Hi Davido,

You are absolutely right. This is the problem. It seems there is some general confusion out there regarding automount. I can pre-set automount for devices I know I am going to use, but setting it generally 'on' for unknown devices is eluding me. I'm on Kubuntu 10.4, and the various forums have plenty of advice on the subject which I'm working through.

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.

Regards

Steve