# Something is wrong with the "auto-mounter" on Elive

**URL:** <https://forum.elivelinux.org/t/something-is-wrong-with-the-auto-mounter-on-elive/4219>\
**Category:** Installed\
**Created:** [July 10, 2025, 3:08pm UTC](https://forum.elivelinux.org/t/something-is-wrong-with-the-auto-mounter-on-elive/4219 "2025-07-10T15:08:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![triantares](https://forum.elivelinux.org/user_avatar/forum.elivelinux.org/triantares/32/2550_2.png) [@triantares](https://forum.elivelinux.org/u/triantares)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2025, 3:08pm UTC](https://forum.elivelinux.org/t/something-is-wrong-with-the-auto-mounter-on-elive/4219/1 "2025-07-10T15:08:03Z")

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Lately I have issues mounting and un-mounting USB disks.

The first time I insert a disk it mounts automatically in thunar when clicked but ..... after unmounting and removing it (the "safely remove" option doesn't work at all) it wants a (user) password to mount again.

Not sure where the issue is (in the tools scripts prolly) but it's a bit of a PITA.

Do others see this behaviour too or is just my machines?

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**Author:** ![Thanatermesis](https://forum.elivelinux.org/user_avatar/forum.elivelinux.org/thanatermesis/32/3_2.png) [@Thanatermesis](https://forum.elivelinux.org/u/Thanatermesis)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2025, 7:56pm UTC](https://forum.elivelinux.org/t/something-is-wrong-with-the-auto-mounter-on-elive/4219/2 "2025-07-12T19:56:19Z")

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This should be a permissions issue, probably related to sudo, so your /etc/sudoers.d directory was modified?

As always, a fast solution is to re-install in upgrade mode 🙂

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**Author:** ![triantares](https://forum.elivelinux.org/user_avatar/forum.elivelinux.org/triantares/32/2550_2.png) [@triantares](https://forum.elivelinux.org/u/triantares)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2025, 6:44pm UTC](https://forum.elivelinux.org/t/something-is-wrong-with-the-auto-mounter-on-elive/4219/3 "2025-07-14T18:44:53Z")

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> [@Thanatermesis](#):
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> As always, a fast solution is to re-install in upgrade mode 🙂

That is **never** a fast solution if you've customized a lot and ..... beside the point.

IMO it's not a sudo issue but related to the permissions that 'thunar' has. Not only mounting has issues but also unmounting.  
Sometimes unmounting a disk makes X11/Enlightement crash resulting in a dark screen (backlight off).

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**Author:** ![PerfMonk](https://forum.elivelinux.org/user_avatar/forum.elivelinux.org/perfmonk/32/1999_2.png) [@PerfMonk](https://forum.elivelinux.org/u/PerfMonk)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2025, 4:32am UTC](https://forum.elivelinux.org/t/something-is-wrong-with-the-auto-mounter-on-elive/4219/4 "2025-07-17T04:32:58Z")

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Did you changed thunar preferences (Thunar Prereferences=\>Advanced=\>Disk Manager=\>Stockage) ?  
also do you use gvfs ? (it can also monitor disk devices and is part of gnome).  
If so, it could be a conflict between thunar-volman and gvfs-udisk2-volume-monitor ???  
Just throwing ideas 👍