HAL doesn't recognize my ext. drive with 1500GB, the 500GB one works

Hi there
Some days ago I bought a 1500GB external harddrive, but after plugin it in via USB, it doesn't appear in my file manager. I tested it with thunar and pcmanfm, with both it didn't work. I don't think, that it's their fault, I think HAL doesn't like my new drive. My older one with 500GB is automounted as it should be. And I also don't think, that its a hardware issue, because in an ubuntu live-session it works with both harddrives.
This is how the two drives are partitioned
Disk /dev/sdb: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0008941c
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 1 60801 488384001 83 Linux
Disk /dev/sdc: 1500.3 GB, 1500301910016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 182401 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0004aa3c
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdc1 1 182401 1465136001 83 Linux
As you can see, no difference here. The drive with 1500GB has xfs as filesystem, the 500GB has jfs, but that isn't the reason, I tried many filesystems on the 1500GB one and it didn't work with all of them
In the AUR, there appeared a new packaged called devicekit and I thought, that this might spit out some helpful informations. I used the command "devkit -m"
1500GB:
action=add @ 10:14:29.876418
device: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb1/1-1
subsystem: usb
device file: /dev/bus/usb/001/007
symlink: /dev/char/189:6
properties:
TYPE=0/0/0
DEVNAME=/dev/bus/usb/001/007
DEVLINKS=/dev/char/189:6
BUSNUM=001
UDEV_LOG=0
MINOR=6
ACTION=add
PRODUCT=152d/2336/100
DEVPATH=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb1/1-1
DEVICE=/proc/bus/usb/001/007
MAJOR=189
SUBSYSTEM=usb
DEVTYPE=usb_device
DEVNUM=007
SEQNUM=1668
action=add @ 10:14:29.945265
device: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb1/1-1/1-1:1.0
subsystem: usb
device file: (none)
properties:
TYPE=0/0/0
INTERFACE=8/6/80
UDEV_LOG=0
ACTION=add
PRODUCT=152d/2336/100
DEVPATH=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb1/1-1/1-1:1.0
DEVICE=/proc/bus/usb/001/007
SUBSYSTEM=usb
DEVTYPE=usb_interface
MODALIAS=usb:v152Dp2336d0100dc00dsc00dp00ic08isc06ip50
SEQNUM=1669
action=add @ 10:14:29.947723
device: /sys/class/scsi_host/host4
subsystem: scsi_host
device file: (none)
properties:
UDEV_LOG=0
ACTION=add
DEVPATH=/class/scsi_host/host4
SUBSYSTEM=scsi_host
SEQNUM=1670
action=add @ 10:14:29.952727
device: /sys/class/usb_endpoint/usbdev1.7_ep81
subsystem: usb_endpoint
device file: /dev/usbdev1.7_ep81
symlink: /dev/char/251:24
properties:
DEVNAME=/dev/usbdev1.7_ep81
DEVLINKS=/dev/char/251:24
UDEV_LOG=0
MINOR=24
ACTION=add
DEVPATH=/class/usb_endpoint/usbdev1.7_ep81
MAJOR=251
SUBSYSTEM=usb_endpoint
SEQNUM=1671
action=add @ 10:14:29.978530
device: /sys/class/usb_endpoint/usbdev1.7_ep02
subsystem: usb_endpoint
device file: /dev/usbdev1.7_ep02
symlink: /dev/char/251:25
properties:
DEVNAME=/dev/usbdev1.7_ep02
DEVLINKS=/dev/char/251:25
UDEV_LOG=0
MINOR=25
ACTION=add
DEVPATH=/class/usb_endpoint/usbdev1.7_ep02
MAJOR=251
SUBSYSTEM=usb_endpoint
SEQNUM=1672
action=add @ 10:14:29.986978
device: /sys/class/usb_endpoint/usbdev1.7_ep00
