On Mon, Apr 03, 2017 at 03:05:18PM +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > > I'm still trying to find a way to make that ghost disk disappear. I am > > fairly sure a reboot will sort it but solving the problem without > > understanding it is something I only do when there is a good reason, > > like some needed service is compromised or something. Not the case here. > > But if I were you, I'd see whether udisks is managing your DE's > perception of "disks". See [1]. Do you have a binary called udiskctl? > > Another way to try to home in on the problem would be to just "reset" > the DE's memory, e.g. by completely logging out and back in, > without rebooting. Is the ghost gone? Then you'd know your DE is > dreaming. Otherwise it's seeing "something out there". >
Just had the first occasion to reboot this machine since this issue occurred, and I can now report that a reboot solved it. Both thumb drives working as expected after a reboot. Mark