I haven't used dmesg before, so hopefully this is what you're looking for. I attempted to mount from the command prompt, got the usual error, and then typed 'dmesg'. This was the output. [ 0.465335] Block layer SCSI generic (bsg) driver version 0.4 loaded (major 253) [ 0.465338] io scheduler noop registered [ 0.465339] io scheduler anticipatory registered [ 0.465341] io scheduler deadline registered [ 0.465372] io scheduler cfq registered (default) [ 0.465519] alloc irq_desc for 24 on node -1 [ 0.465521] alloc kstat_irqs on node -1 [ 0.465529] pcieport 0000:00:03.0: irq 24 for MSI/MSI-X [ 0.465534] pcieport 0000:00:03.0: setting latency timer to 64 [ 0.465614] alloc irq_desc for 25 on node -1 [ 0.465616] alloc kstat_irqs on node -1 [ 0.465621] pcieport 0000:00:06.0: irq 25 for MSI/MSI-X [ 0.465625] pcieport 0000:00:06.0: setting latency timer to 64 [ 0.465703] alloc irq_desc for 26 on node -1 [ 0.465705] alloc kstat_irqs on node -1 [ 0.465710] pcieport 0000:00:07.0: irq 26 for MSI/MSI-X [ 0.465715] pcieport 0000:00:07.0: setting latency timer to 64 [ 0.465888] pci_hotplug: PCI Hot Plug PCI Core version: 0.5 [ 0.465907] pciehp: PCI Express Hot Plug Controller Driver version: 0.4 [ 0.465983] input: Power Button as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0C0C:00/input/input0 [ 0.465986] ACPI: Power Button [PWRB] [ 0.466029] input: Power Button as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXPWRBN:00/input/input1 [ 0.466031] ACPI: Power Button [PWRF] [ 0.466256] processor LNXCPU:00: registered as cooling_device0 [ 0.466286] processor LNXCPU:01: registered as cooling_device1 [ 0.466314] processor LNXCPU:02: registered as cooling_device2 [ 0.466343] processor LNXCPU:03: registered as cooling_device3 [ 0.469102] isapnp: Scanning for PnP cards... [ 0.470088] Serial: 8250/16550 driver, 4 ports, IRQ sharing enabled [ 0.470202] serial8250: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A [ 0.470496] 00:04: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A [ 0.471441] brd: module loaded [ 0.471819] loop: module loaded [ 0.471880] input: Macintosh mouse button emulation as /devices/virtual/input/input2 [ 0.472005] pata_acpi 0000:00:0d.0: setting latency timer to 64 [ 0.472223] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LSA0] enabled at IRQ 23 [ 0.472226] alloc irq_desc for 23 on node -1 [ 0.472228] alloc kstat_irqs on node -1 [ 0.472232] pata_acpi 0000:00:0e.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LSA0] -> GSI 23 (level, low) -> IRQ 23 [ 0.472247] pata_acpi 0000:00:0e.0: setting latency timer to 64 [ 0.472255] pata_acpi 0000:00:0e.0: PCI INT A disabled [ 0.472452] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LSA1] enabled at IRQ 22 [ 0.472454] alloc irq_desc for 22 on node -1 [ 0.472456] alloc kstat_irqs on node -1 [ 0.472459] pata_acpi 0000:00:0f.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LSA1] -> GSI 22 (level, low) -> IRQ 22 [ 0.472474] pata_acpi 0000:00:0f.0: setting latency timer to 64 [ 0.472482] pata_acpi 0000:00:0f.0: PCI INT A disabled [ 0.472727] Fixed MDIO Bus: probed [ 0.472753] PPP generic driver version 2.4.2 [ 0.472778] tun: Universal TUN/TAP device driver, 1.6 [ 0.472779] tun: (C) 1999-2004 Max Krasnyansky