10-08-2017, 12:02 PM
OK.
Again connected USB stick.
Loaded Menu/Settings/Disks.
Selected to quick format using default settings.
USB disappeared from Thunar view and desktop, so waited a minute and manually disconnected and reconnected USB stick.
Checked permissions, which right-clicking desktop icon showed as same as when formatted in Win 10.
The two small files copied.
But when copying the large file, it gets part way and now errors "Failed to open directory 'KINGSTON'. Error opening directory '/media/ian/KINGSTON': Permission denied." [KINGSTON was the label I applied this time when formatting as above.]
Drive again disappears (dismounted?)
Manually disconnected and reconnected.
Checked permissions by right-clicking desktop icon, which are unchanged:
Owner: ian (ian)
Access: Read & Write
Group: ian
Access: Read only
Others: Read only.
This last error round is familiar from when it was failing in Ubuntu/Unity, where the file manager was reported permission errors; but these may not be identical in this case.
Again connected USB stick.
Loaded Menu/Settings/Disks.
Selected to quick format using default settings.
USB disappeared from Thunar view and desktop, so waited a minute and manually disconnected and reconnected USB stick.
Checked permissions, which right-clicking desktop icon showed as same as when formatted in Win 10.
The two small files copied.
But when copying the large file, it gets part way and now errors "Failed to open directory 'KINGSTON'. Error opening directory '/media/ian/KINGSTON': Permission denied." [KINGSTON was the label I applied this time when formatting as above.]
Drive again disappears (dismounted?)
Manually disconnected and reconnected.
Checked permissions by right-clicking desktop icon, which are unchanged:
Owner: ian (ian)
Access: Read & Write
Group: ian
Access: Read only
Others: Read only.
This last error round is familiar from when it was failing in Ubuntu/Unity, where the file manager was reported permission errors; but these may not be identical in this case.
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