Thanks chessweb. You solved my problem too.
modprobe ehci-hcd did it!. Not only is the USB device detected as soon as it is plugged in, the partitions are mounted automatically and displayed on the desktop.
Thanks chessweb. You solved my problem too.
I had to do the same thing but I only get speeds up to 12 mbits/s, how can I get USB 2.0 speeds which should be up to 480 mbits/s?

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