[kwlug-disc] Problem with Linux Mint 20 Automounting Drives

Wed Jan 13 05:25:05 EST 2021

On 2021-01-13 12:22 a.m., Paul Nijjar via kwlug-disc wrote:
> In the bad state, what does dmesg report when you plug in a USB flash
> drive?
>
> Can you manually mount the flash drive once you put it in, if it does
> not automount?

Yes, I can manually mount the flash drive if the flash drive does not 
automount.

> It certainly seems as if you are booting into two different
> configurations, but I do not have a good sense of what might be
> different.
>
Neither do I, which is why I asked for help.
> - Paul
>
> On Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 08:08:12PM -0500, John Driezen wrote:
>> I am having a problem with Linux Mint 20. It is booting fine, and works fine
>> but will not automount usb thumb drives.ï¿½ The desktop shows 4 drives: efi,
>> root filesystem, and my two hard drives by uuid name as shown in the first
>> picture.
>>
>> When I first installed Linux Mint 20, the desktop booted and showed just the
>> two hard drives, a 1 TB volume and a 2 TB volume shown in the second
>> picture.ï¿½ Automounting thumb drives and audio cds worked just fine.ï¿½
>> Occasionally I can boot to this state. I would like to always boot to this
>> state.
>>
>> Does anyone have any idea what is going on?ï¿½ I'm at a loss to explain or
>> resolve this issue.ï¿½ The issue has persisted across multiple kernel
>> updates.ï¿½ I have subsequently upgraded to Linux Mint 20.1 as well.ï¿½ More
>> detailed system information can be given.ï¿½ This issue is a minor annoyance,
>> but nothing game breaking.
>>
>> John Driezen
>>
>> jdriezen at sympatico.ca
>>
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