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My USB devices (external disks, flashdrives, etc) have always been mounted using their UUID. I have grsync processes set up using this method which I have used for years. Suddenly, my devices are being shown by label (/dev/sdb1, etc), and now no processes using the UUIDs will work without being changed to use the label.
As far as I know, I haven't done anything, so I guess an update has caused this, but I have no idea exactly when it happened, or how to get back to UUID identifiers.
I would be very grateful for any advice on how to begin to resolve this.
Many thanks in advance.
Last edited by myrlin (2012-07-04 08:40:50)
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You did not say how the USB devices are mounted; udev? udisks? a script using mount or pmount?
So there are not enough infos to help.
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Forgive my ignorance, Berbae, but I am embarrassed to say that I don't know!
The only thing I know is that I have both PCManFM and spacefm installed as filemanagers.
I will do some more investiagtion following your post, and report back when I have some information.
Thank you for replying and pointing me in the right direction to do some analysis.
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Berbae, your post gave me a clue where to start, and I have now identified the problem.
I am using Openbox, and had added "spacefm -desktop" to the autostart folder in order to manage wallpaper, etc. This resulted in it running in the background, and the mounting application it uses by default (pmount?) is not showing UUIDs. I removed this from the autostart folder, and everything was back to normal, so it's a spacefm issue which I need to resolve.
Although I haven't fully fixed the problem yet, I know where it lies, so I am marking this as "solved"
Once again, thank you providing me with a starting point.
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