Hi, I'm currently switching from ubuntu 14.04 to elementaryOS freya. I had trouble that all my usb port won't working unless you plug-in first and restart the pc. This happen everytime I clean shutdown the laptop but not applicable with suspend/sleep. This is annoying and I never had this problem with ubuntu before. I'm using Lenovo E10-30. Thanks,
My ElementaryOS does only mount my usb stick, when I choose the appeared usb stick logo in "Files". What happens when you connect the stick and open files, and click on the icon below "devices"? Is it there?