Anyway, all these timing problems seem to be rather system-specific. Apart from pointing to the tweakable parameters (like "WaitBefore" in the usb_modeswitch config files and "delay_use" for the usb-storage driver), I'm at a loss about how to tackle these issues *generally* ...
There might be a loose relation to bug #992639, where the storage driver attribute "delay_use" has some relevance:
https:/ /bugs.launchpad .net/ubuntu/ +source/ network- manager/ +bug/992639
Anyway, all these timing problems seem to be rather system-specific. Apart from pointing to the tweakable parameters (like "WaitBefore" in the usb_modeswitch config files and "delay_use" for the usb-storage driver), I'm at a loss about how to tackle these issues *generally* ...