I was in a maze of twisty passages, so "help!". Fedora Core 4. Plug in a USB thumb drive. Successfully recognized by the kernel & a SCSI "drive" is created. But it doesn't get mounted put on the desktop. CDROMs/DVDs do. I have the desktop->preferences->removable drives->{mount drives when hot-plugged, media when inserted clicked. A manual mount does work; the device then appears on the desktop as expected. So something in the hotplug chain is deciding not to do the mount. I got lost in the hal/hotplug/automount scripts. Someone's been here before. What's the easiest way to track this down? (Or the recipe for configuring this device?) Details below. Thanks in advance. Here's /var/log/messages: Dec 31 07:51:59 castaway kernel: usb 1-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 13 Dec 31 07:51:59 castaway kernel: scsi10 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices Dec 31 07:52:04 castaway kernel: Vendor: LEXAR Model: JUMPDRIVE Rev: 1.03 Dec 31 07:52:04 castaway kernel: Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 01 CCS Dec 31 07:52:04 castaway kernel: SCSI device sdc: 251904 512-byte hdwr sectors (129 MB) Dec 31 07:52:04 castaway kernel: sdc: Write Protect is off Dec 31 07:52:04 castaway kernel: sdc: assuming drive cache: write through Dec 31 07:52:04 castaway kernel: SCSI device sdc: 251904 512-byte hdwr sectors (129 MB) Dec 31 07:52:04 castaway kernel: sdc: Write Protect is off Dec 31 07:52:04 castaway kernel: sdc: assuming drive cache: write through Dec 31 07:52:04 castaway kernel: sdc: sdc1 Dec 31 07:52:04 castaway kernel: Attached scsi removable disk sdc at scsi10, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 Dec 31 07:52:04 castaway scsi.agent[15142]: disk at /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.2/usb1/1-2/1-2:1.0/host10/target10:0:0/10:0:0 :0 And here's /proc/bus/usb/devices Dec 31 07:51:59 castaway kernel: usb 1-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 13 Dec 31 07:51:59 castaway kernel: scsi10 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices Dec 31 07:52:04 castaway kernel: Vendor: LEXAR Model: JUMPDRIVE Rev: 1.03 Dec 31 07:52:04 castaway kernel: Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 01 CCS Dec 31 07:52:04 castaway kernel: SCSI device sdc: 251904 512-byte hdwr sectors (129 MB) Dec 31 07:52:04 castaway kernel: sdc: Write Protect is off Dec 31 07:52:04 castaway kernel: sdc: assuming drive cache: write through Dec 31 07:52:04 castaway kernel: SCSI device sdc: 251904 512-byte hdwr sectors (129 MB) Dec 31 07:52:04 castaway kernel: sdc: Write Protect is off Dec 31 07:52:04 castaway kernel: sdc: assuming drive cache: write through Dec 31 07:52:04 castaway kernel: sdc: sdc1 Dec 31 07:52:04 castaway kernel: Attached scsi removable disk sdc at scsi10, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 Dec 31 07:52:04 castaway scsi.agent[15142]: disk at /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.2/usb1/1-2/1-2:1.0/host10/target10:0:0/10:0:0 :0 cat /proc/bus/usb/devices T: Bus=01 Lev=00 Prnt=00 Port=00 Cnt=00 Dev#= 1 Spd=12 MxCh= 2 B: Alloc=118/900 us (13%), #Int= 1, #Iso= 0 D: Ver= 1.10 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs= 1 P: Vendor=0000 ProdID=0000 Rev= 2.06 S: Manufacturer=Linux 2.6.11-1.1369_FC4 uhci_hcd S: Product=UHCI Host Controller S: SerialNumber=0000:00:14.2 C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=c0 MxPwr= 0mA I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=hub E: Ad=81(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 2 Ivl=255ms T: Bus=01 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=00 Cnt=01 Dev#= 2 Spd=1.5 MxCh= 0 D: Ver= 1.10 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs= 1 P: Vendor=050d ProdID=0912 Rev= 0.06 S: Manufacturer= S: Product=UPS C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=c0 MxPwr= 20mA I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=03(HID ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=usbhid E: Ad=81(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 8 Ivl=248ms T: Bus=01 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=01 Cnt=02 Dev#= 13 Spd=12 MxCh= 0 D: Ver= 1.10 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs= 1 P: Vendor=05dc ProdID=0080 Rev= 0.01 S: Manufacturer=LEXR PLUG DRIVE S: Product=LEXR PLUG DRIVE S: SerialNumber=000000017999878439400000000000000000000000000 C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=80 MxPwr= 90mA I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 2 Cls=08(stor.) Sub=06 Prot=50 Driver=usb-storage E: Ad=82(I) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 64 Ivl=0ms E: Ad=03(O) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 64 Ivl=0ms A manual mount does work: # mount /dev/sdc1 /media/usbdisk # mount /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00 on / type ext3 (rw) none on /proc type proc (rw) none on /sys type sysfs (rw) none on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620) /dev/sda1 on /boot type ext3 (rw) none on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw) none on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw) sunrpc on /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs type rpc_pipefs (rw) automount(pid1738) on /misc type autofs (rw,fd=4,pgrp=1738,minproto=2,maxproto=4) automount(pid1788) on /net type autofs (rw,fd=4,pgrp=1788,minproto=2,maxproto=4) nfsd on /proc/fs/nfsd type nfsd (rw) /dev/hda on /media/cdrom type iso9660 (ro,nosuid,nodev,_netdev,user=litt) /dev/sdc1 on /media/usbdisk type vfat (rw) --------------------------------------------------------- This communication may not represent my employer's views, if any, on the matters discussed. __________________________________ Yahoo! for Good - Make a difference this year. http://brand.yahoo.com/cybergivingweek2005/