Description:

after installation of the latest upgrades the mass storage devices are not mounted automatically anymore ... probably because the usb-storage module is not loaded during the startup, loading it manually with a "modprobe usb-storage" in fact restores the automount feature

follows a list of packages updated


Additional info:
* package version(s)
* config and/or log files etc.


Steps to reproduce:

one of these packages seems to have introduced the problem:

[2007-12-27 23:52] upgraded poppler (0.6.1-1 -> 0.6.3-1)
[2007-12-27 23:52] upgraded poppler-glib (0.6.1-1 -> 0.6.3-1)
[2007-12-27 23:52] upgraded evince (2.20.1-1 -> 2.20.2-1)
[2007-12-27 23:52] upgraded flashplugin (9.0.48.0-1 -> 9.0.115.0-1)
[2007-12-27 23:53] upgraded gail (1.20.1-1 -> 1.20.2-1)
[2007-12-27 23:53] upgraded gdb (6.7-1 -> 6.7.1-1)
[2007-12-27 23:53] upgraded glibmm (2.14.1-1 -> 2.14.2-1)
[2007-12-27 23:53] upgraded gstreamer0.10 (0.10.14-1 -> 0.10.15-1)
[2007-12-27 23:53] upgraded gnome-power-manager (2.20.0-1 -> 2.20.2-1)
[2007-12-27 23:53] upgraded gnome-python (2.20.0-1 -> 2.20.1-1)
[2007-12-27 23:53] upgraded gstreamer0.10-base (0.10.14-1 -> 0.10.15-1)
[2007-12-27 23:53] upgraded gstreamer0.10-alsa (0.10.14-1 -> 0.10.15-1)
[2007-12-27 23:53] upgraded gstreamer0.10-cdparanoia (0.10.14-1 -> 0.10.15-1)
[2007-12-27 23:53] upgraded gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg (0.10.2-1 -> 0.10.3-1)
[2007-12-27 23:53] upgraded gstreamer0.10-gnomevfs (0.10.14-1 -> 0.10.15-1)
[2007-12-27 23:53] upgraded gstreamer0.10-ogg (0.10.14-1 -> 0.10.15-1)
[2007-12-27 23:53] upgraded gstreamer0.10-theora (0.10.14-1 -> 0.10.15-1)
[2007-12-27 23:53] upgraded gstreamer0.10-ugly (0.10.6-1 -> 0.10.6-3)
[2007-12-27 23:53] upgraded gstreamer0.10-vorbis (0.10.14-1 -> 0.10.15-1)
[2007-12-27 23:53] upgraded gtkmm (2.12.1-1 -> 2.12.3-1)
[2007-12-27 23:53] upgraded hal-info (0.20071030-1 -> 0.20071212-1)
[2007-12-27 23:54] upgraded kernel26 (2.6.23.9-1 -> 2.6.23.12-3)
[2007-12-27 23:54] upgraded libbonobo (2.20.1-1 -> 2.20.3-1)
[2007-12-27 23:54] upgraded libcups (1.3.4-1 -> 1.3.5-1)
[2007-12-27 23:54] upgraded metacity (2.20.0-1 -> 2.20.1-1)
[2007-12-27 23:54] upgraded pm-utils (0.99.3-2 -> 0.99.4-1)
[2007-12-27 23:54] upgraded vte (0.16.10-1 -> 0.16.11-1)
[2007-12-27 23:54] upgraded xkeyboard-config (1.0-1 -> 1.1-1)
[2007-12-27 23:54] upgraded xorg-server (1.4.0.90-1 -> 1.4.0.90-3)
[2007-12-27 23:54] upgraded xorg-xauth (1.0.1-1 -> 1.0.2-1)