[Bug 12633] New: USB detection of new storage devices fails

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Ubuntu | hotplug

           Summary: USB detection of new storage devices fails
           Product: Ubuntu
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: i386
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: hotplug
        AssignedTo: debzilla at ubuntu.com
        ReportedBy: matt at eisgr.com
         QAContact: kubuntu-bugs at lists.ubuntu.com


Detection of New Storage devices sometimes fails.
Even if udev detects and creates the appropriate device files, the drives are
then still unavailable to the GUI.
One must drop to a command shell and mount the device, creating any mountpoints
necessary, and using the long-method of mounting since no entry appears in
/etc/fstab.  All of these are the responsibility of hotplug's handler scripts. 
Sometimes it simply takes a very long time.  Other times it does not happen at all.

SuSE is quite successful in this arena, including their use of "subfs" for
mounting removeable media like CDROMs and USB drives.  Perhaps inspecting their
methodology might help.  The current Ubuntu direction seems outdated.

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