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Operating Systems Linux Ubuntu USB flash drive/keyfob will not automount Post 302274536 by ropers on Wednesday 7th of January 2009 10:29:54 PM
Old 01-07-2009
USB flash drive/keyfob will not automount
I am working on an Ubuntu Linux 8.10 system that I do not want to reboot. For some reason, USB flash drives (mass storage devices) now no longer automount. I want to restore that functionality without rebooting. I can manually mount and unmount these things by doing:

Code:
cd /media
sudo mkdir thing
sudo mount /dev/sda thing
sudo umount thing
sudo rmdir thing

I don't seem to be able to see the USB drive thing recognized in lsusb:

Code:
$ lsusb
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 15ca:00c3 Textech International Ltd. Mini Optical Mouse
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

When I newly attach one of these things, I get this in my dmesg:

Code:
[1140463.652040] usb 5-2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 32
[1140463.785327] usb 5-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[1140463.786439] scsi29 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
[1140463.787213] usb-storage: device found at 32
[1140463.787219] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
[1140468.784253] usb-storage: device scan complete
[1140468.784736] scsi 29:0:0:0: Direct-Access CBM  Flash Disk   4.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
[1140468.786079] sd 29:0:0:0: [sda] 1019711 512-byte hardware sectors (522 MB)
[1140468.786575] sd 29:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
[1140468.786580] sd 29:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 00 00 00
[1140468.786584] sd 29:0:0:0: [sda] Assuming drive cache: write through
[1140468.787826] sd 29:0:0:0: [sda] 1019711 512-byte hardware sectors (522 MB)
[1140468.788324] sd 29:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
[1140468.788330] sd 29:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 00 00 00
[1140468.788333] sd 29:0:0:0: [sda] Assuming drive cache: write through
[1140468.788340]  sda: sda1
[1140468.789698] sd 29:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI removable disk
[1140468.789959] sd 29:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0

But the device never turns up in Nautilus.

Any ideas?
 

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