The 4Gb Samsung YP-Z5 fails to mount (automatically or manually) under ubuntu breezy and dapper as well as older versions of Gentoo (2005) and Knoppix (3.8.2). The YP-Z5 is an MTP device but can also (according to the manual) mount as USB mass storage.
Created attachment 5685 [details] section of /var/log/messages which covers connecting and disconnecting device
Created attachment 5686 [details] Output of lshal
Created attachment 5687 [details] lshal with device actually plugged in! Unfortuntely, I'm a muppet and attached a version of this file without the player connected.
I can't see a volume for this device. You should start hal with --verbose=yes -- use-syslog (additional to your current parameters) and add related information from /var/log/messages since plugin the device.
I had the same problem, but an upgrade of the firmware of the player (from 1.03 to 2.33) has fixed it. See http://www.anythingbutipod.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1126 , especially the changelog entry that says: - Fixed 4GB UMS mode support in some early devices with firmware lower than 1.08 US. The upgrade process was painless...
Is there a way (e.g. via sysfs) to detect the firmware version of the device? Btw. I need the output of lshal with the working firmware to be able to add the device to HAL.
I've attached the lshal output for my YP Z5. Interestingly I notice that the USB id for the one previously submitted is different from mine. His is 04e8 (Samsung) 503c and mine is 04e8 5041. Also there is a value for firmware in the lshal, which is storage.firmware_version = '0003' (string) on mine and 0006 on the previously uploaded lshal. I'm not sure this corresponds to anything under for the YP-Z5 though. I'll also upload the kernel log relating to this device.
Created attachment 6439 [details] Output from lshal for YP Z5
Created attachment 6440 [details] Kernel messages showing correct detection of YP Z5
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