No automount for USB devices

[Jeffrey Barish]

Donn wrote:

> Jeffrey,
>> [506197.026853] usb-storage: device found at 18
>> [506197.026859] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
>> [506202.017403] usb-storage: device scan complete
>> [506202.018764] scsi 5:0:0:0: Direct-Access     Generic  STORAGE DEVICE
>> 9228 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
>> [506205.094846] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI removable disk
>> [506205.094925] sd 5:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0
>>
>> I tried mounting /dev/sdc, but I get "No medium found".
> Yeah -- this sounds like your usb stick/thing has no filesystem or
> partitions... If you don't mind experimenting with it then you can create
> those.
> 
> If it's a music player the chances are it expects a FAT16 (msdos) file
> system. If it's a memory stick that you want to use only with Linux (and
> maybe Mac) then you can go with an ext3 file system.

The memory cards come from devices (a camera and a music player) in which
they work fine, so they do have a filesystem on them.  They have data on
them that I need, so I can't reformat them.  There is no /dev/sdc1.

I found a memory card that mostly works.  It triggers the query as to which
application I want to use, I wind up with /dev/sdc1 mounted on /media/disk,
but I do not get an icon on the desktop.

Ah, you know what it is?  One of my card readers does not support the 4GB SD
cards I am using.

I restarted the desktop.  The next time I plugged in the card reader, I got
a message that ~/Desktop was not a directory (although it was).  I allowed
KDE to create a new ~/Desktop, at which point I did get an icon for the
flash drive.  All problems solved.  Thanks for the support.
-- 
Jeffrey Barish