At Sat, 6 Jun 2026 16:32:38 -0400 (EDT) Robert Heller <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Do you have a disk mounter thingy in your panel? Can you mount them that way? If you are using the Mate desktop, you probably have mate-applets installed and that should give you an applet named diskmount, which you can add to your panel. And it should let you mount thrumb drives with it. > > It *sounds* like your system has stopped *auto* mounting the thumbdrives. > > One other possibility: the thumbdrives are not FAT32, but are exFat or NTFS > and you don't have the FS infrasture needed installed (or something like > that). Are these *large* thumbdrives (>= 64Gig)? > > At Sat, 06 Jun 2026 20:38:36 +0100 Chris Ramsden <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > Asus Zenbook > > Debian 13 Trixie > > Mate DE > > > > I have just noticed that this computer has stopped recognising USB > > thumbdrives.ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂ > > > > They are listed in lsusb, but do not appear in my file browser (caja), > > nor in df.ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂ > > > > The same machine sees the same USB thumbdrives when booted into > > windows, so it appears not to be faulty hardware.ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂ > > > > I can't say when this started happening; I haven't plugged in any USB > > thumbdrives for a few weeks.ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂ > > > > Despite all this the machine boots from an external USB-connected SSD. > > It's using wired ethernet via a Startech multi function USB hub, so > > it's obvious that the USB is largely working. I have tried connecting > > the thumbdrives directly into the computer's USB ports (i.e. not via > > external USB hubs) and no change.ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂ > > > > Any suggestions? Any other info required? > > > > Chris > > > > > > > > -- > Robert Heller -- Cell: 413-658-7953 GV: 978-633-5364 > Deepwoods Software -- Custom Software Services > http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Linux Administration Services > [email protected] -- Webhosting Services > > > > -- Robert Heller -- Cell: 413-658-7953 GV: 978-633-5364 Deepwoods Software -- Custom Software Services http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Linux Administration Services [email protected] -- Webhosting Services
