Comment 0 for bug 1211118

With the current default settings, connected removable media (usb hdd's, thumb drives, cards) do not mount unless you open pantheon-files and click on them. I'm not sure if this is intended or not, but being as nearly all other ubuntu-based distros automount by default and given that in dconf, org>gnome>desktop>media-handling is set to automount, I think this is a bug.

As a workaround, I've added my USB HDD to fstab, but this is really only viable since it is connected to my machine 99% of the time. This isn't a solution for thumb drives or cards that are removed frequently. I haven't found a workaround for them yet.

Use case/example: Music/Noise library is set to a folder on a thumb drive. At boot/reboot, if you launch Music without opening Files and mounting said drives, Music throws a fit.