USB flash drives not registering unless Thunar is running

[Petter Adsen]

On Tue, 9 Feb 2016 11:08:27 -0800
MR ZenWiz <mrzenwiz at gmail.com> wrote:

> On one of my Xubuntu 14.04 machines, when I plug in a USB device, it
> fails to mount or register unless I am running Thunar.  If I start
> Thunar after inserting the device, I still have to click on the device
> icon to have it show up (as in df, accessible from the command line,
> in /media/<usr>/, etc.).
> 
> This only happens on my home desktop.  My work desktop and laptop have
> no trouble with these.
> 
> I suspect it's a setting somewhere, but I have no idea which one.
> 
> I have done logouts, reboots, etc. and nothing seems to help.

Settings -> Removable drives and media.

I don't have access to any systems with 14.04 right now, but that's
what it's called in 15.10. You can also access it in the Thunar
preferences, under Advanced.

Petter

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