udev detects the disc well. Hal may be the failing part.
try to kill hald and then to launch it as sudo hald --daemon=no --verbose=yes then plug your hard drive. hope something useful may come out of it -- External HDDs don't automatically mount and create the usual shortcuts in Fiercy Fawn 7.04 Ubuntu when plugged into USB-port https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/109063 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs