CentOS - Apr 2006 - Automounting Problems (CentOS 4.2 v/s CentOS 4.0)

Hello,

Auto-mounting of USB flash-drives and CD-RW (as well as CD-R) was
working fine with CentOS 4.0 release for all users.

This feature of auto-recognition and mounting is not working with
CentOS 4.2 release for any user.

I have checked the usual possible points of problems -- fstab,
fstab-sync, haldaemon, etc. -- but have found no problems.

Any suggestions on other possible work-arounds ?

Thanks,

-- Raj

> Auto-mounting of USB flash-drives and CD-RW (as well as CD-R) was
> working fine with CentOS 4.0 release for all users.
>
> This feature of auto-recognition and mounting is not working with
> CentOS 4.2 release for any user.
>
> I have checked the usual possible points of problems -- fstab,
> fstab-sync, haldaemon, etc. -- but have found no problems.
>
> Any suggestions on other possible work-arounds ?
It worked fine for me on 4.2, and is currently working fine on 4.3.
Are there any hints in your logs as to why it doesn't work for you?

Just to be sure, I tested again with a usb dvd drive and a lexar usb
thumbdrive, and they both work just fine.


--
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
-Arthur C. Clarke

Raj Singh wrote:
>Hello,
>
>Auto-mounting of USB flash-drives and CD-RW (as well as CD-R) was
>working fine with CentOS 4.0 release for all users.
>
>This feature of auto-recognition and mounting is not working with
>CentOS 4.2 release for any user.
>
>I have checked the usual possible points of problems -- fstab,
>fstab-sync, haldaemon, etc. -- but have found no problems.
>
>Any suggestions on other possible work-arounds ?
>
>  
>
I started using CentOS 4.2 so I don't know if the problem I had is the 
same as yours but I had difficulties with USB drives until I put 
'acpi=off' as a boot option.  It means that the dual core Pentium 4 is 
only running single core, but USBs now work properly.  I cannot remember 
the details, but I think I saw something saying that support is better 
in later kernels so I have hope that I may not need to turn acpi off 
when CentOS 5 comes out.

Hope this helps,

Joe