A workaround: Add the following to /etc/dbus-1/system.d/hal.conf:
<!-- Allow plugdev members to mount volumes --> <policy group="plugdev"> <allow send_interface="org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Volume"/> <allow send_interface="org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Volume.Crypto"/> </policy> Make sure that you're in the group plugdev *in /etc/group*. Note that automagically putting yourself in plugdev via /etc/security/group.conf will *not* work for the HAL-based mounting. This is really, *really* silly, and the last part (about /etc/security/group.conf) is not going to be fixed any time in the near future (see Debian bug #377689). Why did the KDE folks switch from pmount to HAL? ** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #377689 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=377689 ** Also affects: Debian via http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=377689 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- Not possible to mount USB stick after upgrading to kde-3.5.5 https://launchpad.net/bugs/65662 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs