[Bug 30007] USB floppy mounts, but file manager thinks it's unmounted

[Martin Pitt]

Public bug report changed:
https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/30007

Task: ubuntu gnome-volume-manager
Sourcepackagename: gnome-volume-manager => gnome-vfs2
         Status: Unconfirmed => Needs Info

Comment:
So the device is not automatically mounted?

After the floppy is mounted, can you please do

 cat /etc/mtab

and 

  ls -l /etc/mtab

and copy the output here?

Do you happen to have /etc/mtab symlinked to /proc/mounts?