Hardware :: Unlocking The Passport Essential SE?
Aug 25, 2010Do you think it is possible to unlock the hard drive in Linux? I like the idea of password protecting my files, just wish I could unlock the files in Linux.
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Hardware :: Clean Up WD "My Passport Essential" USB HDD?
Feb 14, 2010Is it possible to remove the useless (on Linux) pre-installed partitions on this drive? Using what may be U3 technology, the drive presents as "virtual CD" and a "SES device". The only web pages I found about U3 technology refer to Flash ROM, not HDDs.
No /dev/ files are created for the drive so it cannot simply be re-partitioned. There is some info about Windows-only U3 management utilities here, here and here but they don't seem very reliable and there are no accounts of using them on HDDs. I found nothing on Western Digital's Knowledge Base.
Here's from /var/log/messages
Code:
Feb 14 21:00:29 ps1 kernel: usb 1-2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3
Feb 14 21:00:29 ps1 kernel: usb 1-2: New USB device found, idVendor=1058, idProduct=070a
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Debian Hardware :: WD Passport Isn't Automounted
Feb 19, 2011I used Squeeze live disc to verify that it supports my laptop fully. Squeeze was able to detect and load my USB WD Passport 250GB drive. I installed the OS and now the same drive isn't automounted. Every time I plugin the drive I see following message:
Unable to mount Data-istan
Error mounting: mount exited with exit code 1: helper failed with:
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdb1,
missing codepage or helper program, or other error
In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
dmesg | tail or so
My drive is named Data-istan. I faced some other issues but found help on Wiki but couldn't find help related to this topic. I intend to put all my experience on Wiki. FYI, I have ntfs3g package already installed.
Fedora Hardware :: Cannot Format WD Passport (WDBAAA2500ABK-00)
Jul 1, 2010As you may have heard Western Digital external drives seem to play funny with Linux
I have acquired a 250GB WD Passport (WDBAAA2500ABK-00) and would like to format to use with Linux - possibly even as a persistant LiveUSB...
Has anyone de-cyphered how to format these little buggers?
Gparted and Fedora 13's Disk Utility can't touch it.
All I understand so far is that it has something to do with the Smartware they put on it to have it function on Windows/Mac.
Ubuntu :: Unable To Mount The Volume 'My Passport'
Feb 15, 2010Cannot mount volume.
Unable to mount the volume 'My Passport'.
Details
$MFTMirr does not match $MFT (record 0). Failed to mount '/dev/sdb1': Input/output error NTFS is either inconsistent, or there is a hardware fault, or it's a SoftRAID/FakeRAID then first activate it and mount a different device under the /dev/mapper/ directory, (e.g. /dev/mapper/nvidia_eahaabcc1). see the 'dmraid' documentation for more details.
I'm trying to reinstall ubuntu because I messed up a bunch of stuff but I need to back it up on this hard drive which won't mount in any linux distro.
Debian Hardware :: Can't Mount WD Passport USB Hard Disk?
Feb 5, 2010I am running a Debian/Linux "Lenny" dual boot system and when I try to open my WD passport storage device I get: Cannot mount volume. Invalid mount option when attempting to mount the volume "My Passport".
This is the contents of my fstab file:
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/sda8 / ext3 errors=remount-ro 0 1
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Ubuntu :: Terminal Command - Cd - Media - My Passport Is Not Working
Jun 14, 2011The drive is mounted, and I'm saving files to it, but I can't navigate to it in terminal with the cd command. I can access other USB drives. Is it the space in the drive name? how to access the directory?
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May 22, 2010I recently bought an Acer Extensa 5635Z and things were fine until I lent it to my godson for a weekend and got it back with the internal hard drive not functioning; he said it worked one night, and didn't the next morning; now, it's not recognised and an OS is not found during bootup. Whereas this was bad news for me in one way, on the other hand it was the perfect chance to switch to Ubuntu, something I've been wanting to do for years, and I've been really enjoying most aspects of it after using a live disk to be able to do my work over the last couple of days. Now, instead of buying another new laptop, I would like to use an external hard drive that I've just bought in the place of my broken internal hd, and have Ubuntu on it.I've read tutorials on it and they basically say that all I have to do is:
* Run the live disk - done
* Uncheck these options -
Mount removable drives when hot-plugged
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Is that it? Is there anything else I should do for this particular brand or situation (will the BIOS recognise the hard drive?) or any issues I should know about beforehand? How do I choose the HDD as primary boot? Should I insert the external HD before or after unchecking the options? Should I leave any of the 250 GB to '/dev/sda1'? There being no actual internal hard drive won't provoke trouble with the process?
P.S. My computer is 64-bit capable and I've been using a 64-bit Ubuntu disc. I've had trouble viewing things in this interim period, particularly videos, and incapable of installing codecs. Should I just get a 32-bit Ubuntu disc? Or will the problems be resolved when I have a rewritable disc on which to operate?
Ubuntu Servers :: Turn USB Passport Drive Off On Headless Server?
Jul 29, 2011This is a silly question maybe, but how can I turn my passport drive off after has being unmounted? I am assuming that's the right order, before removing: umount and then turning off. By the way, I am talking about Ubuntu Server, not regular Ubuntu desktop via GUI.
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Mar 3, 2010I am running the x64 version of Ubuntu 9.10. For the past 2 days(haven't installed any new programs within the same time frame). I've started to encounter problems after I lock my computer, (ctrl+alt+l), then come back and unlock it. After unlocking, I am unable to open any programs.
Attempts to open programs include: panel icon buttons, application menu buttons(including opening nautilus through the places menu), alt+F2, and using gnome-do. I also can't use any of the buttons in the user menu to the far right to log off or shut down the computer and am forced to hold the power button to restart my laptop. I am able to use programs that are already open with no problems.
Also, If i lock the laptop again, the screen darkens as expected, except, when i move the mouse to bring up the login dialog all i see is short flickers of my mouse as it moves around a black screen.
My most recent synaptic log includes:
Quote:
Commit Log for Sat Feb 27 17:09:49 2010
Upgraded the following packages:
foomatic-filters (4.0.3-0ubuntu2.1) to 4.0.3-0ubuntu2.2
google-chrome-unstable (5.0.322.2-r38810) to 5.0.335.0-r39561
lernid (0.5) to 0.6
sudo (1.7.0-1ubuntu2) to 1.7.0-1ubuntu2.1
Fedora :: Unlocking Screen Causes Logout
Jul 27, 2010I just installed F13 on my netbook (Toshiba NB205). Whenever the screensaver locks the screen (manually or due to a timeout), the unlocking of the screensaver causes my account to logout and I'm left at the GDM login screen. I've been seeing that the "work around" is to turn off the screensaver lock.
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Jan 5, 2010I'm a software engineer that has recently tested our hard drive locking feature; I discovered an issue that prevents the user from removing the hard drive password and I used a lot of drives to narrow the issue down. Is there any Linux utility/command that can unlock drives?
There is a windows based utility here: [URL] but you need to pay to use it. I guess I'm looking for the free Linux equivalent, if there is any. FYI: The Locking is performed at the firmware level of the hard drive so a low format will not unlock it. This is a specific feature most drives have that not a lot of people know about.
Ubuntu :: Unlocking Keyring For Empathy Automatically?
Sep 5, 2010Whenever I access Empathy IM client, I am prompted for the password to unlock the keyring. It is annoying me.Is there some way to automatically unlock the keyring for empathy?
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Nov 22, 2010So I recently built a gaming computer, which I typically use windows for. I'm mainly a linux user and I have separate computers for that. But, I wanted to try an experiment with linux on my gaming computer due to it having the best hardware I have.Anyways, I have an AMD athlon II x3, with the 4th core unlocked. Windows will boot up and use it just fine - it considers it a phenom II x4 b40. However, linux will not boot up as long as that 4th core is unlocked. grub is responsive but once it begins booting, it doesn't really do anything. its not just debian, its any linux distro.
i've never heard of linux having problems with core unlocking, and i have a pretty good motherboard (one of the top 5 socket am3 boards). i'm also very surprised to see windows somehow manages to accept this but linux doesn't.
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Jun 25, 2011NetworkManager stores its connection secrets in a keyring called "default". I am prompted to supply the keyring password every time I log in, regardless of whether I select the "automatically unlock this keyring when I log in" radio button.
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Jul 18, 2011I'm trying to setup a LDAP server and it seems to have all gone pretty well. I set it so that users that type their passwords wrong 5 times are locked out for 20 minutes. That works fine, but if I want to log on as an admin and unlock their account before that 20 minutes is up it isn't working.Normally, (authenticating locally)
Code:
passwd -u blank888
works and does what I want it to. If I want passwd to recognize the LDAP server I use
Code:
passwd -D cn=Administrator,dc=example,dc=com -u blank888
When I run that, it always asks for the admin password like it should, but then will only work on some accounts and not others. Mainly I've seen that it only works on accounts that already had local accounts before connecting to the LDAP server.If I run a passwd -Sa command I will get something like:
blank888 LK 07/18/2011 0 999 7 -1
blank888 LK 07/18/2011 0 999 7 -1
test LK
blank888 already had an account on the machine, but also had a LDAP account along with test. So blank888 is showing twice because he has both LDAP and local accounts, whereas test only has a LDAP account. So now if they both get locked out passwd -D $adminDN -u $account will work for blank888 but not test. Then the results of a passwd -Sa would be:
blank888 PS 07/18/2011 0 999 7 -1
blank888 PS 07/18/2011 0 999 7 -1
test LK
I need to be able to unlock test using passwd. The LDAP server is running 11.2, and the hosts are running various Linux distros, and XP.Can anything think of a way to fix this without removing the LDAP server, adding local accounts for everyone, and then putting the LDAP server back on?
Ubuntu Installation :: Unlocking Sources.list File?
Feb 24, 2010how to unlock my sources.list file, so I can add code and upgrade Firefox 3.53 to 3.6?Ubuntu 9.10Forget it...I tried again, and it saved my source code...
View 2 Replies View RelatedUbuntu Networking :: Unlocking Vonage Linksys RT31P2?
Mar 21, 2010I couldn't find any details on how to do this on Ubuntu, so I figured I'd share for anybody who needs to do that. I got this adapter from a garage sale, it's meant for use with vonage service, it has a web interface with disabled voice tab, and a hidden voice admin page. My goal was to access (unlock) those pages, so that I can use it with one of the free sip providers.
The main thread on how to do this is over at bargainshare forums, the only thing I'm adding here is how to do it on Ubuntu as opposed to windows:[URL]... I will write the simplist path using typical defaults, if your setup deviates or if one of the steps below fails, please refer to the original guide at this link to sort things out. Important note: the pc used in the procedure shouldn't be connected to the internet. Internet access is only needed to get files, programs and instructions, either before using the pc for this procedure, or through a separate pc.
Adapter setup:Do NOT connect the adapter to the internet especially if it has been out of service for a while. Connect an ethernet cable to one of the lan ports on the adapter and in a browser go to 192.168.15.1, this is the default lan gateway address. When prompted to log in use admin/admin again that's the default First thing needed is to flash a special unlocking firmware that allows the adapter to acquire clear text configuration file (as opposed to the encrypted vonage one). After downloading the unlocking firmware from guide above, go to the Administration page then the tab for flashing firmware. Select the firmware file you just saved and let it flash, you'll be prompted to log in, I used user/7756112 , more can be found in the guide, if successful, you'll get a message to that effect. Now firmware version should be 1.7.02 and voice 2.09 LId Next we need to get the adapter to get our configuration file, create one as mentioned in the guide above, meister_sd method, put the file in a folder of your choice, we'll need to use that as our tftp root folder later Now we configure the adapter to talk to the pc, under the setup page of the adapter set "Internet Connection Type" to Static IP and assign the adapter a static IP address, e.g. 192.168.1.88, then set the default gateway and DNS1 to a static IP address that you'll later assign to your PC, make sure it's on the same subnet as the IP address you assigned to the adapter, e.g. 192.168.1.99, save the changes Switch the ethernet cable to the wan port of the adapter, so it's connected directly to the pc, no crossover cable needed in my experience, turn off the adapter until we setup the pc
PC setup:First we need dnsmasq package from synaptic. This package can provide dns, dhcp, read only tftp daemons, outstanding piece of software. during the installation, it will automatically start with it's default settings. we'll shut it down so that we can start it with different command line options:
Code:
sudo /etc/init.d/dnsmasq stop Now we configure the pc to act as a gateway and dns server temporarily, System->Preferences->Network connections , then edit the ethernet interface we're using to connect to the adapter, under IPv4 settings, set the method to manual, then add an address entry with the IP address used on the adapter for dns and gateway, ie 192.168.1.99 and gateway and dns as 127.0.0.1 Now we need to start the dns and tftp daemons:
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Ubuntu :: Incorrect Password Causes Freeze When Unlocking Session?
Apr 1, 2011After locking my GUI session, if I type my password incorrectly when I come to unlock it, the system often (not always) seems to hang for a long time, with the text "Checking..." displayed. The length of time can be many minutes.The system is not actually frozen - if I hit CTL+ALT+F6 I can log on to a console session, from which I can see a tty7 process (i.e. the GUI session) using the 'ps' command. Sometimes the only way I can recover is to kill this process, upon which a new GUI session starts up, but this is undesirable as I lose any open applications.
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$ sudo apt-get build-essential autoconf automake libxmu-dev
while executing this command I am getting the following error
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11 Resource temporarily unavailable)
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I don't even know what this command refers to. Please help me in understanding this command and also tell how to rectify the error as i need this software for my course as well as for my project on Ad Hoc networks.