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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">You can install the GUI on RHEL/CentOS Servers – it’s just not the default.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">If you install the GUI you can use Ctrl-Alt-F1, (F2, F3, etc…) to go to virtual CLI sessions that don’t require you to use the GUI for console login.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> ale-bounces@ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces@ale.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Jim Kinney<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, October 19, 2015 8:08 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [ale] mount issue<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p>There's a server install with no gui as well as a workstation install and a minimal install.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Oct 19, 2015 7:55 AM, "DJ-Pfulio" <<a href="mailto:djpfulio@jdpfu.com">djpfulio@jdpfu.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">On 10/18/2015 10:03 PM, Jim Kinney wrote:<br>
> Yep. Auto mount of usb stuff is (usually) automagic in gnome.<br>
<br>
Gnome? Isn't Cent a server OS?<br>
My Cent7 install doesn't have any GUI. I am pretty new at Cent.<br>
<br>
> On Oct 18, 2015 9:11 PM, "DJ-Pfulio" <<a href="mailto:DJPfulio@jdpfu.com">DJPfulio@jdpfu.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
>> If you want to see which partitions are available: sudo parted -l<br>
>> If you want to see partitions AND LVs: lsblk<br>
>><br>
>> To me, dmesg is useful to see the last few lines when a new device has<br>
>> been connected - hopefully that will list the USB storage. If not, try a<br>
>> different USB port and/or don't use a USB hub. Some storage devices do<br>
>> not work with USB hubs at all. My servers DO NOT automatically mount<br>
>> storage.<br>
>><br>
>> Is auto-mounting of USB media actually the default?<br>
>><br>
>> As others have asked - does manually mounting the storage work?<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> On 10/18/2015 08:45 PM, Sean Kilpatrick wrote:<br>
>>> checking dmesg leaves me even more confused!<br>
>>><br>
>>> ---------------[dmesg output]---------------------------<br>
>>><br>
>>> [235921] usb 3-11: new high-speed USB device number 29 using xhci_hcd<br>
>>> [235992] usb 3-11: Device not responding to set address.<br>
>>> [448907] usb 3-11: New USB device found, idVendor=14cd, idProduct=125c<br>
>>> [448911] usb 3-11: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=3,<br>
>>> SerialNumber=2<br>
>>> [448912] usb 3-11: Product: Mass Storage Device<br>
>>> [448914] usb 3-11: Manufacturer: Generic<br>
>>> [448924] usb 3-11: SerialNumber: 125C20100726<br>
>>> [451930] usb-storage 3-11:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected<br>
>>> [453745] scsi20 : usb-storage 3-11:1.0<br>
>>> [455243] scsi 20:0:0:0: Direct-Access Mass Storage Device<br>
>>> PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS<br>
>>> [455593] sd 20:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg8 type 0<br>
>>> [459766] sd 20:0:0:0: [sdh] 15523840 512-byte logical blocks: (7.94<br>
>>> GB/7.40 GiB)<br>
>>> [460211] sd 20:0:0:0: [sdh] Write Protect is off<br>
>>> [460213] sd 20:0:0:0: [sdh] Mode Sense: 03 00 00 00<br>
>>> [460894] sd 20:0:0:0: [sdh] No Caching mode page found<br>
>>> [460896] sd 20:0:0:0: [sdh] Assuming drive cache: write through<br>
>>> [464419] sd 20:0:0:0: [sdh] No Caching mode page found<br>
>>> [464422] sd 20:0:0:0: [sdh] Assuming drive cache: write through<br>
>>> [466138] sdh: sdh1<br>
>>> [471053] sd 20:0:0:0: [sdh] No Caching mode page found<br>
>>> [471056] sd 20:0:0:0: [sdh] Assuming drive cache: write through<br>
>>> [471058] sd 20:0:0:0: [sdh] Attached SCSI removable disk<br>
>>> [735687] SELinux: initialized (dev fuse, type fuse), uses genfs_contexts<br>
>>> [069731] usb 3-11: USB disconnect, device number 29<br>
>>><br>
>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------<br>
>>><br>
>>> And here are the last few lines of the output from "mount" after the sd<br>
>>> card is attached to the box:<br>
>>> /dev/sdb1 on /home type xfs (rw,relatime,seclabel,attr2,inode64,noquota)<br>
>>> /dev/sda1 on /boot type xfs (rw,relatime,seclabel,attr2,inode64,noquota)<br>
>>> fusectl on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl (rw,relatime)<br>
>>> gvfsd-fuse on /run/user/1000/gvfs type fuse.gvfsd-fuse<br>
>>> (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=1000,group_id=100)<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>
>>><br>
>>> as you can see, there is no indication the card was mounted.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Could this be an SELinux problem?<br>
>>><br>
>>> Sean<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> On Sun, 2015-10-18 at 18:53 -0400, Jim Kinney wrote:<br>
>>>> Sounds like it's time for ddrescue or photorec (excellent) then a flame<br>
>>>> thrower or hammer.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Check dmesg to see what the system says it it and try to manually mount<br>
>> it.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Also, some external readers are crappy. Unplug the usb, insert the card,<br>
>>>> plug in the usb.<br>
>>>> On Oct 18, 2015 6:45 PM, "Sean Kilpatrick" <<a href="mailto:kilpatms@gmail.com">kilpatms@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>>>><br>
>>>>> I have an 8 gig sd card that may be FUBAR.<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> When I plug it into the computer (USB connection) nothing happens. The<br>
>>>>> system does not automount the chip as it should.<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> But, If I go to the GUI and check for USB devices it appears on the<br>
>> list<br>
>>>>> of available devices. When I click on the line (7.4 GiB Rem...) I get<br>
>>>>> this:<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> UDI: /org/freedesktop/UDisks2/block_devices/sdh<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> The "mount" command does NOT list the device.<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> Obviously, at some level the OS (CentOs7) knows the card has been<br>
>>>>> attached to the system. But it won't automount it as it should.<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> Clues would be appreciated as I really would like to recover the pix on<br>
>>>>> this SD card.<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> Sean<br>
<br>
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