From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KLQGG-0006uo-Nb for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:23:12 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id AE7C5E00C5; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:23:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ik-out-1112.google.com (ik-out-1112.google.com [66.249.90.178]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 59238E00C5 for ; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:23:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ik-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id c21so1481680ika.2 for ; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:23:09 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:from:reply-to:to:subject:date :user-agent:references:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:message-id; bh=93JXEFOAe6MAc52FOqboiqz9wCDQMlGyD0mURTxiDD8=; b=Kvh33lz/vUHqSt4JXnsx5T4zGFlVVeMOwJCjKNMpVlP7xx+7THKx9PnI/09uloItJd saEFKh1lvlPnxKakwRu+VRAgw+ziZ47ywOkH4zV2y3X6D1nOgBEToPRdUeh2EJToWQmU GUBBQmG2+XYIfwTT0GRWpyV9b2PuSgIQnNSwM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:reply-to:to:subject:date:user-agent:references:in-reply-to :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:message-id; b=H0kyJFPkw3I1Z3vIcVSN05wUdWzCLUOyci79wNCd1P1yvgvNyFHZAJ/X5FyVMDjo5l jlXVON2EGfq1FrEdZ/kby6d02Bs5u58m5JiV48YzNFNHFEvZ55VC6hnN/Gexnup/usF7 ewXBfzg9cO9kfZxCsELXYojmfsbcxodM8itls= Received: by 10.210.113.16 with SMTP id l16mr5023023ebc.157.1216765389344; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:23:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from lappy.study ( [212.159.46.48]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id p10sm4722323gvf.7.2008.07.22.15.23.07 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:23:08 -0700 (PDT) From: Mick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Changes in the way USB devices are mounted Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:22:49 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.9 References: <200807221903.43363.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <20080722210739.GB26974@marvin.heimnetz.local> In-Reply-To: <20080722210739.GB26974@marvin.heimnetz.local> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart4761602.S0RhVgpxSL"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200807222323.04926.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: 3c988370-0a5e-43ee-b250-0900d9e1a754 X-Archives-Hash: 5dd710d7d4447649a255fb62b714bdff --nextPart4761602.S0RhVgpxSL Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Tuesday 22 July 2008, Sebastian G=C3=BCnther wrote: > * Mick (michaelkintzios@gmail.com) [22.07.08 20:08]: > > Hi All, > > > > I suspect that something changed recently on the way that USB devices a= re > > mounted. I noticed that mounting a USB flash drive has stopped working > > as follows: > > No, I think pmount behavior changed: > > it now honors entries in the fstab. I do not have entries in my fstab of USB devices - dbus daemon and hald are= =20 looking for removable devices by scanning the MoBo's buses (as I understand= =20 it). > > $ pmount /dev/sda > > Error: device /dev/sda is not removable > > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > > Normally you should mount by mountpoint not device node. Well, pmount would normally create a corresponding=20 mountpoint /media/, if called upon as: $ pmount /dev/ > > However, clicking on the device in Konqueror under media:/ mounts it > > happily under /media/disk. Previously it would mount it under /media/s= da > > and the pmount command would not error out as shown above. > > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > > I think, there is an apropiate entry in the fstab, so pmount has not to > create an new mountpoint. No, there's no /dev/sda entry in my fstab: =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D $ mount /dev/sda mount: can't find /dev/sda in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > > $ mount > > [snip...] > > /dev/sda on /media/disk type vfat > > (rw,nosuid,nodev,noatime,flush,uid=3D1000,utf8,shortname=3Dlower) > > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > > > > I also noticed that "shortname=3Dlower" is set as the default, which is > > annoying because the file/folder names are forced to display in lower > > case. > > OK what's in /etc/fstab? Nothing. > > I am using dbus and hald with a Fluxbox WM so the default KDE behaviour > > with the automounting pop up dialog does not work here (unless I have > > launched the full KDE DE). > > Then you should think about ivman if you want automounter support. And > Fluxbox rocks :-) Yes, Fluxbox flies even on a PIII, ;-) I am not bothered about automounting and probably would get on my nerves. = I=20 prefer how pmount used to work until recently. =2D-=20 Regards, Mick --nextPart4761602.S0RhVgpxSL Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEABECAAYFAkiGXcgACgkQ5Fp0QerLYPf83ACfQe5nqNj6Ox87y03YJ/E7nLj/ XEQAoMS6nPxXvkQyL1paa8XtFvcwDvW6 =4VXw -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart4761602.S0RhVgpxSL--