Comment 9 for bug 129433

I can confirm this bug is still present in the latest hardy.

modprobe -r ehci_hcd with the drive plugged in makes it succesfully mount (only when the player is in msc mode, not mtp).

running that command and then plugging in the media player doesn't work, ehci_hcd is automatically loaded and takes control.

mtp mode doesn't work, it doesn't mount and rhythmbox crashes when you plug a mtp mode device in.