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Flash-based Devices Not Mounted Under Buster

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Flash-based Devices Not Mounted Under Buster

#1 Post by KitchM »

I have Buster with Xfce, but I do not see my USB stick (which I installed from) or my camera whenever they are plugged in. Interestingly enough, I selected to auto-mount everything I could, but they just don't appear on the desktop.

I went into Settings>Removable Drives and Media>Camera and checked the box for "Import digital photographs when connected" and then defined it to open Shotwell. That works, but still nothing shows up on the desktop, mounted or unmounted. That's never happened to me before.

I am wondering if it is something to do with Buster.

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Re: Flash-based Devices Not Mounted Under Buster

#2 Post by GarryRicketson »

I don't think anything should be showing on the Desktop, but am not sure I understand correctly, if you meant the Desktop directory, or what you mean there ?
On mine, all mounted devices show in the file manager, as explained here:
https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/thunar/using-removable-media

If you want the devices to be mounted to your Desktop directory, and have them show there, I don't know for sure, but maybe something like:

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$ cd Desktop
$ mkdir usb
$ su -
# password:
# mount /mount /dev/sdc1  /home/yourusername/Desktop/usb/ 
# exit
$ 
You can check , by running:

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# # mount | grep sdc1 
Note:, "sdc1" is just a example, yours may be something different.
you can check using:

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$ lsblk 
==== Also, if XFCE is autmounting the devices somewhere else, and the device or devices are all ready mounted, you will not be able to manually mount them to your Desktop, you would need to "umount" them first. (Unmount, or eject )

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Re: Flash-based Devices Not Mounted Under Buster

#3 Post by CwF »

Applications>Settings>Desktop, Icon tab, bottom choice 'Default Icons' check box 'Removable Devices"

Then they will show on the desktop.

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Re: Flash-based Devices Not Mounted Under Buster

#4 Post by GarryRicketson »

On mine, I have that checked, but nothing shows on the Desktop. That was on VM Debian Buster with XFCE, also looking at it now, but XFCE4 on OpenBSD, and even though it is "ticked", nothing on the Desktop, so I do not think it is just Debian Buster,.... NO files or folders show, on either one, this does seem new behaviour to me, because I never liked having folders,files,etc showing on my Desktop, and I all ways had to use the settings menu to change that, but on BOTH of these recent installations, I never did need to do that,... hoping that makes sense.
Thanks though, you are right, what you say should make them show, but it doesn't.
===== edited ===
I did get it where folders and files show, but still nothing on mounted devices,
I don't usually use the XFCE, so don't really know , but it does seem to be the same on either OS, not just Buster.

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#5 Post by cds60601 »

IIRC, when I used to use Gnome and Gnome-disks, I would set it to auto mount and I seem to recall it mounting either under /media/$user/something or /mnt/$user/something

Have a look there when you pop in the media.
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Re: Flash-based Devices Not Mounted Under Buster

#6 Post by KitchM »

Thank you, Everyone.

The icon setting were already checked for everything. Normally, Xfce does put an icon on the desktop for every drive, whether mounted or not. In all past uses of Xfce, the icons for removable drives and devices (all seen as drives if they are flash-based) always shows up whenever plugged in. I remember no time when they did not.

No problems on Debian 9 (Stretch) or Xubuntu's last four versions. Now only on Buster. Something changed from 9 to 10.

I looked under /media and /mnt, but the camera's storage does not appear. And I cannot see it mounted anywhere else, mainly because I don't have any idea where else to look.

I think we have here an incompatibility with Buster that needs addressing while in testing.

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Re: Flash-based Devices Not Mounted Under Buster

#7 Post by CwF »

Double check the idea with a usb thumb or something else, maybe it is only the camera and not all devices. Make sure the camera doesn't have different modes, mine do. Otherwise, my 2 buster examples are working fine, any storage device shows up on the desktop.

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Re: Flash-based Devices Not Mounted Under Buster

#8 Post by KitchM »

I know of no camera settings that would make a difference, nor have I ever changed any. I didn't see any mode setting in the camera menu.

What is a little surprising is that plugging it in and turning it on will bring up Shotwell as I've set it to do. That is always preceded by two pop-ups which announce "Camera Detected". So if the environment detects the camera, how is it accessible if not mounted? That question has got me bluffed for sure.

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#9 Post by GarryRicketson »

I did not know what "Shotwell" is, so I looked via a search,..
So if the environment detects the camera, how is it accessible if not mounted?
It is getting mounted, but not where you expect, some where within this "Shotwell" program, it is mounted, so my question :
turning it on will bring up Shotwell
Does Shotwell show on your Desktop ?
And I cannot see it mounted anywhere else, mainly because I don't have any idea where else to look.
If it is mounted within Shotwell, I don't see how it could be mounted any where else, But , on all my mounted devices, they show in Thunar, the XFCE file manager,...
I did notice in my search, Shotwell is a Gnome program, all though I suppose it could run in XFCE,...
You can check , and confirm, or see where it is actually mounted using 1 of several commands:

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# findmnt –l
Note:, only if you have util-linux   installed
$ lsblk 
$ df       
 $ mount  
There may be some additional commands , but offhand I don't know.
Please show us the out put of some of these. Thanks.

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Re: Flash-based Devices Not Mounted Under Buster

#10 Post by CwF »

If it is mounted and functional in shotwell then maybe it's mounted in /run/user/100x/something.

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Re: Flash-based Devices Not Mounted Under Buster

#11 Post by KitchM »

lsblk
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda 8:0 0 111.8G 0 disk
├─sda1 8:1 0 500M 0 part /mnt/05f6e662-3822-46b4-8e03-ef0042eae19f
├─sda2 8:2 0 4G 0 part
├─sda3 8:3 0 50G 0 part /mnt/119eb3c9-50fb-48c8-b5b4-c6bf7f8d1044
├─sda4 8:4 0 1K 0 part
└─sda5 8:5 0 57.4G 0 part /mnt/ab6a49c9-6450-4693-8f73-a10072390844
sdb 8:16 0 223.6G 0 disk
└─sdb1 8:17 0 223.6G 0 part /mnt/86c4b726-eb14-4239-8537-5fbeefb7dafc
sdc 8:32 0 37.3G 0 disk
├─sdc1 8:33 0 33.3G 0 part /mnt/5ca1525c-eaf4-4a18-bfa4-81c538074a32
├─sdc2 8:34 0 1K 0 part
└─sdc5 8:37 0 4G 0 part
sdd 8:48 1 114.6G 0 disk
├─sdd1 8:49 1 3.6G 0 part
└─sdd2 8:50 1 2.6M 0 part
nvme0n1 259:0 0 232.9G 0 disk
├─nvme0n1p1 259:1 0 512M 0 part /boot/efi
├─nvme0n1p2 259:2 0 218.5G 0 part /
└─nvme0n1p3 259:3 0 14G 0 part [SWAP]

df
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
udev 7117732 0 7117732 0% /dev
tmpfs 1435124 17736 1417388 2% /run
/dev/nvme0n1p2 224422548 8459560 204493268 4% /
tmpfs 7175620 28888 7146732 1% /dev/shm
tmpfs 5120 4 5116 1% /run/lock
tmpfs 7175620 0 7175620 0% /sys/fs/cgroup
/dev/sda3 51475068 36882912 11954332 76% /mnt/119eb3c9-50fb-48c8-b5b4-c6bf7f8d1044
/dev/sda5 59073700 53550224 2499656 96% /mnt/ab6a49c9-6450-4693-8f73-a10072390844
/dev/sda1 487652 224879 233077 50% /mnt/05f6e662-3822-46b4-8e03-ef0042eae19f
/dev/sdb1 230619284 160081080 58800348 74% /mnt/86c4b726-eb14-4239-8537-5fbeefb7dafc
/dev/nvme0n1p1 523248 5196 518052 1% /boot/efi
tmpfs 1435124 48 1435076 1% /run/user/1000
/dev/sdc1 34078388 19828448 12489124 62% /mnt/5ca1525c-eaf4-4a18-bfa4-81c538074a32

mount
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
udev on /dev type devtmpfs (rw,nosuid,relatime,size=7117732k,nr_inodes=1779433,mode=755)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,nosuid,noexec,relatime,gid=5,mode=620,ptmxmode=000)
tmpfs on /run type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,noexec,relatime,size=1435124k,mode=755)
/dev/nvme0n1p2 on / type ext4 (rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro)
securityfs on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev)
tmpfs on /run/lock type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,size=5120k)
tmpfs on /sys/fs/cgroup type tmpfs (ro,nosuid,nodev,noexec,mode=755)
cgroup2 on /sys/fs/cgroup/unified type cgroup2 (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,nsdelegate)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/systemd type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,xattr,name=systemd)
pstore on /sys/fs/pstore type pstore (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
efivarfs on /sys/firmware/efi/efivars type efivarfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
bpf on /sys/fs/bpf type bpf (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,mode=700)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/freezer type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,freezer)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/cpu,cpuacct type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,cpu,cpuacct)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/pids type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,pids)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/perf_event type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,perf_event)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/devices type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,devices)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/memory type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,memory)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/net_cls,net_prio type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,net_cls,net_prio)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/blkio type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,blkio)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/cpuset type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,cpuset)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/rdma type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,rdma)
systemd-1 on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type autofs (rw,relatime,fd=29,pgrp=1,timeout=0,minproto=5,maxproto=5,direct,pipe_ino=12224)
debugfs on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw,relatime)
mqueue on /dev/mqueue type mqueue (rw,relatime)
hugetlbfs on /dev/hugepages type hugetlbfs (rw,relatime,pagesize=2M)
/dev/sda3 on /mnt/119eb3c9-50fb-48c8-b5b4-c6bf7f8d1044 type ext4 (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,x-gvfs-show)
/dev/sda5 on /mnt/ab6a49c9-6450-4693-8f73-a10072390844 type ext4 (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,x-gvfs-show)
/dev/sda1 on /mnt/05f6e662-3822-46b4-8e03-ef0042eae19f type ext4 (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,x-gvfs-show)
/dev/sdb1 on /mnt/86c4b726-eb14-4239-8537-5fbeefb7dafc type ext4 (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,x-gvfs-show)
/dev/nvme0n1p1 on /boot/efi type vfat (rw,relatime,fmask=0077,dmask=0077,codepage=437,iocharset=ascii,shortname=mixed,utf8,errors=remount-ro)
tmpfs on /run/user/1000 type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,size=1435124k,mode=700,uid=1000,gid=1000)
/dev/sdc1 on /mnt/5ca1525c-eaf4-4a18-bfa4-81c538074a32 type ext4 (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,x-gvfs-show)

findmnt -l returned nothing.

