Thanks SevenMachines; this confirms that floppies are indeed not automounted. So it's probably some probing going on (which is async in udev/udisks, so it shouldn't block nautilus). At this point I'm afraid I need access to an affected machine.
-- Attempts to mount floppy despite no media present - disable automount https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/539515 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