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