Can't Mount USB - Linux

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I noticed this happened after I had been foling around with the user account.

Basically I just changed the user@localhost to myownname@locahost.

Now it seems I cannot mount external hard drives or USB drives. Always get the failed to mount message.
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error message : Cannot read from /media/.hal-mtab.

this was the command I used to change the user name:
usermod -l login-name old-name

 

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Hi guys, I solved this by removing teh /media/ folder adn creating a NEW empty one.

USB works now!