pmount does mount the drive with no problem. So there is a difference between desktops regarding mounting an configuring drives. That's bad because this is too basic to be affected by the desktop.
You need support for configuring external drives in /etc/fstab to set mount options, which can not be forced in any other way for every user. -- [gutsy] kio_media_mounthelper can not mount devices from /etc/fstab https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/138484 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs