail -n2 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sde1 63 31117904 15558921 83 Linux You'll probably see something very similar, although your details will be different. The bit you're interested in is the first bit on the bottom line, which tells you your full device path - for you it will probably be /dev/sdb1. If your results are substantially different, just post them here again.
I also have an external hard drive. On the desktop it is mounted automatically and then Thunar is opened at the relevant page.
On the laptop the HD is mounted but Thunar is not opened. If I start up Thunar myself then it goes to the relevant page.
The only difference I can think of is that on the desktop I am running Xubuntu 12.04 whereas on the laptop it is version 13.04.
However it is not really important I suppose. I must just remember that the Kingston stick does not work on the laptop. No great deal.
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