gnome-mount unmount problem

[Joe Marcus Clarke]

Volker wrote:
> Hi again...
> 
> While I've experienced trouble with gnome-mount, I probably shot
> myself into the foot (or have found another gnome-mount bug?).
> 
> When logging into gdm, gnome-mount is mounting all volumes it can
> find (can this be configured in any way?). When trying to unmount
> such an automounted volume, I'm getting:
> 
> gnome-mount --no-ui --block --unmount --verbose --device
> /dev/label/xchange
> gnome-mount 0.6
> libhal-storage.c 1330 : INFO: called LIBHAL_FREE_DBUS_ERROR but
> dbusError was not set.
> ** (gnome-mount:1402): DEBUG: Unmounting
> /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/volume_uuid_DB29_8A68
> ** (gnome-mount:1402): DEBUG: Setting up 750ms timer for Flushing
> Cache dialog
> ** (gnome-mount:1402): DEBUG: in unmount_done : user_data = 0x0
> 
> ** (gnome-mount:1402): WARNING **: Unmount failed for
> /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/volume_uuid_DB29_8A68:
> org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Volume.PermissionDenied : Volume mounted
> by uid UNKNOWN cannot be unmounted by uid 1001.
> 
> This is the same with any automounted volume (either FAT, NTFS). I'm
> always getting "...mounted by uid UNKNOWN...".
> 
> Unmounting these gnome automounted volumes as root, gives me the
> chances to manually mount and unmount them properly from the panel.
> These mounts are really done by gnome, as I've checked the mount
> status before logging into gdm.
> 
> Last week while trying to find a solution for the gnome-mount NTFS
> problem, I've changed polkitd and hal permissions to
> Allow=gid:operator but AFAIR this has been the only change. As there
> are not many settings for HAL, polkit and gnome-mount, I'm not quite
> sure if this is my mistake or if it's a bug.
> 
> Any hints on how to hunt this?

What version of hal do you have installed, and when did you last restart it?

Joe

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Joe Marcus Clarke
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