Bug 343003

Summary:	USB device not listed
Product:	[Applications] partitionmanager	Reporter:	Xwang <xwaang1976>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Andrius Štikonas <andrius>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	major	CC:	andrius, stasnel
Priority:	NOR
Version:	1.1.0
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Arch Linux
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description Xwang 2015-01-18 14:07:50 UTC

When I open partitionmanager only the internal drive is showed.
My external USB device  is not present and it does not appear even if I refresh the device list.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Insert an USB pen drive
2.Open partitionmanager
3.See device list

Actual Results:  
Only the internal drive is listed

Expected Results:  
I expect to see both m,y internal drive (/dev/sda) and my external USB drive (/dev/sdb)

Comment 1 Andrius Štikonas 2015-02-05 01:18:49 UTC

(In reply to Xwang from comment #0)
> When I open partitionmanager only the internal drive is showed.
> My external USB device  is not present and it does not appear even if I
> refresh the device list.
> 
> Reproducible: Always
> 
> Steps to Reproduce:
> 1.Insert an USB pen drive
> 2.Open partitionmanager
> 3.See device list
> 
> Actual Results:  
> Only the internal drive is listed
> 
> Expected Results:  
> I expect to see both m,y internal drive (/dev/sda) and my external USB drive
> (/dev/sdb)

Does it contain file system table? If not then it will not work with 1.1.0. Soon new version will be released which can detect drives without file system table.

Comment 2 Xwang 2015-02-05 20:34:15 UTC

Yes, it does. It has a partition. It function perfectly if I mount it (it is created as /dev/sdb), but if I try to reformat it, it does not appear in the device list.

Comment 3 Andrius Štikonas 2015-02-05 23:23:00 UTC

(In reply to Xwang from comment #2)
> Yes, it does. It has a partition. It function perfectly if I mount it (it is
> created as /dev/sdb), but if I try to reformat it, it does not appear in the
> device list.

Partition can be created without partition table. Then partition will be exactly in /dev/sdb, not in /dev/sdb1. Could you try to compile latest version from git. Either master (KF5 based) or 1.1 branch (KDELibs4 based) and see if it happens there because there were some related fixes. I am going to release new versions in the middle of February.

Comment 4 Andrius Štikonas 2016-02-22 13:43:05 UTC

Should be fixed in new versions of partitionmanager that don't use Solid.