vvmarko@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Sorry if this has already been asked/answered, I seem to have missed the > answer. > > Under FC4 I would plug in the USB flash drive, and see in > /var/log/messages that it is autodetected as /dev/sd*, and then the mount > point /media/whatever being created and assigned to it. After that, I > would just type > > $ mount /media/whatever > > (as an ordinary user, not root) to have the device mounted, if I wish. > That was the default behavior in FC4, but not in FC6 or F7. Now I have to > mkdir a mount point, su to root, then mount -t vfat /dev/sda /somewhere, > chown the files to my username, and then use the device. Possible, but > painful --- I got used to all that being automatic... :-( > > So, how do I get that behavior back? I want it to work for all devices I > might plug in, including USB flash drives, CDs, DVDs, external HDs, etc. > > Best regards, :-) > Marko > > Marko Vojinovic > Institute of Physics > University of Belgrade > ====================== > e-mail: vmarko@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > > I had this problem (or a similar one) recently and my problem was udevd had stopped/crashed/wasn't running. -- Recedite, plebes! Gero rem imperialem! Mark Haney Sr. Systems Administrator ERC Broadband (828) 350-2415 Call (866) ERC-7110 for after hours support
