All the removable media options are set up right, what sort of thing should I have in /etc/fstab? Currently, I have: /dev/sda1 /media/usbdisk auto defaults 0 0 Cheers, On Fri, 2007-02-23 at 17:19 +0000, Michael Whapples wrote: > Check that all the auto mount options for gnome are set correctly. You can > find these in the system, preferences menu under the item Removable drives > and media. > > If that fails, then set up your fstab file, and then you should be able to > mount it with just the command (or similar) "mount /media/usbdisk", as the > normal user. > > From > Michael Whapples > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Chris Norman" <cnorman at rnibncw.ac.uk> > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Friday, February 23, 2007 3:53 PM > Subject: Mounting USB memory stick problem > > > > Hi people, > > My subject line isn't really accurate, there is no problem in doing it, > > it just doesn't happen when I want it to. > > > > There was a time (under gnome, ubuntu 6.10), when I could put a memory > > stick in the bus and it would just mount, now I have to mount it as > > root, and any attempts to do it from my normal user under the GUI > > complains. > > > > Any ideas? > > > > Cheers, > > -- > > > > Chris Norman. > > <!-- cnorman at rnibncw.ac.uk --> > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup