You can install the package ntfs-config and there you can allow write access for external USB devices. This was the solution for me for KDE4. Now if the panel pops up, notifying me, that a new USB drive was connected, I click open in dolphin and the drive is mounted. (Hardy with KDE 4.0.3)
-- [gutsy] ntfs usb hdd not mounted in kubuntu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/158309 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
