USB drive not working on Ubuntu 10.04! It worked on Ubuntu the first few times!

[randomuser2349]

What happened? I turn on Ubuntu and plug in my USB key. It refuses to do anything other than make a few loading noises. That's all. What is the problem?

[devils casper]

Plug-in USB key. Open Terminal and execute this

tail -s 3 -f /var/log/messages

Post output here.

[hatebreed]

could you post the lsusb output

[randomuser2349]

Plug-in USB key. Open Terminal and execute this

tail -s 3 -f /var/log/messages

Post output here.

ryan2@D:~$ tail -s 3 -f /var/log/messages
Jun 26 00:45:05 D kernel: [ 453.918053] hub 1-1:1.0: 4 ports detected
Jun 26 00:45:05 D kernel: [ 454.210029] usb 1-1.4: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 5
Jun 26 00:45:06 D kernel: [ 454.359245] usb 1-1.4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
Jun 26 00:45:06 D kernel: [ 454.382261] scsi3 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
Jun 26 00:45:11 D kernel: [ 459.389249] scsi 3:0:0:0: Direct-Access Memorex TD Classic 003C 1.04 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS
Jun 26 00:45:11 D kernel: [ 459.396446] sd 3:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
Jun 26 00:45:11 D kernel: [ 459.690148] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] 1003520 512-byte logical blocks: (513 MB/490 MiB)
Jun 26 00:45:11 D kernel: [ 459.693160] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
Jun 26 00:45:11 D kernel: [ 459.710118] sdb: sdb1
Jun 26 00:45:11 D kernel: [ 459.729170] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
^C
ryan2@D:~$

[randomuser2349]

could you post the lsusb output

ryan2@D:~$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 08ec:0008 M-Systems Flash Disk Pioneers TravelDrive 2C
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 05e3:0606 Genesys Logic, Inc. USB 2.0 Hub / D-Link DUB-H4 USB 2.0 Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
ryan2@D:~$

[devils casper]

/dev/sdb1 device name has been assigned to to USB Key.
Try to mount it manually.

sudo mkdir /mnt/stick
sudo mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/stick
cd /mnt/stick
ls