On ubuntu systems, you have to be part of the "plugdev" group to get the removable media automatically. On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 11:18 AM, Dazed_75 wrote: > I apologize if you have already tried this (I deleted some of the earlier > messages after reading them). But have you tried creating another normal > user and logging in as that user to see what happens when you plug the USB > device in? > > If that works, the problem is fairly certain to be in some setting or > conflict for your usual user only. If it does not the problem is likely > something to do with how "normal" users are defined in your system and their > permissions to do things. The ability for a normal user to use removable > [and writeable] devices which would commonly be denied to normal users in > some environments. > > > On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 6:47 PM, Steve Holmes wrote: > >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: RIPEMD160 >> >> Yes I followed the suggestions and updated hal and udev from the >> testing repo but still no go. Strangely, it works fine if I login as >> root but from my normal user account, it just goes as far as finding >> and identifying the device but it won't mount to save its life. In >> fact, if I go to Computer, the device shows up in the list of volume >> names but if I right click and attempt to mount, it just ignores it. >> Yet if root plugs in the device, it comes up in the Nautilus view >> without a problem. I can then leave it plugged in and logout from >> root and log back in with mynormal account and the drive is still >> accessible but mounted under root. I guess logging out of gnome >> doesn't unmount the drive; not sure what is supposed to happen there. >> >> I don't know enough about gnome internals to know where to look >> further. So more help would be greately appreciated. BTW, thanks for >> the link though; that gave me something to try. >> >> On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 06:35:41AM -0700, Eric Shubert wrote: >> > Have you seen this? >> > http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=77716 >> > >> > Steve Holmes wrote: >> > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> > > Hash: RIPEMD160 >> > > >> > > I have a question and a problem here with the automounting of drives >> > > and media in Gnome. Let me try and sort out what I know here. On my >> > > normal user account, when I plug in a USB drive of any kind, the >> > > automount feature of gnome doesn't take hold. HAL discovers it ok and >> > > even will build the sym links in /dev/disk/by-label but gnome won't >> > > pick this up and make it available. All the volume and removable >> > > device options are set properly. >> > > >> > > Now I just tried logging into gnome this morning from my root account >> > > and there, the device automounted and everything seemed to work >> > > great. I guess there is a difference between my normal user's >> > > settings and root's. Where can I find the settings in conf files or >> > > whatever to possibly fix this automount problem? >> > > >> > > I'm running 2.6.30 kernel on an Arch Linux system with latest updates >> > > which includes Gnome 2.26 right now. >> > > >> > > Any help or ideas? >> > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >> > > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) >> > > >> > > iEYEAREDAAYFAkqVGSEACgkQWSjv55S0LfHRSwCfYCFuCVHhYranDNgnTjp/Rkv7 >> > > oxcAn1t/+cjLd66Z6kUTdS2Ago6kzByl >> > > =9qhh >> > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >> > >> > >> > -- >> > -Eric 'shubes' >> > >> > --------------------------------------------------- >> > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >> Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) >> >> iEYEAREDAAYFAkqV5cAACgkQWSjv55S0LfHDRwCdEhEcmtWprhAgW4MCIIsi+y9e >> +AUAn2GRjhd7P76oNtJrOmRCiZnorJds >> =yYr5 >> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > > > -- > Dazed_75 a.k.a. Larry > > The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, > that I wish it always to be kept alive. > - Thomas Jefferson > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- James McPhee jmcphe@gmail.com