Public bug reported: I'm not sure if this is the right package to open a bug with.
When you connect an external HDD to the eSATA port or the Thunderbolt port, it will be detected, but won't be mounted automatically. An icon will appear on the panel, you will need to click on it to mount it. This happens on 12.04, 14.04 and 15.04, but Firewire and USB HDDs are not affected at all. This is a log from a Dell M3800, running "udisksctl mount" on 15.04, with a Thunderbolt HDD connected: u@u-Dell-Precision-M3800:~$ udisksctl monitor Monitoring the udisks daemon. Press Ctrl+C to exit. 14:27:18.221: The udisks-daemon is running (name-owner :1.48). 14:27:36.883: Added /org/freedesktop/UDisks2/drives/ST3000DM001_1ER166_W5017BWZ org.freedesktop.UDisks2.Drive: CanPowerOff: false Configuration: {} ConnectionBus: Ejectable: false Id: ST3000DM001-1ER166-W5017BWZ Media: MediaAvailable: true MediaChangeDetected: true MediaCompatibility: MediaRemovable: false Model: ST3000DM001-1ER166 Optical: false OpticalBlank: false OpticalNumAudioTracks: 0 OpticalNumDataTracks: 0 OpticalNumSessions: 0 OpticalNumTracks: 0 Removable: false Revision: CC45 RotationRate: 7200 Seat: seat0 Serial: W5017BWZ SiblingId: Size: 3000592982016 SortKey: 01hotplug/1429511256882319 TimeDetected: 1429511256882319 TimeMediaDetected: 1429511256882319 Vendor: WWN: 0x11560601858623950848x org.freedesktop.UDisks2.Drive.Ata: AamEnabled: false AamSupported: false AamVendorRecommendedValue: 0 ApmEnabled: true ApmSupported: true PmEnabled: true PmSupported: true SecurityEnhancedEraseUnitMinutes: 308 SecurityEraseUnitMinutes: 308 SecurityFrozen: false SmartEnabled: true SmartFailing: false SmartNumAttributesFailedInThePast: -1 SmartNumAttributesFailing: -1 SmartNumBadSectors: 1 SmartPowerOnSeconds: 0 SmartSelftestPercentRemaining: -1 SmartSelftestStatus: SmartSupported: true SmartTemperature: 0.0 SmartUpdated: 0 WriteCacheEnabled: true WriteCacheSupported: true 14:27:36.884: Added /org/freedesktop/UDisks2/block_devices/sdc org.freedesktop.UDisks2.Block: Configuration: [] CryptoBackingDevice: '/' Device: /dev/sdc DeviceNumber: 2080 Drive: '/org/freedesktop/UDisks2/drives/ST3000DM001_1ER166_W5017BWZ' HintAuto: false HintIconName: HintIgnore: false HintName: HintPartitionable: true HintSymbolicIconName: HintSystem: true Id: by-id-ata-ST3000DM001-1ER166_W5017BWZ IdLabel: IdType: IdUUID: IdUsage: IdVersion: MDRaid: '/' MDRaidMember: '/' PreferredDevice: /dev/sdc ReadOnly: false Size: 3000592982016 Symlinks: /dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST3000DM001-1ER166_W5017BWZ /dev/disk/by-id/wwn-0x11560601858623950848x org.freedesktop.UDisks2.PartitionTable: Type: dos 14:27:37.063: Added /org/freedesktop/UDisks2/block_devices/sdc1 org.freedesktop.UDisks2.Block: Configuration: [] CryptoBackingDevice: '/' Device: /dev/sdc1 DeviceNumber: 2081 Drive: '/org/freedesktop/UDisks2/drives/ST3000DM001_1ER166_W5017BWZ' HintAuto: false HintIconName: HintIgnore: false HintName: HintPartitionable: true HintSymbolicIconName: HintSystem: true Id: by-id-ata-ST3000DM001-1ER166_W5017BWZ-part1 IdLabel: CertTB IdType: ext4 IdUUID: a826752a-68f5-4935-bd08-8ab96ee5a86d IdUsage: filesystem IdVersion: 1.0 MDRaid: '/' MDRaidMember: '/' PreferredDevice: /dev/sdc1 ReadOnly: false Size: 1000000000000 Symlinks: /dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST3000DM001-1ER166_W5017BWZ-part1 /dev/disk/by-id/wwn-0x11560601858623950848x-part1 /dev/disk/by-label/CertTB /dev/disk/by-uuid/a826752a-68f5-4935-bd08-8ab96ee5a86d org.freedesktop.UDisks2.Filesystem: MountPoints: org.freedesktop.UDisks2.Partition: Flags: 0 IsContained: false IsContainer: false Name: Number: 1 Offset: 1048576 Size: 1000000000000 Table: '/org/freedesktop/UDisks2/block_devices/sdc' Type: 0x83 UUID: 479d416b-01 14:27:37.090: /org/freedesktop/UDisks2/drives/ST3000DM001_1ER166_W5017BWZ: org.freedesktop.UDisks2.Drive.Ata: Properties Changed SmartSelftestPercentRemaining: 0 SmartSelftestStatus: success SmartNumBadSectors: 0 SmartNumAttributesFailedInThePast: 0 SmartNumAttributesFailing: 0 SmartPowerOnSeconds: 1245600 SmartTemperature: 299.15000000000003 SmartUpdated: 1429511257 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: udisks 1.0.5-1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-34.47~14.04.1-generic 3.16.7-ckt8 Uname: Linux 3.16.0-34-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: wl ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.10 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Mon Apr 20 02:20:47 2015 InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-04-17 (3 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20150218.1) MachineType: Dell Inc. Precision M4800 ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.16.0-34-generic root=UUID=0dbbcfcd-7096-4014-bfc4-713f9d14e6bb ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: udisks UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 05/02/2014 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: A08 dmi.board.name: 0DVW67 dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.board.version: X02 dmi.chassis.type: 9 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA08:bd05/02/2014:svnDellInc.:pnPrecisionM4800:pvr01:rvnDellInc.:rn0DVW67:rvrX02:cvnDellInc.:ct9:cvr: dmi.product.name: Precision M4800 dmi.product.version: 01 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. ** Affects: udisks (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug trusty -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1446056 Title: eSATA and Thunderbolt external HDD can't be mounted automatically To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/udisks/+bug/1446056/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs