USB devices not mounting correctly after first eject. PCBSD64bit. LXDE. RC3

[seniorninja]

Hello,

Problem

When I plug in my kindle, external HD, etc, via USB it works the first time. After I eject the device and plug it back again it doesn't show the contents of the mounted drive.

The following makes me think that is not that it doesn't mount at all, but rather that it partially mounts, or somehow a variable is not reset and perhaps the contents of the drive are locked or otherwise inaccessible.

$ /usr/local/etc/amount/amount da0s1 msdosfs/Kindle

da0s1 msdosfs Kindle
cdev=da0s1 dev=da0s1
umounting da0s1 msdosfs/Kindle... p1
success


Temporary: (somewhat annoying) solution

Log off my desktop use and log back in.


Thank you for your help. Please let me know if I can help by providing more details.

My system is

$ uname -a
FreeBSD mebo 9.0-RC3 FreeBSD 9.0-RC3 #2: Mon Dec 5 15:02:57 PST 2011 root@build9x64.pcbsd.org:/usr/obj/builds/amd64/pcbsd-build90/fbsd-source/9.0/sys/GENERIC amd64

I'm running LXDE.


EDIT: I'm running zfs (in case that is a file system type of error)

[fluca1978]

When you try to mount it back are you using the command line? Is there any particular error message that can help understanding the problem? Does dmesg show the re-attached USB device?

[seniorninja]

fluca1978: I am not using the command line. It automounts when I plug it in.

Ok, so i figured something else out. If i don't hit the eject button and simply unplug it i get this error:

DBus error org.gtk.Private.RemoteVolumeMonitor.Failed: An operation is already pending.

[fluca1978]

I had problems with the automount of msdos usb sticks, maybe this can help you.

[drulavigne]

9.1 provides a new Mount Tray which should fix these issues. If you get a chance to try the latest snapshot or upcoming beta1, let us know if you still have errors.

[pcbsd64]

9.1 provides a new Mount Tray which should fix these issues. If you get a chance to try the latest snapshot or upcoming beta1, let us know if you still have errors.

Is Mount Tray a script and is there a way I can get it without trying the latest snapshot?
The last time I updated to 9-STABLE 20120622 it broke my Xorg.

[drulavigne]

Yup, follow the instructions in http://blog.pcbsd.org/2012/07/new-fe...the-impatient/. If you only want mounttray instead of the whole control panel, change the cd after the first make install to:

cd ../pc-mounttray

[pcbsd64]

I was able to install Mount Tray only and it works quite well.
Nice job!

EDIT


Actually there is one problem when inserting my Sansa E140 I get

-Program now ready for use 
New device detected: "" "/dev/da1" "" 
 - Ignoring device (Unknown filesystem) 
New device detected: "USB-Device-0" "/dev/da0s1" "USB:::FAT" 
New device detected: "" "/dev/da0" "" 
 - Ignoring device (Unknown filesystem)

after adding

%wheel ALL = NOPASSWD: /sbin/mount_msdosfs

to sudoers and doing

chmod 0660 media

as root then running

pc-mounttray

instead of

sudo pc-mounttray

makes it mount FAT USB filesystems with user access.

I feel there must be a better way. I'm either missing something or doing it wrong, but this seems to be a pretty drastic "fix" to me.