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

Wed Jan 13 08:36:21 EST 2021

Not sure if this is exactly your issue, but have a look at:

https://www.how2shout.com/how-to/how-to-disable-automatic-opening-of-usb-drive-in-linux-mint.html

.. and do the opposite!

On Wed, 13 Jan 2021 at 05:26, John Driezen <jdriezen at sympatico.ca> wrote:

>
> 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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