After some hunting around I found the tool pmount. When I ran pmount-hal <hal-device> -t vfat it reported the followin
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ pmount-hal /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/volume_uuid_14E5_3F07 -t vfat Warning: device /dev/sdb1 is already handled by /etc/fstab, supplied label is ignored mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdb1, missing codepage or helper program, or other error In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try dmesg | tail or so >From that I found out that it was mounted in the /etc/fstab. After removing it >the kde new device notifier worked perfectly. -- external USB HD is not mounted on plugin anymore https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/277456 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs