USB, flash drive no longer mounted after editing /etc/fstab

[Alan E. Davis]

I recently installed virtualbox-2.0 on three different machines running
intrepid ibex.  It worked without a hitch, on all three.  Networking worked
out of the box.  USB doesn't.  I followed some instructions found
here<http://davestechsupport.com/blog/category/howto-ubuntu/>and
edited the file /etc/fstab, adding a line at the bottom.  Two separate
sites had a similar instruction, with perhaps a slight difference, and
another site suggested to edit another file in /etc/init.d/ to get usb
working for virtual box.  I added:

none /proc/bus/usb usbfs devgid=46,devmode=666 0 0

This did not work, and I then commented it out.  VirtualBox works fine, but
I have to live without the usb facility.  I only use it for one program
related to work.

After this, only on this one machine, the usb flashdrives do not any longer
mount automatically.  Instead of the name of the VFAT flashdrive  showing up
on "Places" as KINGSTON, and mounted as /media/KINGSTON, now the following
is seen in places:  "USB Drive", and when it is clicked, the drive is not
opened or mounted.  I have to unplug and plug, study the output of "dmesg"
and mount it manually.

What I fear is that running with that line in /etc/fstab might have caused
some config file to be updated, leaving the functionality of automounting
for the system in an unusable state.

Can anyone shed light on this?

Thank you very much.

Intrepid Ibex is a fine piece of work.

Alan

-- 
Alan Davis

"It's never a matter of liking or disliking ..."
      ---Santa Ynez Chumash Medicine Man
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