hal updated - automounting problem

boris_qd

I updated hal and now a drive that I configured to _not_ automount started automounting. I don't remember how i configured it to not mount the last time and can't find anything online that works.

in kde the automount window pops up, i select "do nothing" but then when i check the drive is mounted anyway.

How can I tell my system to ignore this one drive? (i want it to mount other usb sticks, cameras, mp3 players etc. that i may plug in).

Here's the file I added that I thought would fix the problem The uuid string looks weird to me but that's what's returned by ls:

loisl · Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 2:51 pm Post subject:

Hai,

maybe this helps a bit further: have a look at http://people.freedesktop.org/~david/hal-spec/hal-spec.html#device-properties-storage. look for storage.automount_enabled_hint

Cheers,
Loisl

pv23083 · n00b Joined: 02 Aug 2007 Posts: 19

to me it happened the opposed. My drives used to automount and they don't :S
I have 3 partitions that are in fstab but now they don't automount. I have no policies in fdi.

Pedro

d2_racing · Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 12:48 pm Post subject:

Hi, can you post your emerge --info and your /etc/fstab plz ?

loisl · Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 2:40 pm Post subject:

moneycat · n00b Joined: 23 May 2007 Posts: 21

shazeal · Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2009 4:23 am Post subject:

hal-0.5.11-r8 would not even start for me, you guys are doing well :wink:

Im just using r7 still.

pv23083 · n00b Joined: 02 Aug 2007 Posts: 19

sorry for the late reply.

emerge --info

Portage 2.1.6.7 (default/linux/x86/2008.0, gcc-4.1.2, glibc-2.6.1-r0, 2.6.22-suspend2-r2 i686)
=================================================================
System uname: Linux-2.6.22-suspend2-r2-i686-Intel-R-_Pentium-R-_M_processor_2.00GHz-with-glibc2.0
Timestamp of tree: Sun, 22 Feb 2009 10:45:01 +0000
distcc 3.0 i686-pc-linux-gnu [disabled]
app-shells/bash: 3.2_p39
dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7-r1, 2.1.6-r1
dev-lang/python: 2.5.2-r7
dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r6
dev-util/cmake: 2.4.8
sys-apps/baselayout: 1.12.11.1
sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.18.1-r2
sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.63
sys-devel/automake: 1.5, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10.2
sys-devel/binutils: 2.18-r3
sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.0-r4
sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.26
virtual/os-headers: 2.6.27-r2
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86"
CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-O3 -march=pentium-m -pipe"
CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/splash /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/web2c /etc/udev/rules.d"
CXXFLAGS="-O3 -march=pentium-m -pipe"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
FEATURES="distlocks fixpackages parallel-fetch protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unmerge-orphans userfetch"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://darkstar.ist.utl.pt/gentoo/ http://cesium.di.uminho.pt/pub/gentoo/ http://ftp.dei.uc.pt/pub/linux/gentoo/ ftp://darkstar.ist.utl.pt/pub/gentoo/ ftp://ftp.rnl.ist.utl.pt/pub/gentoo/ ftp://cesium.di.uminho.pt/pub/gentoo/ ftp://ftp.dei.uc.pt/pub/linux/gentoo/"
LANG="en_US.utf8"
LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1"
MAKEOPTS="-j2"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/portage/local/layman/desktop-effects"
SYNC="rsync://rsync.europe.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
USE="X a52 aac acl acpi alsa apm berkdb bzip2 cdr cli cracklib crypt cups dbus doc dri dts dvd dvdr dvdread encode esd ffmpeg flac fortran gdbm gif gnome gnutls gpm gtk hal iconv ieee1394 ipv6 isdnlog java javascript jpeg lm_sensors mad matroska midi mime mmx mp3 mpeg mplayer msn mudflap ncurses nls nptl nptlonly nsplugin nvidia ogg opengl openmp oss pam pcmcia pcre pdf perl png pppd python quicktime readline reflection samba session speex spl sse sse2 ssl sysfs tcpd tetex theora tiff truetype type1 unicode usb v4l vcd vorbis wifi win32codecs wxwindows x264 x86 xml xorg xulrunner xv xvid zlib" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1 emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mmap_emul mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse synaptics" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia nv vesa"
Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, FFLAGS, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL, LINGUAS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS

fstab:

