[xubuntu-users] HOW TO MOUNT USB DEVICE

[mischa falkenburg]

Vincent wrote:
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 1:44 AM, mischa falkenburg 
> <because_productions at myfairpoint.net 
> <mailto:because_productions at myfairpoint.net>> wrote:
>
>     Hello All,
>
>     Today's dilemma is  WHY doesn't a COBY MPC854  show up either on the
>     Desktop or on the Places list?
>     I have a Creative MuVo that shows every time I plug it into the cable.
>     I'm running 9.04, any ideas?
>     Thanks, Mischa
>
>
>
> You Caps Lock is on ;-)
>
> Anyway, could it be that the MP3-player has multiple modes? I'm not 
> sure how to describe it but my sister's MP3-player (a Sansa e200 IIRC) 
> has both a USB mode and some weird music mode or something that did 
> just about the same as USB but only displayed the music when you 
> connected it to a Windows computer. On Ubuntu, however, it didn't 
> work, so you might want to check if it's using USB mode.
>
> Also, could you open Applications->Accessories->Terminal, type 
> "lsusb", press Enter and send the output?
>
> Regards,
> -- 
> Vincent
Aww, cummon Vincent...caps lock was only "sorta" ON.
Here's the output from lsusb:

> Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0451:2046 Texas Instruments, Inc. TUSB2046 Hub
> Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
On the device itself, under USB Mode. there are 2 choices:mtp or msc.

Does that help at all?

Mischa