subsystem: usb_endpoint
device file: /dev/usbdev1.7_ep00
symlink: /dev/char/251:26
properties:
DEVNAME=/dev/usbdev1.7_ep00
DEVLINKS=/dev/char/251:26
UDEV_LOG=0
MINOR=26
ACTION=add
DEVPATH=/class/usb_endpoint/usbdev1.7_ep00
MAJOR=251
SUBSYSTEM=usb_endpoint
SEQNUM=1674
action=add @ 10:14:29.992531
device: /sys/class/usb_device/usbdev1.7
subsystem: usb_device
device file: /dev/usbdev1.7
symlink: /dev/char/189:6
properties:
DEVNAME=/dev/usbdev1.7
DEVLINKS=/dev/char/189:6
UDEV_LOG=0
MINOR=6
ACTION=add
DEVPATH=/class/usb_device/usbdev1.7
MAJOR=189
SUBSYSTEM=usb_device
SEQNUM=1673
action=add @ 10:14:34.967982
device: /sys/class/bdi/8:32
subsystem: bdi
device file: (none)
properties:
UDEV_LOG=0
ACTION=add
DEVPATH=/class/bdi/8:32
SUBSYSTEM=bdi
SEQNUM=1679
action=add @ 10:14:35.048659
device: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb1/1-1/1-1:1.0/host4/target4:0:0/4:0:0:0
subsystem: scsi
device file: (none)
properties:
UDEV_LOG=0
ACTION=add
DEVPATH=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb1/1-1/1-1:1.0/host4/target4:0:0/4:0:0:0
SUBSYSTEM=scsi
DEVTYPE=scsi_device
MODALIAS=scsi:t-0x00
SEQNUM=1675
action=add @ 10:14:35.049786
device: /sys/class/scsi_disk/4:0:0:0
subsystem: scsi_disk
device file: (none)
properties:
UDEV_LOG=0
ACTION=add
DEVPATH=/class/scsi_disk/4:0:0:0
SUBSYSTEM=scsi_disk
SEQNUM=1676
action=add @ 10:14:35.051976
device: /sys/class/scsi_device/4:0:0:0
subsystem: scsi_device
device file: (none)
properties:
UDEV_LOG=0
ACTION=add
DEVPATH=/class/scsi_device/4:0:0:0
SUBSYSTEM=scsi_device
SEQNUM=1680
action=add @ 10:14:35.060884
device: /sys/class/scsi_generic/sg3
subsystem: scsi_generic
device file: /dev/sg3
symlink: /dev/char/21:3
properties:
DEVNAME=/dev/sg3
DEVLINKS=/dev/char/21:3
UDEV_LOG=0
MINOR=3
ACTION=add
DEVPATH=/class/scsi_generic/sg3
MAJOR=21
SUBSYSTEM=scsi_generic
SEQNUM=1681
action=add @ 10:14:35.067457
device: /sys/class/bsg/4:0:0:0
subsystem: bsg
device file: /dev/bsg/4:0:0:0
symlink: /dev/char/254:3
properties:
DEVNAME=/dev/bsg/4:0:0:0
DEVLINKS=/dev/char/254:3
UDEV_LOG=0
MINOR=3
ACTION=add
DEVPATH=/class/bsg/4:0:0:0
MAJOR=254
SUBSYSTEM=bsg
SEQNUM=1682
action=add @ 10:14:35.105877
device: /sys/block/sdc
subsystem: block
device file: /dev/sdc
symlink: /dev/block/8:32
symlink: /dev/disk/by-id/usb-ST315003_41AS_908888888888-0:0
symlink: /dev/disk/by-path/pci-0000:00:1d.7-usb-0:1:1.0-scsi-0:0:0:0
properties:
ID_SERIAL_SHORT=908888888888
DEVNAME=/dev/sdc
DEVLINKS=/dev/block/8:32 /dev/disk/by-id/usb-ST315003_41AS_908888888888-0:0 /dev/disk/by-path/pci-0000:00:1d.7-usb-0:1:1.0-scsi-0:0:0:0
ID_MODEL=41AS
ID_SERIAL=ST315003_41AS_908888888888-0:0
ID_INSTANCE=0:0
UDEV_LOG=0
ID_PATH=pci-0000:00:1d.7-usb-0:1:1.0-scsi-0:0:0:0
MINOR=32
ACTION=add
ID_VENDOR=ST315003
ID_BUS=usb
DEVPATH=/block/sdc
ID_TYPE=disk
ID_REVISION=0100
MAJOR=8
SUBSYSTEM=block
DEVTYPE=disk
SEQNUM=1677
action=add @ 10:14:35.144133
device: /sys/block/sdc/sdc1
subsystem: block
device file: /dev/sdc1
symlink: /dev/block/8:33
symlink: /dev/disk/by-id/usb-ST315003_41AS_908888888888-0:0-part1
symlink: /dev/disk/by-path/pci-0000:00:1d.7-usb-0:1:1.0-scsi-0:0:0:0-part1
symlink: /dev/disk/by-uuid/8a60b3b7-50bc-48a7-b3ba-aa0f13f32156
symlink: /dev/disk/by-label/1500GB
properties:
ID_SERIAL_SHORT=908888888888
ID_FS_LABEL=1500GB
ID_FS_LABEL_ENC=1500GB
DEVNAME=/dev/sdc1
DEVLINKS=/dev/block/8:33 /dev/disk/by-id/usb-ST315003_41AS_908888888888-0:0-part1 /dev/disk/by-path/pci-0000:00:1d.7-usb-0:1:1.0-scsi-0:0:0:0-part1 /dev/disk/by-uuid/8a60b3b7-50bc-48a7-b3ba-aa0f13f32156 /dev/disk/by-label/1500GB
ID_MODEL=41AS
ID_SERIAL=ST315003_41AS_908888888888-0:0
ID_INSTANCE=0:0
UDEV_LOG=0
ID_PATH=pci-0000:00:1d.7-usb-0:1:1.0-scsi-0:0:0:0
MINOR=33
ACTION=add
ID_VENDOR=ST315003
ID_BUS=usb
DEVPATH=/block/sdc/sdc1
ID_TYPE=disk
ID_REVISION=0100
ID_FS_USAGE=filesystem
MAJOR=8
SUBSYSTEM=block
ID_FS_TYPE=xfs
ID_FS_UUID=8a60b3b7-50bc-48a7-b3ba-aa0f13f32156
DEVTYPE=partition
SEQNUM=1678
ID_FS_UUID_ENC=8a60b3b7-50bc-48a7-b3ba-aa0f13f32156
500GB:
action=add @ 10:13:40.628381
device: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb1/1-2
subsystem: usb
device file: /dev/bus/usb/001/006
symlink: /dev/char/189:5
properties:
TYPE=0/0/0
DEVNAME=/dev/bus/usb/001/006
DEVLINKS=/dev/char/189:5
BUSNUM=001
UDEV_LOG=0
MINOR=5
ACTION=add
PRODUCT=1058/910/106
DEVPATH=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb1/1-2
DEVICE=/proc/bus/usb/001/006
MAJOR=189
SUBSYSTEM=usb
DEVTYPE=usb_device
DEVNUM=006
SEQNUM=1653
action=add @ 10:13:40.700691
device: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb1/1-2/1-2:1.0
subsystem: usb
device file: (none)
properties:
TYPE=0/0/0
INTERFACE=8/6/80
UDEV_LOG=0
ACTION=add
PRODUCT=1058/910/106
DEVPATH=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb1/1-2/1-2:1.0
DEVICE=/proc/bus/usb/001/006
SUBSYSTEM=usb
DEVTYPE=usb_interface
MODALIAS=usb:v1058p0910d0106dc00dsc00dp00ic08isc06ip50
SEQNUM=1654
action=add @ 10:13:40.701744
device: /sys/class/scsi_host/host3
subsystem: scsi_host
device file: (none)
properties:
UDEV_LOG=0
ACTION=add
DEVPATH=/class/scsi_host/host3
SUBSYSTEM=scsi_host
SEQNUM=1655
action=add @ 10:13:40.702982
device: /sys/class/usb_endpoint/usbdev1.6_ep81
subsystem: usb_endpoint
device file: /dev/usbdev1.6_ep81
symlink: /dev/char/251:21
properties:
DEVNAME=/dev/usbdev1.6_ep81
DEVLINKS=/dev/char/251:21
UDEV_LOG=0
MINOR=21
ACTION=add
DEVPATH=/class/usb_endpoint/usbdev1.6_ep81
MAJOR=251
SUBSYSTEM=usb_endpoint
SEQNUM=1656
action=add @ 10:13:40.705026
device: /sys/class/usb_endpoint/usbdev1.6_ep02
subsystem: usb_endpoint
device file: /dev/usbdev1.6_ep02
symlink: /dev/char/251:22
properties:
DEVNAME=/dev/usbdev1.6_ep02
DEVLINKS=/dev/char/251:22
UDEV_LOG=0
MINOR=22
ACTION=add
DEVPATH=/class/usb_endpoint/usbdev1.6_ep02
MAJOR=251
SUBSYSTEM=usb_endpoint
SEQNUM=1657
action=add @ 10:13:40.709720
device: /sys/class/usb_endpoint/usbdev1.6_ep00
subsystem: usb_endpoint
device file: /dev/usbdev1.6_ep00
symlink: /dev/char/251:23
properties:
DEVNAME=/dev/usbdev1.6_ep00
DEVLINKS=/dev/char/251:23
UDEV_LOG=0
MINOR=23
ACTION=add
DEVPATH=/class/usb_endpoint/usbdev1.6_ep00
MAJOR=251
SUBSYSTEM=usb_endpoint
SEQNUM=1659
action=add @ 10:13:40.719258
device: /sys/class/usb_device/usbdev1.6
subsystem: usb_device
device file: /dev/usbdev1.6
symlink: /dev/char/189:5
properties:
DEVNAME=/dev/usbdev1.6
DEVLINKS=/dev/char/189:5
UDEV_LOG=0
MINOR=5
ACTION=add
DEVPATH=/class/usb_device/usbdev1.6
MAJOR=189
SUBSYSTEM=usb_device
SEQNUM=1658
action=add @ 10:13:45.659241
device: /sys/class/bdi/8:16
subsystem: bdi
device file: (none)
properties:
UDEV_LOG=0
ACTION=add
DEVPATH=/class/bdi/8:16
SUBSYSTEM=bdi
SEQNUM=1664
action=add @ 10:13:45.680716
device: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb1/1-2/1-2:1.0/host3/target3:0:0/3:0:0:0
subsystem: scsi
device file: (none)
properties:
UDEV_LOG=0
ACTION=add
DEVPATH=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb1/1-2/1-2:1.0/host3/target3:0:0/3:0:0:0
SUBSYSTEM=scsi
DEVTYPE=scsi_device
MODALIAS=scsi:t-0x00
SEQNUM=1660
action=add @ 10:13:45.681808
device: /sys/class/scsi_disk/3:0:0:0
subsystem: scsi_disk
device file: (none)
properties:
UDEV_LOG=0
ACTION=add
DEVPATH=/class/scsi_disk/3:0:0:0
SUBSYSTEM=scsi_disk
SEQNUM=1661
action=add @ 10:13:45.695199
device: /sys/class/scsi_device/3:0:0:0
subsystem: scsi_device
device file: (none)
properties:
UDEV_LOG=0
ACTION=add
DEVPATH=/class/scsi_device/3:0:0:0
SUBSYSTEM=scsi_device
SEQNUM=1665
action=add @ 10:13:45.703093
device: /sys/class/scsi_generic/sg2
subsystem: scsi_generic
device file: /dev/sg2
symlink: /dev/char/21:2
properties:
DEVNAME=/dev/sg2
DEVLINKS=/dev/char/21:2
UDEV_LOG=0
MINOR=2
ACTION=add
DEVPATH=/class/scsi_generic/sg2
MAJOR=21
SUBSYSTEM=scsi_generic
SEQNUM=1666
action=add @ 10:13:45.709314
device: /sys/class/bsg/3:0:0:0
subsystem: bsg
device file: /dev/bsg/3:0:0:0
symlink: /dev/char/254:2
properties:
DEVNAME=/dev/bsg/3:0:0:0
DEVLINKS=/dev/char/254:2
UDEV_LOG=0
MINOR=2
ACTION=add
DEVPATH=/class/bsg/3:0:0:0
MAJOR=254
SUBSYSTEM=bsg
SEQNUM=1667
action=add @ 10:13:45.773375
device: /sys/block/sdb
subsystem: block
device file: /dev/sdb
symlink: /dev/block/8:16
symlink: /dev/disk/by-id/usb-WD_5000AAK_External_574341505730373832303839-0:0
symlink: /dev/disk/by-path/pci-0000:00:1d.7-usb-0:2:1.0-scsi-0:0:0:0
properties:
ID_SERIAL_SHORT=574341505730373832303839
DEVNAME=/dev/sdb
DEVLINKS=/dev/block/8:16 /dev/disk/by-id/usb-WD_5000AAK_External_574341505730373832303839-0:0 /dev/disk/by-path/pci-0000:00:1d.7-usb-0:2:1.0-scsi-0:0:0:0
ID_MODEL=5000AAK_External
ID_SERIAL=WD_5000AAK_External_574341505730373832303839-0:0
ID_INSTANCE=0:0
UDEV_LOG=0
ID_PATH=pci-0000:00:1d.7-usb-0:2:1.0-scsi-0:0:0:0
MINOR=16
ACTION=add
ID_VENDOR=WD
ID_BUS=usb
DEVPATH=/block/sdb
ID_TYPE=disk
ID_REVISION=1.06
MAJOR=8
SUBSYSTEM=block
DEVTYPE=disk
SEQNUM=1662
action=add @ 10:13:45.839326
device: /sys/block/sdb/sdb1
subsystem: block
device file: /dev/sdb1
symlink: /dev/block/8:17
symlink: /dev/disk/by-id/usb-WD_5000AAK_External_574341505730373832303839-0:0-part1
symlink: /dev/disk/by-path/pci-0000:00:1d.7-usb-0:2:1.0-scsi-0:0:0:0-part1
symlink: /dev/disk/by-uuid/442a9a4c-ffd4-4d7f-b966-8c2935f7928f
symlink: /dev/disk/by-label/500GB
properties:
ID_SERIAL_SHORT=574341505730373832303839
ID_FS_LABEL=500GB
ID_FS_LABEL_ENC=500GB
DEVNAME=/dev/sdb1
DEVLINKS=/dev/block/8:17 /dev/disk/by-id/usb-WD_5000AAK_External_574341505730373832303839-0:0-part1 /dev/disk/by-path/pci-0000:00:1d.7-usb-0:2:1.0-scsi-0:0:0:0-part1 /dev/disk/by-uuid/442a9a4c-ffd4-4d7f-b966-8c2935f7928f /dev/disk/by-label/500GB
ID_MODEL=5000AAK_External
ID_SERIAL=WD_5000AAK_External_574341505730373832303839-0:0
ID_INSTANCE=0:0
UDEV_LOG=0
ID_PATH=pci-0000:00:1d.7-usb-0:2:1.0-scsi-0:0:0:0
