Re: [gentoo-user] Unable to mount USB sticks using file manager

[Alexander Kapshuk]

On Sat, Nov 26, 2016 at 8:56 PM, Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I'm not sure what I am missing on a laptop to be able to mount USB sticks as
> plain user.  This laptop has been built with a no-multilib profile.  The users
> are members of the plugdev group.
>
> I don't want to create an fstab entry to be able to do this, because various
> USB sticks are being plugged in at any time.  In dolphin I get this error
> reported:
>
> "An error occurred while accessing '512MB', the system responded:  An
> unspecified error has occurred:  Not authorized to perform operation."
>
> This laptop is using x11-wm/enlightenment-0.20.6, just like other laptops
> which have no problem mounting USB sticks using a file manager.  The only
> difference being other laptops have multilib profiles.
>
> When I plug in a USB disk I get:
> ==================================================
> Nov 26 18:08:39 [dbus] [system] Activating service
> name='org.freedesktop.UDisks2' (using servicehelper)
> Nov 26 18:08:39 [udisksd] udisks daemon version 2.1.7 starting
> Nov 26 18:08:39 [dbus] [system] Successfully activated service
> 'org.freedesktop.UDisks2'
> Nov 26 18:08:39 [udisksd] Acquired the name org.freedesktop.UDisks2 on the
> system message bus
> Nov 26 18:09:11 [kernel] [  950.236065] usb 2-1: new high-speed USB device
> number 3 using ehci-pci
> Nov 26 18:09:11 [kernel] [  950.354981] usb 2-1: New USB device found,
> idVendor=1516, idProduct=8628
> Nov 26 18:09:11 [kernel] [  950.354994] usb 2-1: New USB device strings:
> Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
> Nov 26 18:09:11 [kernel] [  950.355001] usb 2-1: Product: Gizmo!
> overdrive505724545
> Nov 26 18:09:11 [kernel] [  950.355073] usb 2-1: Manufacturer: Crucial
> Nov 26 18:09:11 [kernel] [  950.355083] usb 2-1: SerialNumber: 505724545
> Nov 26 18:09:11 [kernel] [  950.355970] usb-storage 2-1:1.0: USB Mass Storage
> device detected
> Nov 26 18:09:11 [kernel] [  950.357622] scsi host6: usb-storage 2-1:1.0
> Nov 26 18:09:11 [kernel] [  950.389457] usbcore: registered new interface
> driver uas
> Nov 26 18:09:12 [kernel] [  951.360232] scsi 6:0:0:0: Direct-Access
> Crucial  Gizmo! overdrive 1.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
> Nov 26 18:09:12 [kernel] [  951.360677] sd 6:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2
> type 0
> Nov 26 18:09:12 [kernel] [  951.363207] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] 997888 512-byte
> logical blocks: (511 MB/487 MiB)
> Nov 26 18:09:12 [kernel] [  951.365780] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
> Nov 26 18:09:12 [kernel] [  951.366583] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] No Caching mode page
> found
> Nov 26 18:09:12 [kernel] [  951.366586] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive
> cache: write through
> Nov 26 18:09:12 [kernel] [  951.370104]  sdb:
> Nov 26 18:09:12 [kernel] [  951.372102] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI
> removable disk
> Nov 26 18:10:01 [CROND] (root) CMD (test -x /usr/sbin/run-crons &&
> /usr/sbin/run-crons)
> ==================================================
>
>
> Udisks shows this when I plug in the USB stick:
> ==============================================
> $ udisksctl monitor
> Monitoring the udisks daemon. Press Ctrl+C to exit.
> 18:24:41.715: The udisks-daemon is running (name-owner :1.11).
> 18:24:52.659: Added
> /org/freedesktop/UDisks2/drives/Crucial_Gizmo_21_overdrive_505724545
>   org.freedesktop.UDisks2.Drive:
>     CanPowerOff:                true
>     Configuration:              {}
>     ConnectionBus:              usb
>     Ejectable:                  true
>     Id:                         Crucial-Gizmo!-overdrive-505724545
>     Media:
>     MediaAvailable:             true
>     MediaChangeDetected:        true
>     MediaCompatibility:
>     MediaRemovable:             true
>     Model:                      Gizmo! overdrive
>     Optical:                    false
>     OpticalBlank:               false
>     OpticalNumAudioTracks:      0
>     OpticalNumDataTracks:       0
>     OpticalNumSessions:         0
>     OpticalNumTracks:           0
>     Removable:                  true
>     Revision:                   1.00
>     RotationRate:               -1
>     Seat:                       seat0
>     Serial:                     505724545
>     SiblingId:
> /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb2/2-1/2-1:1.0
>     Size:                       510918656
>     SortKey:                    01hotplug/1480184692658374
>     TimeDetected:               1480184692658374
>     TimeMediaDetected:          1480184692658374
>     Vendor:                     Crucial
>     WWN:
> 18:24:52.661: Added /org/freedesktop/UDisks2/block_devices/sdb
>   org.freedesktop.UDisks2.Block:
>     Configuration:              []
>     CryptoBackingDevice:        '/'
>     Device:                     /dev/sdb
>     DeviceNumber:               2064
>     Drive:
> '/org/freedesktop/UDisks2/drives/Crucial_Gizmo_21_overdrive_505724545'
>     HintAuto:                   true
>     HintIconName:
>     HintIgnore:                 false
>     HintName:
>     HintPartitionable:          true
>     HintSymbolicIconName:
>     HintSystem:                 false
>     Id:                         by-uuid-289E-047D
>     IdLabel:                    512MB
>     IdType:                     vfat
>     IdUUID:                     289E-047D
>     IdUsage:                    filesystem
>     IdVersion:                  FAT16
>     MDRaid:                     '/'
>     MDRaidMember:               '/'
>     PreferredDevice:            /dev/sdb
>     ReadOnly:                   false
>     Size:                       510918656
>     Symlinks:                   /dev/disk/by-id/usb-
> Crucial_Gizmo__overdrive_505724545-0:0
>                                 /dev/disk/by-label/512MB
>                                 /dev/disk/by-path/pci-0000:00:1d.7-
> usb-0:1:1.0-scsi-0:0:0:0
>                                 /dev/disk/by-uuid/289E-047D
>   org.freedesktop.UDisks2.Filesystem:
>     MountPoints:
> ===========================================================
>
> Trying to mount the USB by using the enlightenment file manager or dolphin,
> does not generate anything in udisksctl or in the logs ...
>
> Any ideas?
> --
> Regards,
> Mick

I used the instructions given in the forum post below to set up
automatic mounting of removable drives on my systems.
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-858965-start-0.html