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    Konqueror / Dolphin: They show my USB drive on screen but cannot mount it

    Well, ever since I mounted a second NTFS partition on a third hard disk I've been having troubles with auto-mounting of USB drives in Kubuntu. I removed the third hard disk some time ago and for some reason I didn't use any flash drive for a while. Now that I want to use it to store any new data, both Konqueror and Dolphin cannot auto-mount it as expected. What can I do now guys?

    The error message I get is...

    without typing kdesudo dolphin on konsole:

    An error occurred while accessing '[flash drive]', the system responded: only root can mount /dev/sdc1 on /media/Name_of_partition.

    after typing kdesudo dolphin on konsole:

    An error occurred while accessing '[flash drive]', the system responded: NTFS signature is missing.
    Failed to mount '/dev/sdc1': invalid argument
    The device '/dev/sdc1' doesn't have a valid NTFS.
    Maybe you selected the wrong device? Or a whole disk instead of a
    partition (e.g. /dev/hda, not /dev/hda1)? Or the other way around?

    Edit:

    And device notifier doesn't even show anything... But Dolphin does...
    Multibooting: Kubuntu Noble 24.04
    Before: Jammy 22.04, Focal 20.04, Precise 12.04 Xenial 16.04 and Bionic 18.04
    Win XP, 7 & 10 sadly
    Using Linux since June, 2008
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    Re: Konqueror / Dolphin: They show my USB drive on screen but cannot mount it

    Well, thanks, I tried it but to no avail. Later I entered...

    Code:
    kdesudo kwrite fstab
    ...and deleted the line were the third hard disk was mentioned. I also mounted the USB drive manually...

    Code:
    sudo mount /dev/sdc1
    Now I can take a look at my flash drive right on Dolphin but now there's another problem... I can't unmount it or safely remove it, it shows an error message, I have to unplug so I can see how it disappears on Dolphin's Places...

    I must also admit that even if I can check my flash drive contents, now I do see hidden files that an average user like me shouldn't ever see because they're part of the USB drive system...

    What can I do now?
    Multibooting: Kubuntu Noble 24.04
    Before: Jammy 22.04, Focal 20.04, Precise 12.04 Xenial 16.04 and Bionic 18.04
    Win XP, 7 & 10 sadly
    Using Linux since June, 2008
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      Re: Konqueror / Dolphin: They show my USB drive on screen but cannot mount it

      I wasn't able to see stuff like that ever before... A screenshot might explain it better than words...



      I shouldn't be able to find those files / folders there but now I can see that recycler folder and several files like 2fiy.bat, autorun.inf and cv22.cmd...
      Multibooting: Kubuntu Noble 24.04
      Before: Jammy 22.04, Focal 20.04, Precise 12.04 Xenial 16.04 and Bionic 18.04
      Win XP, 7 & 10 sadly
      Using Linux since June, 2008
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        Re: Konqueror / Dolphin: They show my USB drive on screen but cannot mount it

        Well, this is the error message it shows now that I can't unmount it...

        org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Volume.Busy: umount /media/my_USB: devices is busy.

        I'll try to scan it for viruses, too...
        Multibooting: Kubuntu Noble 24.04
        Before: Jammy 22.04, Focal 20.04, Precise 12.04 Xenial 16.04 and Bionic 18.04
        Win XP, 7 & 10 sadly
        Using Linux since June, 2008
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          Re: Konqueror / Dolphin: They show my USB drive on screen but cannot mount it

          I checked that as suggested but I was already included in plugdev group. (I just forgot to include the other users on my machine he he he.) So that wasn't the problem here. What should I do next?

          Btw, I noticed that the USB drive icon changes while being mounted, when Dolphin finds it, it shows a normal flash drive icon, but later it'll show some gauge or progress bar beneath while mounted. I think that's weird, it never happened before I had this problem with auto-mounting removable media...
          Multibooting: Kubuntu Noble 24.04
          Before: Jammy 22.04, Focal 20.04, Precise 12.04 Xenial 16.04 and Bionic 18.04
          Win XP, 7 & 10 sadly
          Using Linux since June, 2008
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            Re: Konqueror / Dolphin: They show my USB drive on screen but cannot mount it

            Originally posted by kyonides
            Well, this is the error message it shows now that I can't unmount it...

            org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Volume.Busy: umount /media/my_USB: devices is busy.

            I'll try to scan it for viruses, too...
            This means that you have the drive open. It might be open in a File Browser or you may have cded to that directory. Close anything that has it open and try again.
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