Removable USB drive not automounting in xfce4

Removable USB drives automount in every other window manager I've tried(lxde, gnome, kde). I have thunar-volman installed(not sure what it's for though), and I've went to Applications Menu > Settings > Removable Drives and Media and ticked "Mount removable media when inserted", to no avail.
My .xinitrc file:
#!/bin/sh
# ~/.xinitrc
# Executed by startx (run your window manager from here)
if [ -d /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d ]; then
for f in /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/*; do
[ -x "$f" ] && . "$f"
done
unset f
fi
# exec gnome-session
# exec startkde
exec startxfce4
# ...or the Window Manager of your choice
# exec startlxde
Manually mounting the USB drive works however.

I have decided to ditch xfce4 and go with KDE, which automounts without any fuss.

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In this particular VI I am using file dialog function to browse through USB and let user select a file. I even tried using open file function but it is giving same error.
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is it a Bug in 8.5 or is there any different way to do it?
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You can call the SetCurrentDirectory Windows API function (see attachment), but if you follow the link you'll see it warns about using it in multi-threaded apps. I have no experience with it, so I can't comment.
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When i connect my ipod to my macbook it shows up as a usb drive not in itunes. I have latest MAC OS updates 10.7.5. Latest itunes. Also at some point it must have worked because my music library is on the ipod.
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[SOLVED]Mounting usb drives "not authorized" with thunar-volman (XFCE)

