SOLVED How do I make Nautilus mount USB drives automatically?

[denoobifyme]

This should be a quick solved.  It´s a simple process, I just can´t remember or find it.

Today I installed and updated Zen Minime 2011, running Gnome 2.3 on my Acer Aspire 110 netbook. I´ve been wrestling with it all day and only did a quick forum search for ¨Automount USB.¨

When I plug in a USB drive, it appears in my Computer window alongside File System. I can right-click and mount the USB drive from there.

How do I make it mount the USB drive, put its icon on the desktop and open the folder automatically?  I want this to happen every time I insert any new thumbdrive or USB disc drive.

EDIT: I apologize for triple-posting. I hit submit and the page froze up. I refreshed and hit submit again for a second page freeze. Second refresh + third Submit = three unintentional posts.

SOLVED:  http://www.monperrus.net/martin/automounting+usb+flash+drives+on+linux+with+udev+and+pmount

SECOND EDIT
The above solution only works for mounting the drive. When I go to unmount it, the error message says the device was probably mounted manually from command line and therefore HAL can't unmount it.

I removed the automount rules folder which the above link suggested. I used gconf-editor to adjust automount preferences but still have the problem of not being able to unmount usb drives.

I'm going to bed, fifteen hours wrestling with this is killing me.

[knome]

In Nautilus try Edit > Preferences > Media. Check box for  Browse media when inserted.

If that doesn't work take a look at some of the options in Gconf-Editor > apps > nautilus > preferences.

[denoobifyme]

Knome:

THANK you. I knew it was one little thing. I had Browse Media checked in Nautilus and in gconf-editor I had automount-open checked but no automount. Now they're all checked and it works great.