I found that the latest Slackware 10.2 does not mount USB-key automatically so I've decided to post this tip that could be used in other distro that don't automount these devices in your desktop.

Note: USB storage devices are shown as SCSI drives in Linux, so if you have more than a SCSI device you can find different device names (/dev/sdXX where XX depends on your hardware). In this example I've chosen the first device in the SCSI chain (/dev/sda1)

  1. Open a console window (under KDE is called konsole)
  2. Login as root: type su and enter the password
  3. Change directory: cd /mnt
  4. Create a new directory: mkdir usbkey (if not exists)
  5. Try to mount your USB-key: mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/usbkey
  6. If it doesn't works you may try another device (e.g. /dev/sda2)
  7. If it works you can list the files in the key: ls /mnt/usbkey
  8. Unmount the device: umount /mnt/usbkey
  9. Open for edit the file /etc/fstab with a text-editor
  10. Add this line: /dev/sda1 /mnt/usbkey vfat noauto,users,rw,umask=0 0 0
  11. Save and close the file
  12. Leave the root user: press CTRL+D or enter the command exit
  13. Now you can mount the key from your account: mount /mnt/usbkey
  14. For unmounting the key: umount /mnt/usbkey