From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from bay0-omc1-s7.bay0.hotmail.com ([65.54.246.79]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1HKeRD-0005we-00 for ; Fri, 23 Feb 2007 12:42:31 -0500 Received: from hotmail.com ([65.54.174.84]) by bay0-omc1-s7.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.2668); Fri, 23 Feb 2007 09:42:00 -0800 Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Fri, 23 Feb 2007 09:42:00 -0800 Message-ID: Received: from 80.1.72.245 by BAY103-DAV12.phx.gbl with DAV; Fri, 23 Feb 2007 17:41:56 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [80.1.72.245] X-Originating-Email: [mikster4@msn.com] X-Sender: mikster4@msn.com From: "Michael Whapples" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <1172246020.13242.1.camel@sparky> Subject: Re: Mounting USB memory stick problem Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 17:19:33 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3028 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3028 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 23 Feb 2007 17:42:00.0444 (UTC) FILETIME=[EBECE3C0:01C75771] X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 17:42:31 -0000 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" To: 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. > > > > >