GNOME Files/Nautilus doesn't see external storage on Vanilla OS

[Blumoop]

Issue Description

When using GNOME Files, I can insert a USB drive and in the GUI the USB shows up for a split second before disappearing. I'm unable to do what I want to do with the external storage as GNOME Files acts like there's no external storage existing.

Steps to Reproduce

• Install the latest Vanilla OS
• Open GNOME Files
• Insert a external storage device
• It will appear before disappearing

On what version of Vanilla OS this happens?

Vanilla OS 2 Orchid

Additional Information

GNOME Files on other distros don't show this behavior, and other applications on Vanilla OS can see the external storage just fine, such as the Dolphin flatpak.

[taukakao]

I can reproduce this bug. Probably a debian packaging issue.

A workaround is going to the /media folder manually.

[Mycellf]

I have a USB drive and /media is empty when its plugged in.

[Mycellf]

I just tried accessing the USB drive through /media in Nautilus and the disc is there. When viewed through the terminal, however, it's empty. Also, Nautilus shows "USB DISK" (locked) and "USB DISK1" (the actual drive).

EDIT: It appears the discrepancy comes from Nautilus viewing /run/host/var/media in stead of /media. When I right click to open /media in the terminal from Nautilus is opens it there.

[taukakao]

The terminal is inside a container.
/run/host is the host filesystem, so /run/host/var/media/ is the same thing as /var/media on the host (where Nautilus is installed)
/media should be a symlink to /var/media, so both folders are the same thing.

So I don't know where this problem comes from but I will have to check myself.

[Mycellf]

myusername@apx-vso-pico:~$ cd /var/media
bash: cd: /var/media: No such file or directory
myusername@apx-vso-pico:~$ cd /media
myusername@apx-vso-pico:/media$ 

[taukakao]

You're still inside a container here.
/var/media only exists on the host system.

Try:
host-shell ls /var/media
And:
host-shell ls -ld /media
should say that /media is a symlink to /var/media

/var/media is then mounted in the container in /media, you can try running
mount | grep /media
to see if that's the case.

[Mycellf]

It works as you described. ls /media prints nothing. host-shell ls /media prints the expected contents.