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On Tuesday 22 July 2008, Sebastian Günther wrote: |
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> * Mick (michaelkintzios@×××××.com) [22.07.08 20:08]: |
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> > Hi All, |
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> > I suspect that something changed recently on the way that USB devices are |
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> > mounted. I noticed that mounting a USB flash drive has stopped working |
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> > as follows: |
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> No, I think pmount behavior changed: |
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> it now honors entries in the fstab. |
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I do not have entries in my fstab of USB devices - dbus daemon and hald are |
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looking for removable devices by scanning the MoBo's buses (as I understand |
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it). |
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> > $ pmount /dev/sda |
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> > Error: device /dev/sda is not removable |
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> > ================================== |
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> Normally you should mount by mountpoint not device node. |
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Well, pmount would normally create a corresponding |
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mountpoint /media/<device_name>, if called upon as: |
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$ pmount /dev/<device_name> |
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> > However, clicking on the device in Konqueror under media:/ mounts it |
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> > happily under /media/disk. Previously it would mount it under /media/sda |
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> > and the pmount command would not error out as shown above. |
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> > ================================== |
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> I think, there is an apropiate entry in the fstab, so pmount has not to |
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> create an new mountpoint. |
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No, there's no /dev/sda entry in my fstab: |
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$ mount /dev/sda |
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mount: can't find /dev/sda in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab |
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> > $ mount |
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> > [snip...] |
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> > /dev/sda on /media/disk type vfat |
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> > (rw,nosuid,nodev,noatime,flush,uid=1000,utf8,shortname=lower) |
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> > ================================== |
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> > I also noticed that "shortname=lower" is set as the default, which is |
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> > annoying because the file/folder names are forced to display in lower |
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> > case. |
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> OK what's in /etc/fstab? |
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Nothing. |
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> > I am using dbus and hald with a Fluxbox WM so the default KDE behaviour |
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> > with the automounting pop up dialog does not work here (unless I have |
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> > launched the full KDE DE). |
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> Then you should think about ivman if you want automounter support. And |
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> Fluxbox rocks :-) |
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Yes, Fluxbox flies even on a PIII, ;-) |
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I am not bothered about automounting and probably would get on my nerves. I |
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prefer how pmount used to work until recently. |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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