From owner-freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 16 16:40:06 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D245216A400 for ; Mon, 16 Apr 2007 16:40:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from marcus@freebsd.org) Received: from av-tac-rtp.cisco.com (hen.cisco.com [64.102.19.198]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 778AB13C4C4 for ; Mon, 16 Apr 2007 16:40:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from marcus@freebsd.org) X-TACSUNS: Virus Scanned Received: from rooster.cisco.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by av-tac-rtp.cisco.com (8.11.7p3+Sun/8.11.7) with ESMTP id l3GGe5620974; Mon, 16 Apr 2007 12:40:05 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [64.102.202.49] (dhcp-64-102-202-49.cisco.com [64.102.202.49]) by rooster.cisco.com (8.11.7p3+Sun/8.11.7) with ESMTP id l3GGe1q06135; Mon, 16 Apr 2007 12:40:05 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <4623A6E1.2090504@freebsd.org> Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 12:40:01 -0400 From: Joe Marcus Clarke Organization: FreeBSD, Inc. User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (Macintosh/20070221) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Volker References: <462356A9.2070604@vwsoft.com> <462371C9.7040903@freebsd.org> <46238457.8010202@vwsoft.com> In-Reply-To: <46238457.8010202@vwsoft.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: gnome-mount unmount problem X-BeenThere: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: GNOME for FreeBSD -- porting and maintaining List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 16:40:06 -0000 Volker wrote: > On 04/16/07 14:53, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: >> Volker wrote: >>> Hi again... >>> >>> While I've experienced trouble with gnome-mount, I probably shot >>> myself into the foot (or have found another gnome-mount bug?). >>> >>> When logging into gdm, gnome-mount is mounting all volumes it can >>> find (can this be configured in any way?). When trying to unmount >>> such an automounted volume, I'm getting: >>> >>> gnome-mount --no-ui --block --unmount --verbose --device >>> /dev/label/xchange >>> gnome-mount 0.6 >>> libhal-storage.c 1330 : INFO: called LIBHAL_FREE_DBUS_ERROR but >>> dbusError was not set. >>> ** (gnome-mount:1402): DEBUG: Unmounting >>> /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/volume_uuid_DB29_8A68 >>> ** (gnome-mount:1402): DEBUG: Setting up 750ms timer for Flushing >>> Cache dialog >>> ** (gnome-mount:1402): DEBUG: in unmount_done : user_data = 0x0 >>> >>> ** (gnome-mount:1402): WARNING **: Unmount failed for >>> /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/volume_uuid_DB29_8A68: >>> org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Volume.PermissionDenied : Volume mounted >>> by uid UNKNOWN cannot be unmounted by uid 1001. >>> >>> This is the same with any automounted volume (either FAT, NTFS). I'm >>> always getting "...mounted by uid UNKNOWN...". >>> >>> Unmounting these gnome automounted volumes as root, gives me the >>> chances to manually mount and unmount them properly from the panel. >>> These mounts are really done by gnome, as I've checked the mount >>> status before logging into gdm. >>> >>> Last week while trying to find a solution for the gnome-mount NTFS >>> problem, I've changed polkitd and hal permissions to >>> Allow=gid:operator but AFAIR this has been the only change. As there >>> are not many settings for HAL, polkit and gnome-mount, I'm not quite >>> sure if this is my mistake or if it's a bug. >>> >>> Any hints on how to hunt this? >> What version of hal do you have installed, and when did you last restart >> it? >> >> Joe >> > > Joe, > > sorry for not posting this info. I'm using latest hal from ports: > hal-0.5.8.20070403 > > As this is my notebook, it's restarted on a daily basis. My desktop > machine (also using Gnome2, latest) does not automount everything it > can find so I'm unable to recreate the problem on that desktop. > > The main question is: Why or when does gnome-mount automount volumes > and how does one disable automounting? If gnome-mount would not > automount on startup, volumes can be mounted and unmounted without > error. If it does automount, I'm receiving the error message > "mounted by uid UNKNOWN". gnome-volume-manager is responsible for mounting file systems. How many instances or g-v-m are you running? Do you have any other scripts or session instances that start gnome-mount? Joe -- Joe Marcus Clarke FreeBSD GNOME Team :: gnome@FreeBSD.org FreeNode / #freebsd-gnome http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome