Public bug reported: I don't know if this is a bug in Ubuntu or Unity. If I plug in my external HDD, its partitions do not appear on the Launcher, neither is it automounted in Nautilus. Regular (root) mount works. I have just installed 13.10 yesterday; the drive worked with 12.04.
OS: Ubuntu 13.10 HDD: Western Digital My Book 3TB, with two partitions: - primary NTFS, 2 TiB - logical Ext4, the rest lsusb: Bus 002 Device 002: ID 1058:1170 Western Digital Technologies, Inc. Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 001 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 sudo blkid: /dev/sda1: UUID="31e9a086-b20b-4138-b706-b50d614deb6d" TYPE="ext4" /dev/sda5: UUID="daa0921d-6aca-4a90-82eb-52cbcff016e2" TYPE="ext4" /dev/sda6: UUID="1578eeb8-3460-4f6c-9597-b55ae6323b75" TYPE="swap" /dev/sdb1: LABEL="My Book NTFS" UUID="14EC619E4A08C7FC" TYPE="ntfs" /dev/sdb2: LABEL="My Book Ext4" UUID="77ec8e6e-2634-4be2-92ec-ecaa9ccc20a5" TYPE="ext4" sudo fdisk -l /dev/sdb: Note: sector size is 4096 (not 512) Disk /dev/sdb: 3000.6 GB, 3000558944256 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 45599 cylinders, total 732558336 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 4096 = 4096 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes Disk identifier: 0x00028375 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 63 562965794 2251862928 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT /dev/sdb2 562965795 732547934 678328560 83 Linux ** Affects: unity Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Affects: ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: unity Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1263013 Title: External (USB) HDDs are not automounted in 13.10 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/1263013/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs