My system (2.6.38-11-generic #50-Ubuntu) does not bind plugged usb flash drives.
I can see devices with lsusb and I see udevd getting events from kernel:
KERNEL[1317495074.878775] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.3/usb1/1-3 (usb)
KERNEL[1317495074.880374] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.3/usb1/1-3/1-3:1.0 (usb)
UDEV [1317495074.885273] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.3/usb1/1-3 (usb)
UDEV [1317495074.889612] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.3/usb1/1-3/1-3:1.0 (usb)
but no one device will be created.
What do I miss?
modprobe usbstoragesomehow comes to mind... Run it as root, see if it helps. – grawity Oct 1 '11 at 21:24