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[ubuntu] Encrypted USB Hard Drive Doesn't Show Up on Desktop or in Nautilus in 12.10

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http://ubuntuforums.org – I have done a clean install of 12.10 AMD64 from a USB drive to a 500 GB hard drive. It is set up with the full-disk encryption and LVM options. The installation went smoothly with no errors, and the system boots up and seems to work just fine except for one problem. My /home directory is backed up on a 1.0 TB USB hard drive that is also set up with encryption and LVM. When I plug it in to the new system, It appears to mount, but the icon doesn't show up on my desktop or in the launcher and it doesn't show up in Nautilus, /mnt, or /media. In 12.04, when I connect this drive it automounts (Hardware)

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