On Friday 28 August 2009 01:42:54 am Steve Holmes wrote: > I built a new "normal" user and tried it there and got the same > results as I do with my original normal user. > > Now I need to provide some more details because I found a solution to > the problem so it seems. I usually like to get into gnome by typing > 'startx' from a native text console. When I do it this way, I get the > problems I've been writing about for the past several days. Now if I > use 'gdm' by starting it up from a root console and then login with > the normal user, I get automount functionality back. I thought gnome > would basically operate the same way once someone is logged in > regardless of how they got there. > > Like I said before, My knowledge of gnome internal is next to none. so > don't know much about really getting everything out of that > environment yet. It does seem strange to me that normal users have to > have logged in via gdm to get this automount stuff to work but if root > loggs in via startx then automount works strait away. > > Sound confusing enough? > > On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 11:18:47AM -0700, Dazed_75 wrote: > > I apologize if you have already tried this (I deleted some of the earlier > > messages after reading them). But have you tried creating another normal > > user and logging in as that user to see what happens when you plug the USB > > device in? > > > > If that works, the problem is fairly certain to be in some setting or > > conflict for your usual user only. If it does not the problem is likely > > something to do with how "normal" users are defined in your system and their > > permissions to do things. The ability for a normal user to use removable > > [and writeable] devices which would commonly be denied to normal users in > > some environments. > > > > On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 6:47 PM, Steve Holmes wrote: > > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > > Hash: RIPEMD160 > > > > > > Yes I followed the suggestions and updated hal and udev from the > > > testing repo but still no go. Strangely, it works fine if I login as > > > root but from my normal user account, it just goes as far as finding > > > and identifying the device but it won't mount to save its life. In > > > fact, if I go to Computer, the device shows up in the list of volume > > > names but if I right click and attempt to mount, it just ignores it. > > > Yet if root plugs in the device, it comes up in the Nautilus view > > > without a problem. I can then leave it plugged in and logout from > > > root and log back in with mynormal account and the drive is still > > > accessible but mounted under root. I guess logging out of gnome > > > doesn't unmount the drive; not sure what is supposed to happen there. > > > > > > I don't know enough about gnome internals to know where to look > > > further. So more help would be greately appreciated. BTW, thanks for > > > the link though; that gave me something to try. > > > > > > On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 06:35:41AM -0700, Eric Shubert wrote: > > > > Have you seen this? > > > > http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=77716 > > > > > > > > Steve Holmes wrote: > > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > > > > Hash: RIPEMD160 > > > > > > > > > > I have a question and a problem here with the automounting of drives > > > > > and media in Gnome. Let me try and sort out what I know here. On my > > > > > normal user account, when I plug in a USB drive of any kind, the > > > > > automount feature of gnome doesn't take hold. HAL discovers it ok and > > > > > even will build the sym links in /dev/disk/by-label but gnome won't > > > > > pick this up and make it available. All the volume and removable > > > > > device options are set properly. > > > > > > > > > > Now I just tried logging into gnome this morning from my root account > > > > > and there, the device automounted and everything seemed to work > > > > > great. I guess there is a difference between my normal user's > > > > > settings and root's. Where can I find the settings in conf files or > > > > > whatever to possibly fix this automount problem? > > > > > > > > > > I'm running 2.6.30 kernel on an Arch Linux system with latest updates > > > > > which includes Gnome 2.26 right now. > > > > > > > > > > Any help or ideas? > > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) > > > > > > > > > > iEYEAREDAAYFAkqVGSEACgkQWSjv55S0LfHRSwCfYCFuCVHhYranDNgnTjp/Rkv7 > > > > > oxcAn1t/+cjLd66Z6kUTdS2Ago6kzByl > > > > > =9qhh > > > > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > > > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) > > > > > > iEYEAREDAAYFAkqV5cAACgkQWSjv55S0LfHDRwCdEhEcmtWprhAgW4MCIIsi+y9e > > > +AUAn2GRjhd7P76oNtJrOmRCiZnorJds > > > =yYr5 > > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > > > > > > > > > The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, > > that I wish it always to be kept alive. > > - Thomas Jefferson > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > Are you a member of the hal or dbus groups? Or possibly policykit ? hal - 82 dbus - 81 policykit - 102 Check those groups. nathan -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Nathan England (480) 559-9681 nathan@paysonlinux.org http://www.paysonlinux.org/ Information Security Consulting Software and Web Development Systems Administration --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss