usb devices does not mount automatically

[Loïc Martin]

Derek Broughton a écrit :
> Jose Luiz Pereira dos Santos wrote:
>
>   
>> Excuse-se once more, but it seems you did not understand my question.
>> Then for the sake of clarity I will say it again. The usb devices just
>> stopped mounting automatically. I only want to know how to restore that
>> functionality again - that's all.
>>     
>
> Who? What?  Please "reply" to messages so we keep the threading (and quote
> judiciously).  
>
> If you're responding to me, I'm reasonably certain I _did_ understand your
> question and told you how to fix it (afaik, usb devices never did
> automatically _mount_ - they should appear on your desktop, but you need to
> mount them from there yourself, either explicitly or by clicking on them).
>   
My experience (Breezy and Dapper) has been that you don't have to mount  
usb volumes yourself, and don't even need them to be in /etc/fstab. 
However, it is sometimes erratic (works for a while, then stop working 
and you don't have a clue). Quite often, they mount the first time, but 
if you umount them, unplug them then plug them again a while later, they 
don't mount automatically.

I really don't know how to solve it anyway. It's like old snes 
cartridges, you end up blowing on them, brushing them on your jeans, and 
pray while you plug them.