[SOLVED] Flash drive not showing up in /dev

When I plug in a flash drive to the USB 2.0/3.0 ports on my computer, nothing changes in /dev. I don't see any /dev/sdb either.
lsusb shows the flash drives, and /dev/bus/usb/ contains the correct files. fdisk and lsblk don't show the flash drives.
Here's the dmesg output for plugging a flash drive into the USB 2.0 port:
[13146.969084] usb 4-1.1: new high-speed USB device number 5 using ehci-pci
I'm trying to mount the flash drives manually, but I can't if I can't find the device. What's going on?
Last edited by gsingh93 (2013-08-19 14:55:22)

The version number were different, and rebooting fixed the problem. I see the flash drive in /dev and in /run/media. Thanks guys.
One more question. What program is automounting my flash drive in /run/media?
EDIT: I'll mark this question as solved and make a new question.
Last edited by gsingh93 (2013-08-19 14:55:07)

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