No automount for USB devices

[Jonas Norlander]

2008/7/16 Jeffrey Barish <jeff_barish at earthlink.net>:
> Donn wrote:
>
>> On Tuesday, 15 July 2008 02:47:30 Jeffrey Barish wrote:
>>> Since I installed 8.04, connecting a USB memory device (such as a music
>>> player) does not trigger an automount.  I used to get a dialog confirming
>> Eek! I hope it's not a problem with drivers being left out of Hardy or
>> something wrong with your hardware.
>>
>> You can get an idea of what's going on by using:
>> dmesg
>
> I don't think it's drivers.  dmesg says:
>
> [506197.026853] usb-storage: device found at 18
> [506197.026859] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
> [506202.017403] usb-storage: device scan complete
> [506202.018764] scsi 5:0:0:0: Direct-Access     Generic  STORAGE DEVICE
> 9228 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
> [506205.094846] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI removable disk
> [506205.094925] sd 5:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0
>
> I tried mounting /dev/sdc, but I get "No medium found".
> --
> Jeffrey Barish
>

hi!

Ether you didn't pasted the whole output or there is something wrong.
There is no output about the size of the media or any partitions like
in Donns. In most case you don't mount /dev/sdc there should be a
/dev/sdc1 partition you mount instead. Do you have a /dev/sdc1 device?

/ Jonas