On Sunday 13 August 2017 08:09:44 Gerhard Zintel wrote: > Hi list, > > I'm on TDE R14.0.4, Mint 18 installation. If I insert any USB memory > stick I get two icons on the desktop and two pop-up windows notifying > me "a new medium has been detected". E.g. one icon gives hint > "/dev/sdd", the other one "/dev/sdd1". One of both mounts device, the > other one states "unable to open device" even if I press it first. The > correct message is: > > ========= snip =============== > Unable to mount this device. > Potential reasons include: > Improper device and/or user privilege level > Corrupt data on storage device > Technical details: > org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.UnknownMethod: > No such interface 'org.freedesktop.UDisks2.Filesystem' on > object at path /org/freedesktop/UDisks2/block_devices/sdd > ========= snip =============== > > Anyone any idea where to look for this problem? Even an USB printer > opens a notifier window asking what to do with the removable device. > > I already moved away the .trinity folder and logged in again without > success. > > Any help is appreciated > Gerhard > > PS: I could try to chose 'do nothing' and check the 'always do this > for this type of media' checkbox for the non working device but I > fear, that afterwards even the correct working notification will not > display any longer. > Thats to be expected. /dev/sdd is not normally a mountable partition, but it does contain the partitioning data even if its only one partition encompassing the whole device. So you can "mount" /dev/sdd1 if the partition table data is in a format known to mount. Obviously you can't mount a reiserfs partition by telling mount "-t ext4". Man mount s/b your friend. > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > trinity-users-unsubscribe@... For additional > commands, e-mail: trinity-users-help@... Read > list messages on the web archive: > http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/ Please remember not to > top-post: > http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>