# <fs> <mountpoint> <type> <opts> <dump/pass>

# NOTE: If your BOOT partition is ReiserFS, add the notail option to opts.
/dev/sda3 /boot reiserfs notail,noauto,noatime 1 2
/dev/sda7 / reiserfs noatime 0 1
/dev/sda4 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto noauto,ro,user 0 0
#/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto 0 0

# glibc 2.2 and above expects tmpfs to be mounted at /dev/shm for
# POSIX shared memory (shm_open, shm_unlink).
# (tmpfs is a dynamically expandable/shrinkable ramdisk, and will
# use almost no memory if not populated with files)
shm /dev/shm tmpfs nodev,nosuid,noexec 0 0
proc /proc proc nodev,nosuid,noexec 0 0
/dev/sda5 /media/sda5 vfat noatime,noauto,user,umask=000 0 2
/dev/sda6 /media/sda6 vfat noatime,noauto,user,umask=000 0 2
/dev/sda1 /media/windows ntfs noatime,noauto,ro,user,gid=100,umask=727 0 2

Thanks for your help

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Jorgo · Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2009 6:07 am Post subject:

Every time updating udev or hal the only way getting automounting to work again on my system is deleting

pv23083 · n00b Joined: 02 Aug 2007 Posts: 19

that solved the problem! Thanks Jorgo!

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d2_racing · Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 1:29 pm Post subject:

Nice

drescherjm · Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 3:23 pm Post subject:

So then this is essentially not ignoring the drive with this file deleted?

The reason I ask is when hal runs on my desktop at home it causes the drive to not be recognized and the drive light gets stuck on. Without hal the drive runs normally and I have never seen this problem once. I guess I can fiddle with this and see if it helps the problem for the mean time when I run hal I power down the drive first (its in a hot swap bay with power switches).
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julien-1993 · Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2009 2:32 pm Post subject:

hallibaby · n00b Joined: 20 Jan 2005 Posts: 14 Location: Germany

Many thanks. You saved two gentoo installation by this simple trick.

Jorgo · Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 6:39 pm Post subject:

In the german subforum was another solution which is much better than deleting the file.

https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-5564642.html#5564642

Login as root and copy the file to a new location:

Tolstoi · l33t Joined: 20 May 2004 Posts: 678

Thank you, that worked here. Had problems loading some audio cds.

samo · Guru Joined: 13 Mar 2004 Posts: 489

Neither removing the file nor changing the ignore flag solves the problem for me. Automounting doesn't work for me.

I can see the devices in /dev but not in system:/media

samo · Guru Joined: 13 Mar 2004 Posts: 489

Downgrading hal-0.5.12_rc1-r6 to stable version hal-0.5.11-r9 solves the problem.

floppes · n00b Joined: 06 Jan 2005 Posts: 68 Location: Germany

After upgrading hal to 0.5.11-r9 I also have the problem that CDs and USB sticks are no longer automounted. I tried both solutions but none helped. In /etc/hal/fdi/policy/ I have a file 99-x11-synaptics.fdi. Is the number at the beginning important? Maybe there cannot be two files starting both with 99? I renamed 99-storage-policy-fixed-drives.fdi to 98-storage-policy-fixed-drives.fdi but it didn't work either.

samo · Guru Joined: 13 Mar 2004 Posts: 489

Several files with same number isn't a problem. The number only defines the order.

Please check:
- Is the usb device available in /dev/usb after connecting?
- Is the device visible in konqueror -> system:/media?

floppes · n00b Joined: 06 Jan 2005 Posts: 68 Location: Germany

It appears in /dev as usbdev2.4_ep00, usbdev2.4_ep02 and usbdev2.4_up81. Manually I mount it from /dev/sdb1. I am using gnome so I don't have konqueror. When it worked before, nautilus popped up a new window with the content of the usb stick or CD, now I don't even have the CD icon any more under "Computer".
Here's my dmesg output right after plugging in the usb stick:

lexming · Posted: Sat Jul 04, 2009 6:19 pm Post subject:

Same problem here. I have lost automount for my external usb drives. I can mount the drives manually with the mount command. Changing hal policies as described in this topic has not helped.

Any idea? Thank you for your help.

lexming · Posted: Sat Jul 04, 2009 7:50 pm Post subject:

OK. I solved the problem just re-emerging hal and dbus again

floppes · n00b Joined: 06 Jan 2005 Posts: 68 Location: Germany