Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2011 16:36:19 -0500 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@freebsd.org> To: Christian Gusenbauer <c47g@gmx.at> Cc: gnome@freebsd.org, kde-freebsd@kde.org Subject: Re: Problems with automounting USB stick Message-ID: <4D6820D3.8090803@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <201102221713.04779.c47g@gmx.at> References: <201102221713.04779.c47g@gmx.at>
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On 2/22/11 11:13 AM, Christian Gusenbauer wrote: > Hi! > > [ I've already sent this below mentioned problem to kde-freebsd@ where Alberto > Villa had a look at that it. He suggested to send this mail to gnome@, too, > because he thinks it's HAL and not KDE related. So here it comes ... ] > > I've a problem automounting an USB stick on KDE 4.5.5 and current. At the very > first time after booting the machine, I can insert the USB stick and the stick > will be automounted without problems. But if I unmount it using the eject > button and remove the stick, it will not be automounted again if I reinsert it > :-(. > > After reinserting the stick, I get a > > Error: org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.PermissionDeniedByPolicy: > org.freedesktop.hal.storage.mount-fixed auth_admin_keep_always <-- (action, > result) > > It's funny, because HAL thinks that it's a 'mount-fixed' device and not a > 'mount-removeable' one (which HAL reports at the very first time). > > So what's wrong with HAL or my setup? How can I track down that problem or is > it already a well-known one? > > What we did so far: > > - we found out that restarting hald works but it is unconvenient, if I'd have > to restart hald every time I remove the stick :-) > - Alberto suggested to try pasting this into > /usr/local/etc/hal/fdi/preprobe/20thirdparty/10- > ignore-computer_storage.fdi (or /usr/local/share/...): > http://pastebin.com/iiTVQARt > But that made it worse - now the second insert is not recognized anymore > > Find attached some debugging output of hal, lshal, ... > > Please keep me CC'd because I'm not subscribed to gnome@! Your attachments got eaten by mailman. Can you follow the troubleshooting guide at http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/docs/halfaq.html to make sure you have done everything and included all of the relevant data. Joe -- Joe Marcus Clarke FreeBSD GNOME Team :: gnome@FreeBSD.org FreeNode / #freebsd-gnome http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome
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