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[James Henstridge <james.henstridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 26 September 2015 at 05:50, Mitchell Reese <dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Weird issue on rc-proposed with revision 133 - each time I reboot my
> device (BQ 4.5) the external sdcard is no longer scanned for content, and
> does not show up in either the music or gallery app.
>
> I can still browse content in the file browser however by going to the
> device directly - all images and music files are there. Have checked the
> permissions, and the files are the expected phablet:phablet. Is this a
> known issue? It means I'm unable to use the nearly 8gb of music stored on
> my external sdcard.
>

The mediascanner service is responsible for cataloguing your music, but
there hasn't been any changes to its handling of removable media for a long
time.  Could you send an extract of ~/.cache/upstart/mediascanner-2.0.log
(or possibly .log.1.gz if the phone has been running for a while)?

In particular, I'd be interested in log messages that look like "Volume XXX
was mounted."  These should be emitted when the card is inserted, and also
when the media scanner initially starts up (it essentially generates mount
events for all the presently mounted volumes marked as removable).  If you
don't see any messages like this, it could indicate a problem communicating
with the udisks2 daemon.

James.