USB Memory Stick not seen

[Ian Malone]

Markku Kolkka <markkuk at tuubi.net> wrote:

 > Mike Noble kirjoitti viestissään (lähetysaika maanantai, 11.
 > heinäkuuta 2005 00:51):

 >> Alexander Dalloz wrote:
 >
 >>> mount /media/KINGSTON
 >>>
 >>> I guess /etc/fstab has a related entry.
 >>>
 >>> Alexander
 >
 >>
 >> That works, but why is it not mounted when it is installed?


 > Your system isn't infested by an evil automount daemon. You can
 > install one if you really want.

It's the default behaviour in FC3, and presumably FC4 as
well to auto mount USB sticks (the OP did say that another stick
showed exactly that behaviour).  It's done via hald, fstab-sync
is responsible for creating the mount point and fstab entry (which
is clearly happening).  I'm no hald expert, but it looks like
the device is falling into a category that isn't automounted.
A thread in May (Mount option hazardous to USB Flash!) prompted
me to play about a little with it, but I couldn't work out why
my rules didn't match the device, so in the end I basically
created one that over-rode the offending default rule.

The spec link at <http://www.freedesktop.org/Software/hal>
has more information if the OP wants to try and change the
behaviour.  The key storage.policy.should_mount is a likely
candidate.

(sorry I can't be more helpful, but not at a Linux box atm)

-- 
imalone