Hi,
I'm new to Arch (even though I must be approximately at my 15th try at installing it properly) and I have a problem with thunar-volman.
Whenever I log in as user, and try to mount a usb drive with thunar, let's say I want to plug a drive labeled Ext3_8Go, I get the same message in a pop-up window : "Failed to mount Ext3_8Go (or anything close, not in English in the text), not authorized (that part is in English)"
My install is :
- net install
- partitions : 9Go for /, no swap, no separate /home
- packages : base and base-devel. The only modifications in the package list is that I remove ppp, pcmciautils, and xfsprogs.
- config : at the install stage I only modify rc.conf to change LOCALE and HOSTNAME, and pacman's mirrorlist to allow all French mirrors in addition to the one at the top.
When the usb installation is over, I run this script :
"installation_xfce.sh" (there may be some errors left, I modify this script as I learn) :
#!/bin/bash
# expected environment : freshly installed archlinux, login : root.
echo "Are you connected to internet ? If not, please Ctrl+C and reload this script when connected"
echo "Otherwise, press ENTER to continue installation"
read var_dummy
echo "Creation of the user : please type in your user name :"
read var_username
useradd -u 1000 -g users -G audio,lp,storage,optical,video,wheel,games,power,network -d /home/$var_username/ -s /bin/bash -m $var_username
echo "You will now be asked to create the password for this user:"
passwd $var_username
# Add servers for pacman to find packages
cat >> /etc/pacman.conf << EOF
[multilib]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
[archlinuxfr]
Server = http://repo.archlinux.fr/\$arch
[catalyst]
Server = http://catalyst.apocalypsus.net/repo/catalyst/\$arch
EOF
# Install packages
pacman -Syyu
pacman -S acpi acpid alsa-oss alsa-plugins alsa-utils catalyst catalyst-utils cpufrequtils cups dbus gstreamer0.10-base-plugins iptables laptop-mode-tools mesa net-tools netcfg ntp pm-utils rfkill rsync sudo ttf-dejavu vim wireless_tools xf86-input-evdev xorg-server xorg-utils xorg-xinit xorg-xinput yaourt conky gamin gnome-icon-theme gnome-keyring gvfs-afc network-manager-applet networkmanager slim slim-themes archlinux-themes-slim hicolor-icon-theme xfce4 xfce4-goodies
# If pacman failed, better stop the script here, and wait for a network connection
if [[ $?!=0 ]]
then
echo : failed to install packages - check your network connection, or review script
exit 1
fi
# Fix sound issue
cat > /home/$var_username/.asoundrc << EOF
pcm.!default{
type hw
card 1
device 0
ctl.!default{
type hw
card 1
device 0
EOF
chown $var_username:users /home/$var_username/.asoundrc
# Configure video settings for X to use Catalyst
if [[ ! -e /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d ]]
then
mkdir /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d
fi
cat > /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-fglrx.conf << EOF
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0"
Option "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
Option "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
Option "DPMS" "true"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
Driver "fglrx"
EndSection
EOF
sed -e 's/top_left/bottom_right/' -e '/alignment/i\double_buffer yes' -e '/CPU Usage/a\${color lightgrey}Temperatures:' -e '/CPU Usage/a\ CPU:$color ${hwmon 0 temp 1}°C' </etc/conky/conky.conf >/home/$var_username/.conkyrc
chown $var_username:users /home/$var_username/.conkyrc
# Install clickpad support
yaourt -S xf86-input-synaptics-clickpad
# Add french keyboard to X
sed '/MatchIsKeyboard/a\\tOption "XkbLayout" "fr"' </etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf >/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf.new
mv -f /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf
# Add new daemons, remove old ones, disable hwclock and remove netfs since I don't use it. add it if you need it
sed '/DAEMONS=/c\DAEMONS=(!hwclock dbus syslog-ng networkmanager laptop-mode acpid @alsa @cupsd @cpufrequtils ntpd crond)' </etc/rc.conf >/etc/rc.conf.new
mv -f /etc/rc.conf.new /etc/rc.conf
# Slim login manager ; change theme
mv /usr/share/slim/themes/archlinux-darch-grey /tmp/
mv /usr/share/slim/themes/default /tmp/
rm -r /usr/share/slim/themes/*
mv /tmp/archlinux-darch-grey /usr/share/slim/themes
mv /tmp/default /usr/share/slim/themes
sed '/^current_theme/c\current_theme archlinux-darch-grey' </etc/slim.conf >/etc/slim.conf
# XFCE login, and thunar launched as a daemon
sed '/^# exec/c\' </etc/skel/.xinitrc >/tmp/.xinitrc
sed '/^# .../c\' </tmp/.xinitrc >/home/$var_username/.xinitrc
cat >> /home/$var_username/.xinitrc << EOF
exec ck-launch-session startxfce4
thunar --daemon &
EOF
chown $var_username:users /home/$var_username/.xinitrc
# Boot to runlevel 5 now, and run slim then
sed -e 's/id:3/#id:3/' -e 's/#id:5/id:5/' -e 's|x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/xdm|#x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/xdm|' -e 's|#x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/slim|x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/slim|' </etc/inittab >/etc/inittab.new
mv -f /etc/inittab.new /etc/inittab
# Add colored prompt to user and root
sed '/^PS1/c\' </etc/skel/.bashrc >/root/.bashrc
cat >> /root/.bashrc << EOF
PS1='\[\e[0;32m\]\u@\h\[\e[m\] \[\e[0;35m\]\w\[\e[m\] \[\e[m\] \[\e[0;32m\]\t -\[\e[m\] \[\e[1;31m\]\$ \[\e[m\] '
EOF
cp /root/.bashrc /home/$var_username/.bashrc
chown $var_username:users /home/$var_username/.bashrc
# How does one do that automatically ?
# Manually add user to sudoers
EDITOR="vim" visudo
# Reboot, because it's quick and I'm too lazy to learn how to start all the daemons and others.
reboot
I can mount as a user, no password asked, with :
udisks --mount /dev/sdb2
but the GUI method tells me "not authorized".
"groups user" outputs :
lp wheel games network video audio optical storage power users
the command "ck-list-sessions" outputs :
Session2:
unix-user = '1000'
realname = ''
seat = 'Seat1'
session-type = ''
active = TRUE
x11-display = ':0.0'
x11-display-device = '/dev/tty7'
display-device = ''
remote-host-name = ''
is-local = TRUE
on-since = '2011-08-15T08:56:03.716103Z'
login-session-id = '1'
Session1:
unix-user = '1000'
realname = ''
seat = 'Seat2'
session-type = ''
active = FALSE
x11-display = ':0.0'
x11-display-device = ''
display-device = ''
remote-host-name = ''
is-local = TRUE
on-since = '2011-08-15T08:56:03.573029Z'
login-session-id = '1'
For those who don't have time to read the installation script, DBUS is in the DAEMONS list of rc.conf, and .xinitrc launches : exec ck-launch-session startxfce4
Any idea ?
Last edited by choubbi (2011-08-15 15:05:04)

Thanks a lot !
That worked !
I stumbled across this part of the wiki several times before, but didn't really understand so I had not tried.
If anyone's interested in the script, here's the corrected version :
#!/bin/bash
# expected environment : freshly installed archlinux, login : root.
echo "Are you connected to internet ? If not, please Ctrl+C and reload this script when connected"
echo "Otherwise, press ENTER to continue installation"
read var_dummy
echo "Creation of the user : please type in your user name :"
read var_username
useradd -u 1000 -g users -G audio,lp,storage,optical,video,wheel,games,power,network -d /home/$var_username/ -s /bin/bash -m $var_username
echo "You will now be asked to create the password for this user:"
passwd $var_username
# Add servers for pacman to find packages
cat >> /etc/pacman.conf << EOF
[multilib]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
[archlinuxfr]
Server = http://repo.archlinux.fr/\$arch
[catalyst]
Server = http://catalyst.apocalypsus.net/repo/catalyst/\$arch
EOF
# Install packages
pacman -Syyu
pacman -S acpi acpid alsa-oss alsa-plugins alsa-utils catalyst catalyst-utils cpufrequtils cups dbus gstreamer0.10-base-plugins iptables laptop-mode-tools mesa net-tools netcfg ntp pm-utils rfkill rsync sudo ttf-dejavu vim wireless_tools xf86-input-evdev xorg-server xorg-utils xorg-xinit xorg-xinput yaourt conky gamin gnome-icon-theme gnome-keyring gvfs-afc network-manager-applet networkmanager slim slim-themes archlinux-themes-slim hicolor-icon-theme xfce4 xfce4-goodies
# If pacman failed, better stop the script here, and wait for a network connection
if [[ $?!=0 ]]
then
echo : failed to install packages - check your network connection, or review script
exit 1
fi
# Fix sound issue
cat > /home/$var_username/.asoundrc << EOF
pcm.!default{
type hw
card 1
device 0
ctl.!default{
type hw
card 1
device 0
EOF
chown $var_username:users /home/$var_username/.asoundrc
# Configure video settings for X to use Catalyst
if [[ ! -e /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d ]]
then
mkdir /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d
fi
cat > /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-fglrx.conf << EOF
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0"
Option "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
Option "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
Option "DPMS" "true"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
Driver "fglrx"
EndSection
EOF
sed -e 's/top_left/bottom_right/' -e '/alignment/i\double_buffer yes' -e '/CPU Usage/a\${color lightgrey}Temperatures:' -e '/CPU Usage/a\ CPU:$color ${hwmon 0 temp 1}°C' </etc/conky/conky.conf >/home/$var_username/.conkyrc
chown $var_username:users /home/$var_username/.conkyrc
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yaourt -S xf86-input-synaptics-clickpad
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sed '/MatchIsKeyboard/a\\tOption "XkbLayout" "fr"' </etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf >/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf.new
mv -f /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf
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sed '/DAEMONS=/c\DAEMONS=(!hwclock dbus syslog-ng networkmanager laptop-mode acpid @alsa @cupsd @cpufrequtils ntpd crond)' </etc/rc.conf >/etc/rc.conf.new
mv -f /etc/rc.conf.new /etc/rc.conf
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mv /usr/share/slim/themes/archlinux-darch-grey /tmp/
mv /usr/share/slim/themes/default /tmp/
rm -r /usr/share/slim/themes/*
mv /tmp/archlinux-darch-grey /usr/share/slim/themes
mv /tmp/default /usr/share/slim/themes
sed '/^current_theme/c\current_theme archlinux-darch-grey' </etc/slim.conf >/etc/slim.conf
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cat > /home/$var_username/.xinitrc << EOF
#!/bin/sh
# ~/.xinitrc
# Executed by startx (run your window manager from here)
exec ck-launch-session startxfce4
thunar --daemon &
EOF
chown $var_username:users /home/$var_username/.xinitrc
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mv -f /etc/inittab.new /etc/inittab
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sed '/^PS1/c\' </etc/skel/.bashrc >/root/.bashrc
cat >> /root/.bashrc << EOF
PS1='\[\e[0;32m\]\u@\h\[\e[m\] \[\e[0;35m\]\w\[\e[m\] \[\e[m\] \[\e[0;32m\]\t -\[\e[m\] \[\e[1;31m\]\$ \[\e[m\] '
EOF
cp /root/.bashrc /home/$var_username/.bashrc
chown $var_username:users /home/$var_username/.bashrc
# How does one do that automatically ?
# Manually add user to sudoers
EDITOR="vim" visudo
# Reboot, because it's quick and I'm too lazy to learn how to start all the daemons and others.
reboot
The important part of the script to solve the problem is :
cat > /home/$var_username/.xinitrc << EOF
#!/bin/sh
# ~/.xinitrc
# Executed by startx (run your window manager from here)
exec ck-launch-session startxfce4
thunar --daemon &
EOF
chown $var_username:users /home/$var_username/.xinitrc

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not appear in the notification, but in dmesg appear
5458.314319] usb 2-3: new high-speed USB device number 4 using ehci-pci
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[ 5618.541762] sd 13:0:0:0: [sdb] No Caching mode page found
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[ 5618.571845] sd 13:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
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uname -a
Linux tarro 3.13.5-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun Feb 23 00:25:24 CET 2014 x86_64 GNU/Linux
cat /etc/group
root:x:0:root
bin:x:1:root,bin,daemon
daemon:x:2:root,bin,daemon
sys:x:3:root,bin
adm:x:4:root,daemon
tty:x:5:
disk:x:6:root,darkmind
lp:x:7:daemon,darkmind
mem:x:8:
kmem:x:9:
wheel:x:10:root,darkmind,pct
ftp:x:11:
mail:x:12:
uucp:x:14:
log:x:19:root
utmp:x:20:
locate:x:21:
rfkill:x:24:
smmsp:x:25:
http:x:33:
games:x:50:darkmind
lock:x:54:
uuidd:x:68:
dbus:x:81:
network:x:90:darkmind,pct
video:x:91:darkmind,pct
audio:x:92:darkmind,pct
optical:x:93:pct,darkmind
floppy:x:94:
storage:x:95:darkmind
scanner:x:96:pct,darkmind
power:x:98:
nobody:x:99:
users:x:100:pct
systemd-journal:x:190:
polkitd:x:102:
transmission:x:169:
avahi:x:84:
usbmux:x:140:darkmind
ntp:x:87:
mysql:x:89:
kdm:x:135:
git:x:999:
pct:x:1001:
(i'm darkmind)
somebody help?
Last edited by dunkles (2014-02-25 22:50:53)

ewaller wrote:I am not sure what that means. Are you expecting a pop up notification in KDE?
yes
ewaller wrote:Does Dolphin show the volumes?
not show the volumes, nothing happens when plug a usb drive
ewaller wrote:Do you have udisks installed? How about udisks2?
yes

Apple mobile device usb driver not digitally signed

I installed(updated) itunes 12.1.1.4 64-bit on wildows 7. Then, it can not recognize iphones and ipods any more.
I tried every means to fix this, updating windows and itunes, uninstalling and installing, rebooting and restarting.......
Finally, I find that the apple mobile device usb driver is not digitally signed. I found this when I open the computer/manage/device manager/portable device/iphone/update driver. Windows installed mtp usb driver for apple products and indicating the related apple driver software cannot be installed.
what's wrong with this? should I wait until apple solve this problem?

I suggest you try the "for older video cards" version...
For general advice see Troubleshooting issues with iTunes for Windows updates.
The steps in the second box are a guide to removing everything related to iTunes and then rebuilding it which is often a good starting point unless the symptoms indicate a more specific approach. Review the other boxes and the list of support documents further down the page in case one of them applies.
The further information area has direct links to the current and recent builds in case you have problems downloading, need to revert to an older version or want to try the iTunes for Windows (64-bit - for older video cards) release as a workaround for installation or performance issues, or compatibility with QuickTime or third party software.
Your library should be unaffected by these steps but there are also links to backup and recovery advice should it be needed.
tt2

[SOLVED]usb drive not mounting

I get this error when I try to mount a usb drive in pcmanfm. It used to work correctly before. Since then I tried uninstalling fam and installed gamin. But now I have reverted back to fam and I still see this. What could be the issue? I can mount the drive manually in CLI, but I was just wondering what suddenly happened.
inxs ~ > pcmanfm
(pcmanfm:4961): Gtk-WARNING **: Failed to set text from markup due to error parsing markup: Error on line 1 char 57: '-' is not a valid character following a '<' character; it may not begin an element name
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spookyln wrote:
this working like a charm.
edit your /etc/PolicyKit/PolicyKit.conf
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 
<!DOCTYPE pkconfig PUBLIC "-//freedesktop//DTD PolicyKit Configuration 1.0//EN"
"http://hal.freedesktop.org/releases/PolicyKit/1.0/config.dtd">

<config version="0.1">
<match action="org.freedesktop.hal.storage.mount-removable">
<return result="yes"/>
</match>
</config>
Bingo!! Man you guys are good.

Issue removing USB drives

Hey,
I am encountering a weird issue when trying to remove external USB hardrives.
I click eject, drag the icon to the trash/eject icon in the dock, but nothing happens. The files aren't in use or anything (as far as I know), and it wont let me eject the drive.
When I physically remove the drive, I first get the 'disk in use' notice, then I get the you're-a-bad-boy for doing that warning that says I removed it while it was in use.
What's wrong, and how do I fix this?

Intel iMac -
I get the same message regularly when trying to ejecting flash drives, but mainly with a Memorex Traveldrive. It's formatted for pc. It doesn't matter if any programs were running. I right-click 'eject' and it sits there for awhile, then I get the message the drive is still in use. It's not. I click 'OK' and then right-click 'eject' and then it will immediately eject. It also occasionally happens with Sandisk flash drives whether pc or mac formatted.
Same thing happens on my other intel iMac. Both have 2 1/2 gigs of ram, both are 2ghz duo core running 10.5.7, but it happened on earlier updates also (10.5.6, 10.5.5).

USB drives not accessible until I join a domain

Hi,
I´ve been struggling with this problem for a loong time now.
Simply put, I want to use a usb drive in a laptop running Windows 7, and the device is detected correctly but Windows says that I need to format it. And in My Computer the drive has got a letter but when I doubleclick it it says it´s unaccessible. But if
I join the laptop to my customers AD it suddenly works as it should.
Since I discovered that, I just ignored it since all computers would join the domain, but now I need to install several laptops that´s not going to be ad-joined. So I need help solving this usb problem.
The customers uses laptops(Dall Latitude Exxx models) only and we install these using WDS. I think that all models of laptops have this issue and all usb drives. I haven´t been able to narrow it down to a certain model or anything else.
Everything else works as they should. The usb ports works fine using mouse and keyboard and similar. It´s only usb drives that are the problem.
I know that the hardware isn´t faulty since I can boot up using Linux and everything is fine, plus when I join the domain everything is also fine.
I have tried reinstalling chipset/usb drivers but nothing has helped. Also sfc /scannow doesn´t help.
Using gpedit.msc I set everything in "Users/Administrative/System/Access to removable storage" to inactive but this makes no difference.
I have not had this problem outside this customer.
Does anyone have any ideas? If so, please help!
Regards,
//Andreas..

