[CentOS] Automounter (?) failing in CentOS 5.3

Tue Jun 9 22:03:22 UTC 2009
MHR <mhullrich at gmail.com>

I may have asked about this before, but I can't find any records of so
doing in my saved mail (which includes almost everything I ever read
or write):

All of a sudden, I am not getting flash drives automatically mounted
in CentOS 5.3 with GNOME - they are recognized by the hardware, but
there seems to be a (new?) problem with the maps.  Here's the tail end
of dmesg:

usb 1-10: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 68
usb 1-10: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
scsi53 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
usb-storage: device found at 68
usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
  Vendor: SanDisk   Model: Cruzer            Rev: 4.05
  Type:   Direct-Access                      ANSI SCSI revision: 02
SCSI device sdd: 8001165 512-byte hdwr sectors (4097 MB)
sdd: Write Protect is off
sdd: Mode Sense: 03 00 00 00
sdd: assuming drive cache: write through
SCSI device sdd: 8001165 512-byte hdwr sectors (4097 MB)
sdd: Write Protect is off
sdd: Mode Sense: 03 00 00 00
sdd: assuming drive cache: write through
 sdd: sdd1
sd 53:0:0:0: Attached scsi removable disk sdd
sd 53:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0
usb-storage: device scan complete
usb 1-10: USB disconnect, address 68
usb 1-9: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 69
usb 1-9: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
scsi54 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
usb-storage: device found at 69
usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
  Vendor: SanDisk   Model: Cruzer            Rev: 4.05
  Type:   Direct-Access                      ANSI SCSI revision: 02
SCSI device sdd: 8001165 512-byte hdwr sectors (4097 MB)
sdd: Write Protect is off
sdd: Mode Sense: 03 00 00 00
sdd: assuming drive cache: write through
SCSI device sdd: 8001165 512-byte hdwr sectors (4097 MB)
sdd: Write Protect is off
sdd: Mode Sense: 03 00 00 00
sdd: assuming drive cache: write through
 sdd: sdd1
sd 54:0:0:0: Attached scsi removable disk sdd
sd 54:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0
usb-storage: device scan complete

And here's the tail end of /var/log/messages:

Jun  9 14:42:33 mhrichter kernel: usb 1-10: new high speed USB device
using ehci_hcd and address 68
Jun  9 14:42:33 mhrichter kernel: usb 1-10: configuration #1 chosen
from 1 choice
Jun  9 14:42:33 mhrichter kernel: scsi53 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass
Storage devices
Jun  9 14:42:38 mhrichter kernel:   Vendor: SanDisk   Model: Cruzer
        Rev: 4.05
Jun  9 14:42:38 mhrichter kernel:   Type:   Direct-Access
        ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Jun  9 14:42:38 mhrichter kernel: SCSI device sdd: 8001165 512-byte
hdwr sectors (4097 MB)
Jun  9 14:42:38 mhrichter kernel: sdd: Write Protect is off
Jun  9 14:42:38 mhrichter kernel: sdd: assuming drive cache: write through
Jun  9 14:42:38 mhrichter kernel: SCSI device sdd: 8001165 512-byte
hdwr sectors (4097 MB)
Jun  9 14:42:38 mhrichter kernel: sdd: Write Protect is off
Jun  9 14:42:38 mhrichter kernel: sdd: assuming drive cache: write through
Jun  9 14:42:38 mhrichter kernel:  sdd: sdd1
Jun  9 14:42:38 mhrichter kernel: sd 53:0:0:0: Attached scsi removable disk sdd
Jun  9 14:42:38 mhrichter kernel: sd 53:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0
Jun  9 14:43:04 mhrichter kernel: usb 1-10: USB disconnect, address 68
Jun  9 14:43:12 mhrichter kernel: usb 1-9: new high speed USB device
using ehci_hcd and address 69
Jun  9 14:43:12 mhrichter kernel: usb 1-9: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
Jun  9 14:43:12 mhrichter kernel: scsi54 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass
Storage devices
Jun  9 14:43:17 mhrichter kernel:   Vendor: SanDisk   Model: Cruzer
        Rev: 4.05
Jun  9 14:43:17 mhrichter kernel:   Type:   Direct-Access
        ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Jun  9 14:43:17 mhrichter kernel: SCSI device sdd: 8001165 512-byte
hdwr sectors (4097 MB)
Jun  9 14:43:17 mhrichter kernel: sdd: Write Protect is off
Jun  9 14:43:17 mhrichter kernel: sdd: assuming drive cache: write through
Jun  9 14:43:17 mhrichter kernel: SCSI device sdd: 8001165 512-byte
hdwr sectors (4097 MB)
Jun  9 14:43:17 mhrichter kernel: sdd: Write Protect is off
Jun  9 14:43:17 mhrichter kernel: sdd: assuming drive cache: write through
Jun  9 14:43:17 mhrichter kernel:  sdd: sdd1
Jun  9 14:43:17 mhrichter kernel: sd 54:0:0:0: Attached scsi removable disk sdd
Jun  9 14:43:17 mhrichter kernel: sd 54:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0
Jun  9 14:50:18 mhrichter kernel: usb 1-9: USB disconnect, address 69

These two particular mount attempts/expectations are with a flash
drive that I've been using for months without any trouble at all, and
I _can_ mount it manually with 'mount.'  (However, I cannot mount it,
or the other flash drives that also have worked flawlessly for months,
with gnome-mount, which used to work as long as the device was
visible.  I can look at the partition tables on all three drives with
fdisk -l, but no automount to /media/<whatever>.)

How do I fix this?

Thanks

mhr