MINOR=17
ACTION=add
ID_VENDOR=WD
ID_BUS=usb
DEVPATH=/block/sdb/sdb1
ID_TYPE=disk
ID_REVISION=1.06
ID_FS_USAGE=filesystem
MAJOR=8
SUBSYSTEM=block
ID_FS_TYPE=jfs
ID_FS_UUID=442a9a4c-ffd4-4d7f-b966-8c2935f7928f
DEVTYPE=partition
SEQNUM=1663
ID_FS_UUID_ENC=442a9a4c-ffd4-4d7f-b966-8c2935f7928f
I hope someone finds some useful informations in these lines!
If you have some other test tools or command lines or whatever I could do to give you more or better informations, please let me know!
p.s.: Right in this moment I was thinking about recompiling HAL with less patches, but even Arch uses many, so I'm not really sure which one or which combination could even be the reason. But I'll try it without any patch now right after posting this thread.

I'm having a problem kind of like this. I have a 1TB Western Digital MyBook. It has the option of running in RAID0 or RAID1. I have it in RAID0 for more storage. My computer seems to find it, but it doesn't mount and it doesn't show up in /dev/.
Here's what dmesg says when I plug it in
usb 1-2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 9
usb 1-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
input: Western Digital My Book as /class/input/input9
generic-usb 0003:1058:0905.0004: input,hidraw3: USB HID v1.11 Device [Western Digital My Book] on usb-0000:00:1d.7-2/input1
Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
scsi2 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
USB Mass Storage support registered.
usb-storage: device found at 9
usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
scsi 2:0:0:0: Enclosure WD My Book Device 104a PQ: 0 ANSI: 4
scsi 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 13
usb-storage: device scan complete
tail /var/log/messages.log gives
Feb 17 18:33:57 sage usb 1-2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 9
Feb 17 18:33:57 sage usb 1-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
Feb 17 18:33:57 sage input: Western Digital My Book as /class/input/input9
Feb 17 18:33:57 sage generic-usb 0003:1058:0905.0004: input,hidraw3: USB HID v1.11 Device [Western Digital My Book] on usb-0000:00:1d.7-2/input1
Feb 17 18:33:57 sage Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
Feb 17 18:33:57 sage scsi2 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
Feb 17 18:33:57 sage usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
Feb 17 18:33:57 sage USB Mass Storage support registered.
Feb 17 18:34:02 sage scsi 2:0:0:0: Enclosure WD My Book Device 104a PQ: 0 ANSI: 4
Feb 17 18:34:02 sage scsi 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 13
Feb 17 18:34:02 sage load-modules.sh: 'scsi:t-0x0d' is not a valid module or alias name
The last line says that it can't find the "scsi:t-0x0d" module, but I can't find what I would need to enable to get that module. I can't find any related modules in the standard arch modules either. I'm using a custom kernel and I can't boot the standard arch kernel to test because it says something like "/dev/sda5" cannot be found and then it panics (the same startup options work fine on my custom kernel, the standard flips out for some reason).

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