USB disks don't mount in runlevel 3

[Steve Friedman]

On Thu, 11 Jan 2007, John Wendel wrote:

> Steve Friedman wrote:
>> 
>> We normally run in runlevel 3 and when we do use X, we usually use fvwm 
>> (rather than gnome or kde).
>> 
>> Against what system part do I file a bug in bugzilla regarding the 
>> condition that an inserted USB drive will be auto-mounted in /media when 
>> using the gnome window manager, but not in fvwm or when X isn't started. 
>> Presumably, by inserting the USB drive I want the device mounted, so why is 
>> (I presume hal) just sending an event notification on the dbus rather than 
>> completing the task itself?
>> 
>
> Check the Feb 2007 Issue of Linux Journal to learn the magic incantation that 
> will make UDEV do this for you.
>

Thanks.  I'll bugzilla against udev to automount independent of the WM 
that is running.

Steve