I saw nothing under /run/user, but it looks like there is something listed as tmpfs. By the way, I ran these commands while the camera was plugged in and Shotwell was running.

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Re: Flash-based Devices Not Mounted Under Buster

#12 Post by KitchM »

I got this reply https://forum.xfce.org/viewtopic.php?pid=53245#p53245 at the Xfce forum, but cannot tell if it applies or not. Do you think this is an underlying OS bug?

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#13 Post by GarryRicketson »

I don't think it is, but to be honest, I do not have the means to test this accurately, IE: Debian Buster, with XFCE4, on a bare metal machine,
CwF wrote:Double check the idea with a usb thumb or something else, maybe it is only the camera and not all devices. Make sure the camera doesn't have different modes, mine do. Otherwise, my 2 buster examples are working fine, any storage device shows up on the desktop.
Seems like if it was a OS thing, CWF would be experiencing the same, or similar,
On my XFCE4, but on OpenBsd, all the mounted usb devices do show, on the Desktop, but the Debian Buster, with XFCE4, is on a VM (Qemu), and I don't know how to create virtual usb devices, so that I can test it,....How ever there are several other issues I am running into with XFCE on both, the VM (Buster) and on OpenBsd, .....Really, we need more input from others also using XFCE4 on Debian Buster,...sorry I can't really add anything more use full, at this time,...maybe later in the week, I am waiting on a new PC, one with 2 HD's, so I can put Debian on 1 of the drives, I do not want a 'dual' boot, setup, but will be able to have Debian on a entirely different drive, if things go wrong, it will not affect the other drive, but any way that is another topic.

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#14 Post by KitchM »

I like your thinking about the new system. That would be the perfect test bed. I have multiple drives and I let the UEFI boot give me which one to boot into. It works great. Sadly, I don't have my Debian 9 drive recognized right now. Getting new board today, and maybe it will boot. If it does, I will immediately know if the issue is OS-related.

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#15 Post by CwF »

KitchM clarify for me. generic storage USB and the like DO show up or not? Camera is a different point.

Camera is what camera exactly? Camera usb is like phones and mp3 players and whatever which may not be a storage device, setiings are on the device, not the debian machine. Don't remember the mode names, but it's as storage, as camera (control the camera over usb) and some video over usb.
GarryRicketson wrote:VM (Qemu), and I don't know how to create virtual usb devices, so that I can test it,....
something like:

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virsh -c qemu:///system attach-disk domain_name /path/virt_usb_disk.qcow2 sdx --targetbus usb --subdriver qcow2
Note, passing the camera would be the test. Mounting the virtual usb will test the desktop icon feature only.

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#16 Post by KitchM »

"Camera detected. A photo camera was detected."
This is the only message that pops up temporarily on the desktop for the camera when plugged into a USB port and turned on in download mode.

It is a Canon PowerShot SD1000. Other than flash or not, macro or normal, auto or not, I have not had to change anything on it. The only "mode" switch I know of is the slide switch to switch between still photos, movies or download.

Just to reiterate a final time, the camera has always been seen as a storage device on every OS including Debian 9 Stretch. The program I use is Shotwell and it has always downloaded all images or videos with ease. Further, the camera as storage device has always been accessible in any file manager at any time, only requiring mounting to see contents. I do not know how to explain it further.

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#17 Post by CwF »

Yes, the question keeps getting flipped. The question is the action of the xfce desktop with a usb device that is NOT your camera..?!
If this other test device works, and your camera does not, it's likely not an xfce issue. If the other test device does not pop up a mountable icon, on your desktop, then it IS xfce settings.

ALL usb storage gadgets, as in your title, or just your camera???

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#18 Post by KitchM »

Okay, I think I see to what you're referring. My Sandisk flash drive stick is noticed, with icon placed on desktop, but it is not mounted (as other SATA drives), even when settings are checked to do so.

I will assume that the USB mouse and keyboard are no problem and do not apply to this issue.

The camera is even a worse case than the Sandisk drive because it doesn't even show up anywhere.

In all this, the title is correct.

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#19 Post by GarryRicketson »

Does the "Shotwell" Icon, or what ever show on the Desktop ? It also might be interesting to see what happens if you re-configure, so the the camera mounts on it's own, and not within Shotwell, if that is possible,

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#20 Post by KitchM »

Settings>Settings Manager>Removable Drives and Media>Cameras tab>uncheck Import digital photographs when connected.

Plug in camera and turn on.

Nothing happens; the OS does not see it.

Redo steps above without Shotwell command line; camera seen, but no icon.

It is not a Shotwell issue.

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