Solved the problem by installing the HAL version in http://kubuntu.org/packages/kde-355/pool-dapper/hal
The relevant package is hal_0.5.7-1ubuntu18.1_i386.deb -- Kubuntu: HAL doesn't automount USB devices on KDE 3.5.5 https://launchpad.net/bugs/74236 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
