USB keys should automagically be mounted and added to "Places", /media/
or /media/username
and the like.
A nice tool to use when handling USB devices is lsusb
. It shows you all your hubs (USB ports) and connected devices. Use:
lsusb -v
for a very verbose output etc. As always man <command>
, <command> --help
.
In your case however, it seems like there are some trouble. Try:
tail -f /var/log/{kernel,dmesg,syslog}
(Ctrl+C when done)
Then unplug and insert the USB device. You should see some messages, and as it is not mounted, probably some notes about why. Update question with output if you are unsure.
To output it to file, so that you do not have to copy it from terminal, you could use tee
:
tail -f /var/log/{kernel,dmesg,syslog} | tee some_file_to_print_to.txt
Then update question with output:
- Open file in e.g. gedit, gvim etc.
- Click edit below your question.
- Paste in the contents of the file.
- Mark the text and press "Code sample" (
<$>
) from the menu line.
If it is very long paste it to paste.ubuntu.com and update question with the resulting URL (or URL's if you paste more then one).
Another nifty tool is:
udevadm monitor
Same procedure (if the output seems to be relevant).
If mounted you should also, beside fdisk
and the less user-friendly /proc/partitions
by:
ls -la /dev/disk/by-id
lsblk
is another way to list disks in a nice way.