Ubuntu 14.04 - can't find usb flash stick
Your stick does not even show up in the output of lsusb
, which is quite worrisome. Normally, components for which a suitable driver does not exist may not work, but at least they are correctly identified and reported by lsusb
. Also, if you google around, you will see that it is a well-known and widely available stick, even under Linux.
So the problem may reside in your USB plug. Some questions and suggestions:
Are you sure your USB port works? Could you test it with hardware other than the OCZ ATV?
Try plugging your stick into a different USB port, especially a non-USB-3.0 port (the blue ones). In the past, there was a bug that prevented USB-2.0 appliances from working when plugged into a USB-3.0 port.
Do the following experiment: unplug your stick, then issue the command:
tail -f /var/log/{messages,kernel,dmesg,syslog}
Now plug the stick in its port and monitor the output of the command. It should contain error messages, if any output is produced.
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Pete
Updated on September 18, 2022Comments
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Pete over 1 year
I have an Ubuntu 14.04 with gnome shell (I think this information may be useful) and laptop mode tools installed. I can't mount just one usb stick (OCZ ATV 8GB)
"lsusb" command:
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 5986:0295 Acer, Inc Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 001 Device 003: ID 105b:e065 Bus 001 Device 004: ID 09da:8090 A4 Tech Co., Ltd X-718BK Oscar Optical Gaming Mouse Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
"fdisk -l command"
/dev/sda1 * 2048 2050047 1024000 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT /dev/sda2 2050048 148850687 73400320 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT /dev/sda3 148850688 987711487 419430400 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT /dev/sda4 987713534 1595121663 303704065 f W95 Rozsz. (LBA) Partycja 4 nie zaczyna się na granicy bloku fizycznego. /dev/sda5 987713536 1339121663 175704064 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT /dev/sda6 1339123712 1379121151 19998720 83 Linux /dev/sda7 1379123200 1579120639 99998720 83 Linux /dev/sda8 1579122688 1595121663 7999488 82 Linux swap / Solaris
"Partycja 4 nie zaczyna się na granicy bloku fizycznego." means "Partition 4 does not start on physical sector boundary" but I don't think it's neccessary in my problem. I've tried "sudo mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sdb1 /media/external" with result
ntfs-3g: Failed to access volume '/dev/sdb1': Nie ma takiego pliku ani katalogu ntfs-3g 2013.1.13AR.1 external FUSE 29 - Third Generation NTFS Driver Configuration type 7, XATTRS are on, POSIX ACLS are on Copyright (C) 2005-2007 Yura Pakhuchiy Copyright (C) 2006-2009 Szabolcs Szakacsits Copyright (C) 2007-2012 Jean-Pierre Andre Copyright (C) 2009 Erik Larsson Usage: ntfs-3g [-o option[,...]] <device|image_file> <mount_point> Options: ro (read-only mount), windows_names, uid=, gid=, umask=, fmask=, dmask=, streams_interface=. Please see the details in the manual (type: man ntfs-3g). Example: ntfs-3g /dev/sda1 /mnt/windows News, support and information: http://tuxera.com
Nie ma takiego pliku ani katalogu means no such file or directory Funny thing is that this stick works on my dad's PC with ubuntu 12.06 LTS Is there any solution?
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Hannu over 9 yearsAnything related in
$ dmesg | less -j -1 +?usb
? (pressn
repeatedly to move to older entries of 'usb')
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Pete over 9 yearsI did all you asked and even tried to tail files you asked but as I see there is no response. Looks like stick is toasted because LED blinks for split second and then there is no response at all. Now it doesn't work even or PC. I will mark your answer as correct because my problem is solved.