Re: Can't access USB thumbdrives

Do you have a disk mounter thingy in your panel?  Can you mount them that way?

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. 
> 
> They are listed in lsusb, but do not appear in my file browser (caja),
> nor in df. 
> 
> The same machine sees the same USB thumbdrives when booted into
> windows, so it appears not to be faulty hardware. 
> 
> I can't say when this started happening; I haven't plugged in any USB
> thumbdrives for a few weeks. 
> 
> 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. 
> 
> Any suggestions? Any other info required?
> 
> Chris
> 
> 
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