[SOLVED] Hardy doesn't see memory stick/USB drives

[Reurbo]

ok, i've been searching the forums for an answer. any time i plug in any one of my three memory sticks (flash drives, thumb drives, etc..) nothing happens.
since i know the first few questions anyone who can help will be to run several commands in Konsole then list them, here are the commands i've come across i believe you'll ask:


sudo fdisk -lu

reurbo@NavitasElite:~$ sudo fdisk -lu
[sudo] password for reurbo:

Disk /dev/sda: 750.1 GB, 750156374016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 91201 cylinders, total 1465149168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x1a7355a7

  Device Boot   Start     End   Blocks  Id System
/dev/sda1  *     63 1446958484  723479211  83 Linux
/dev/sda2   1446958485 1465144064   9092790  5 Extended
/dev/sda5   1446958548 1465144064   9092758+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris

Disk /dev/sdb: 300.0 GB, 300069052416 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 36481 cylinders, total 586072368 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x04f2ff96

  Device Boot   Start     End   Blocks  Id System
/dev/sdb1       63  586067264  293033601  7 HPFS/NTFS

Disk /dev/sdc: 1500.3 GB, 1500301910016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 182401 cylinders, total 2930277168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x366e82be

  Device Boot   Start     End   Blocks  Id System
/dev/sdc1       63 2930272064 1465136001  7 HPFS/NTFS

Disk /dev/sdd: 160.0 GB, 160000000000 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19452 cylinders, total 312500000 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x9dc96e9e

  Device Boot   Start     End   Blocks  Id System
/dev/sdd1       63    80324    40131  de Dell Utility
/dev/sdd2  *    80325  312496379  156208027+  7 HPFS/NTFS

lsusb

reurbo@NavitasElite:~$ lsusb
Bus 005 Device 005: ID 0bb4:0c02 High Tech Computer Corp.
Bus 005 Device 002: ID 05e3:0606 Genesys Logic, Inc. D-Link DUB-H4 USB 2.0 Hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 004 Device 003: ID 062a:6301 Creative Labs
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 06a3:0728 Saitek PLC
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000

adjust the /boot/grub/menu.lst to include the argument 'noapic' (not only did it not work but it made my audio skip until i logged out or did a reboot)

$ sudo cp /boot/grub/menu.lst /boot/grub/menu.lst.bk
$ sudo kate /boot/grub/menu.lst

In Kate, scroll to the bottom of the file, you're going to change the generic boot option to include the 'noapic' argument. In my case the generic boot option became:
## ## ##

title Ubuntu 8.04.3 LTS, kernel 2.6.24-23-generic
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-23-generic root=UUID=c7576aeb-d6a9-4f25-8688-2d5b6cd2375c ro quiet noapic splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-23-generic
quiet

####################
####################

edit:

(SOLUTION)
i just randomly came across the solution to my problem just after I finished posting this, but thought i should still leave the topic up since it wasn't found here.

open Synaptic Package Manager and install 'usbmount' plus the 2 dependent packages ('liblockfile1' and 'lockfile-progs') which will automatically be suggested to you.

[FabreFactionWeb]

Re: [SOLVED] Hardy doesn't see memory stick/USB drives

Thanks so much for this.
I have a HTC Touch Diamond and now I can copy files to it without any problems.
All my devices that mounted as a VFAT volume now work perfectly.
Much appreciated.

P.S. Before I installed usbmount, my VFAT devices would be detected (eventually) but would dispaly sporadic availability, so I was not able to copy anything to or from them.