Automatic mount of USB key

[Michael R. Head]

On Mon, 2006-03-27 at 15:21 +0200, Paolo Ciarrocchi wrote:
> Hi all,
> I'm facing a problem that I'm not able to solve,
> if I plug my USB key it's automatically mounted, no problem at all.
> But if plug the key while I'm running my vanilla kernel (almost daily
> updated with git/cogito) the key is not automatically mounted.
> 
> There no difference in /var/log/messages between a ubuntu or vanilla
> kernel and I don't understand HOW the automatical mount works...

It relies on udev, CONFIG_HOTPLUG, and CONFIG_USB_STORAGE. Make sure you
have at least these options enabled in your hand-compiled kernel. 

Note that the kernel/userspace software for this is moving in lock-step,
so a new kernel might not work with an older udev userspace and vice
versa.

> 
> Any hint on how to pinpoint the problem?
> 
> --
> Paolo
> http://paolociarrocchi.googlepages.com
> 
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