On Tuesday 26 December 2006 16:39, Robert Spangler wrote: > On Tue December 26 2006 15:36, Kevan Benson wrote: > > > > Is there any good how-to's for getting a usb memory stick to auto > > > > mount when it is connected to the usb port? Or is this to happen > > > > automatically? I got a 2G memory stick for Christmas so that I can > > > > transfer files from machine to machine (home/work) but it doesn't > > > > look like it mounts automatically like the cdrom does. Thnx for > > > > your input. > > > > > > Looking at this page it states that it should but I'm not seeing it, > > > now I'm wondering what I did/am doing wrong. > > > > > > http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-4-Manual/step-guide > > >/s 1-d isks-usb.html > > > > It usually works for me exactly as stated in the link you sent. I > > insert a USB drive device, it creates the /media/DEVICE_TYPE directory > > (and the appropriate fstab entry), and it's up to me or the file manager > > to actually run the mount command (mount /media/DEVICE_TYPE) to make it > > accessible in the directory. > > Nope. Not here. Nothing is added to fstab. I can manually mount it but I > would think that this should happen automaticly. Try tailing /var/log/messages while inserting the device. It might yield information as to why it's not working. It generally states which device has been assigned as the USB device /dev/sdX and other various hotplug messages. -- - Kevan Benson - A-1 Networks