[gentoo-amd64] Unable to mount USB and CD on Gnome

[gentoo-amd64] Unable to mount USB and CD on Gnome

[Clemente Aguiar]

For a while now when I insert a CD / DVD or a USB pen drive on my PC, it
will not mount, and GNOME gives an error.

If it is the DVD the error is as follows:
Unable to mount "DVDLABEL"
Not Authorized

If it is the USB pen drive the error is similar:
Unable to mount File System 1,0GB
Not Authorized

If I login as root then there is no problem, the disks will mount (and
automount correctly), but if I login as a "normal" user it will not
automount, and even if I go through the menu and select the drive it
will not mount giving exactly the same error.

One interesting note is that I can mount and unmount using gnome-mount
and gnome-unmount utilities, for example:

$ gnome-mount -d /dev/sdb1
$ gnome-umount -d /dev/sdb1

Can anybody help me with this problem?

Re: [gentoo-amd64] Unable to mount USB and CD on Gnome

[Clemente Aguiar]

I have been looking at this problem for a while and just after I sent
the email looking for help I found the solution which was to create the
file ~/.xinitrc with the following contents: 

export XDG_MENU_PREFIX=gnome- 
exec ck-launch-session gnome-session

See forum:
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-6345507.html#6345507

Clemente

----- Mensagem Original-----
De: Clemente Aguiar <ca-lists@madeiratecnopolo.pt>
Reply-to: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org
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Assunto: [gentoo-amd64] Unable to mount USB and CD on Gnome
Data: Thu, 08 Jul 2010 15:15:19 +0100

For a while now when I insert a CD / DVD or a USB pen drive on my PC, it
will not mount, and GNOME gives an error.

If it is the DVD the error is as follows:
Unable to mount "DVDLABEL"
Not Authorized

If it is the USB pen drive the error is similar:
Unable to mount File System 1,0GB
Not Authorized

If I login as root then there is no problem, the disks will mount (and
automount correctly), but if I login as a "normal" user it will not
automount, and even if I go through the menu and select the drive it
will not mount giving exactly the same error.

One interesting note is that I can mount and unmount using gnome-mount
and gnome-unmount utilities, for example:

$ gnome-mount -d /dev/sdb1
$ gnome-umount -d /dev/sdb1

Can anybody help me with this problem?

Re: [gentoo-amd64] Unable to mount USB and CD on Gnome

[Thanasis]

 Have you checked that your user belongs to the appropriate groups, like
usb, cdrom, cdrw, plugdev ?

Re: [gentoo-amd64] Unable to mount USB and CD on Gnome

[Drake Donahue]

On Thu, 2010-07-08 at 15:15 +0100, Clemente Aguiar wrote:
> For a while now when I insert a CD / DVD or a USB pen drive on my PC, it
> will not mount, and GNOME gives an error.
> 
> If it is the DVD the error is as follows:
> Unable to mount "DVDLABEL"
> Not Authorized
> 
> If it is the USB pen drive the error is similar:
> Unable to mount File System 1,0GB
> Not Authorized
> 
> If I login as root then there is no problem, the disks will mount (and
> automount correctly), but if I login as a "normal" user it will not
> automount, and even if I go through the menu and select the drive it
> will not mount giving exactly the same error.
> 
> One interesting note is that I can mount and unmount using gnome-mount
> and gnome-unmount utilities, for example:
> 
> $ gnome-mount -d /dev/sdb1
> $ gnome-umount -d /dev/sdb1
> 
> Can anybody help me with this problem?
> 
> 
add the user to plugdev

Re: [gentoo-amd64] Unable to mount USB and CD on Gnome

[Blackdream W]

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2010/7/8 Drake Donahue <donahue95@comcast.net>

> On Thu, 2010-07-08 at 15:15 +0100, Clemente Aguiar wrote:
> > For a while now when I insert a CD / DVD or a USB pen drive on my PC, it
> > will not mount, and GNOME gives an error.
> >
> > If it is the DVD the error is as follows:
> > Unable to mount "DVDLABEL"
> > Not Authorized
> >
> > If it is the USB pen drive the error is similar:
> > Unable to mount File System 1,0GB
> > Not Authorized
> >
> > If I login as root then there is no problem, the disks will mount (and
> > automount correctly), but if I login as a "normal" user it will not
> > automount, and even if I go through the menu and select the drive it
> > will not mount giving exactly the same error.
> >
> > One interesting note is that I can mount and unmount using gnome-mount
> > and gnome-unmount utilities, for example:
> >
> > $ gnome-mount -d /dev/sdb1
> > $ gnome-umount -d /dev/sdb1
> >
> > Can anybody help me with this problem?
> >
> >
> add the user to plugdev
>
>
>

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