There's two independent problems which present themselves. Sometimes the 'disk type' attribute becomes corrupted and the USB stick can no longer be automounted by most OSes (Windows is the exception). The other issue is in the configuration within Gnome. Gnome is sometimes set to ignore certain disk types and will no auto mount them.
You can check your disk type attribute using the mtools package. $ echo "drive i: file=\"/dev/sdb1\"" > ~/.mtoolsrc $ sudo minfo i: | grep disk\ type Note: the path to your usb device may be different than /dev/sdb1. You can scan /var/log/messages or /var/log/syslog to determine where your device might be located. If you get anything other than FAT32, you probably have a corrupt USB stick and will need to reformat. I've found no fix other than reformatting. If everything checks out, your system may not be configured correctly. There's a number of ways this can be fixed. One of the more common problems is on laptops without CD/DVD drives. The fstab line for the optical drive needs to be commented out. That fixes most issues. There's also a configuration within Gnome that sometimes goes amiss. You should be able to google a resolution to that issue. Either way, I'm pretty sure Ubuntu is no longer corrupting drives. On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 2:15 AM, Dr. Anonymous <211...@bugs.launchpad.net>wrote: > This > > s|̽̇͛ͭ̔̀͐͗͏́͞͏̜̬̞͇̗͕͈͉̀-̶̌͑ͯ͏̞̯̣̭͔̺̖̺̥̥͕͈͞|̖̭͎͇̤̩̹̖̭̖̦̟͔͍̜̩̘̊̃̽ͦ͗̈́ͬ̎̄̈̏̈́ͪͮ̀́̕ͅ|͇͔̲̰̯͎̣͉̮̟̝̥̲̄̂̓͐̏̄͑ͨ̿̑̉͌ͣ͜͠t̸͒ͧ̋ͭͮ̏̋ͧͧ͏̧̤̹̼̲̰ > is still problem these days. > > > FIX IT ALREADY > > -- > USB Thumb Drive can't mount anymore in Hardy > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/211760 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > -- USB Thumb Drive can't mount anymore in Hardy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/211760 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs