USB won't mount in Lucid Lynx

Boot without the usb device inserted. Get logged in and let the OS settle. Then run:

lsusb

Then plug in the device, wait 10 seconds and run:

sudo fdisk -l; echo; mount; echo; dmesg | tail

Copy the whole output as one and paste here as an update

Thanks for replying so quickly. I hope the information below makes sense to you!

jonathan@jonathan-laptop:~$ lsusb
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
jonathan@jonathan-laptop:~$ sudo fdisk -l; echo; mount; echo; dmesg | tail
[sudo] password for jonathan:

Disk /dev/sda: 40.0 GB, 40007761920 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4864 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000e223a

   Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 4702 37767168 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 4703 4864 1300481 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 4703 4864 1300480 82 Linux swap / Solaris

/dev/sda1 on / type ext4 (rw,errors=remount-ro)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
none on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
none on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl (rw)
none on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw)
none on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw)
none on /dev type devtmpfs (rw,mode=0755)
none on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,noexec,nosuid,gid=5,mode=0620)
none on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev)
none on /var/run type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,mode=0755)
none on /var/lock type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
none on /lib/init/rw type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,mode=0755)
gvfs-fuse-daemon on /home/jonathan/.gvfs type fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon (rw,nosuid,nodev,user=jonathan)
binfmt_misc on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)

[ 29.794913] wlan0: direct probe responded
[ 29.794923] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:18:4d:69:a2:dc (try 1)
[ 29.796297] wlan0: authenticated
[ 29.796329] wlan0: associate with AP 00:18:4d:69:a2:dc (try 1)
[ 29.799093] wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:18:4d:69:a2:dc (capab=0x471 status=0 aid=1)
[ 29.799099] wlan0: associated
[ 29.799783] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlan0: link becomes ready
[ 31.419482] ppdev: user-space parallel port driver
[ 39.952047] wlan0: no IPv6 routers present
[ 221.890357] cfg80211: Found new beacon on frequency: 2472 MHz (Ch 13) on phy0
jonathan@jonathan-laptop:~$

Ok well after the insert the OS is not reacting. The dmesg output are the kernel messages and yu should have at least seen something. I suggest you check your BIOS settings are ok.

What make / model is the laptop? Is the BIOS up to date?

Hi,

The laptop is a Fujitsu Siemens Amilo L7310GW with System BIOS 1.04.

I'm afraid that I'm not sure how you tell whether the BIOS is up to date, or how to update it.

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LaptopTestingTeam/Old/Fujitsu%20Siemens%20Amilo%20L7310GW