Hi,
we should figure out what’s the difference between the two situations. I have the following thoughts to narrow down this cause:
Do you have preinstalled any security applications in your image?
Does this issue occur to all USB devices?
After you join the domain, can you log on with a local account to access USB devices?
You can get the security policies via rsop.msc as well.
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Crash at launch after removing USB drive during import

I was importing a large set of photos and yanked the USB drive out where the Photos library lives by mistake.
Now the Photos app crashes a few seconds every time after launch with the following exception:
Assertion failure in -[__RKMasterMetadataHelper initWithMaster:], /SourceCache/PhotoApp/PhotoApp-209.52/lib/redrock/Database/Models/mutators/RKMa sterMutator.m:58
Invalid parameter not satisfying: master
abort() called
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I've searched the documentation but could not find anything. Is there a way to repair a Photos library?
I've already verified the disk and the volume. No errors could be found.

That did not help - BUT
Although i do not have my Wacom Cintiq UX21 anymore - The Mac had leftovers from an uninstalled driver.
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I don use the Cintiq, but a new driver fixed the Illustrator problem !!

USB drives not working right in kernels 3.7.6

On any kernels > 3.7.6 USB drives are taking a very long time to show up and I'm getting a lot of these:
Feb 16 06:45:40 archy kernel: usb 1-3: device not accepting address 3, error -110
Feb 16 06:45:56 archy kernel: usb 1-3: device descriptor read/64, error -110
Feb 16 06:46:11 archy kernel: usb 1-3: device descriptor read/64, error -110
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Me too! Same message from journalctl. kernel 3.7.7, with several usb devices (hdd, pendrive, dvb-t tuner).
I'm waiting for linux-3.7.8.
Gooberslot, what's your kernel version?
Edit:
Ok, it's a bug related to ehci_hcd module, kernel 3.7.7 and 3.7.8 are affected:
Currently (on 3.7.8), only manually reloading (modprobe -r ehci_hcd) ehci_hcd works.
https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/33887
Last edited by blackrebel (2013-02-16 13:59:04)

USB drives not mounting after sleep

I've started to experience a frustrating problem whereby any connected USB drive fails to mount after the Mac has been to sleep. Rather alarmingly I get an error message saying "disk not ejected properly"
The set-up I have is two USB drives connected to my early 2011 MacBook Pro via a D-Link mains powered USB hub. I'd planned to have the Mac wake up at 2am for SuperDuper to perform a backup but it's proving impossible as the drive is never available and I have to do a restart before the Mac sees it again.
I've tried a few solutions I've seen online such as installing Jettison (didn't work) and making sure Spotlight isn't indexing the drives (didn't work either).
Can anyone suggest anything else?
THANKS

You can boot OS X from USB2 or FireWire as well as internal drives. There are also two unused SATA ports hidden away inside that OS X can use, but Vista/XP won't see. There is a $24 kit from NewerTech to connect SATA cable, run out PCI slot adapter, and use eSATA shielded cable to a 2-drive enclosure ($67+).
I always boot from an alternate boot drive before ever doing an Mac OS update - repair the drive, do backup, other maintenance. And even sometimes apply the update from there (requires using a standalone downloaded combined update, which is preferred method). Never apply an update w/o a working bootable backup. Something that requires multiple licenses I suspect with XP/Vista.
I have external backup and restore drives for Vista, Mac OS boot drive, 2-drive RAID for Vista, and Vista boot drive.
All of my drives are GUID. Vista is 64-bit, and has some support for EFI (SP1 will bring better support for UEFI).
Disk arbitration has been updated and improved and some products even had to wait for later versions (10.4.8 introduced a number of fixes I understand). I would be more concerned with make of drives and whether they have GUID/GPL or MBR partition tables.

USB drives not working on Macbook Pro

I have an early 2011 Macbook Pro and both USB drives are currently not working. All storage devices work in my other Mac, just not in this one. They do not show up in disk utility or anything. I've attached a screenshot of the system profiler information, because when compared to my other Mac it doesn't show as many USB ports. Please Help, Justin

Hi i'm also having the same problem (Macbook pro late 2011). I have a back-up hard drive that will not connect to my usb either. I have done a PRAM & SMC reboot and neither worked. I read another post that said to erase the usb & retry connecting, but that's not really an option for me as this is the back-up of my entire disk + extra materials (I'm a medical student). I need the data off my hard drive urgently! It was working this morning and now it's not.
Mine does show up in disk utility, but I can't access anything on it. Any help would be appreciated! Thanks!

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