HAL with new kdebase (permission problems)

[Michael Nottebrock]

On Thursday, 21. December 2006 21:54, Csaba Molnar wrote:
> Hello!
>
> I installed kdebase with HAL support - it is still greyed out in kcontrol,
> but seems to work.

That's normal - the ability to switch from HAL to fstab and back at runtime 
disappeared a while ago, but nobody ever removed the checkbox.

> However, when I try to mount an usb memory stick, it 
> complains about a permission problem.

First up, make sure you have the latest version of kdebase, kdebase-3.5.5_1.

Then check /usr/ports/UPDATING - I added a few HAL-specific issues to the 
latest entry for kdebase.

> Mounting it in a traditional way works.

Does that mean you have an /etc/fstab entry for it? That needs to go, hal 
refuses to mount devices listed in fstab (commenting it out will work, too).

> My user is in groups wheel and 
> operator, vfs.usermount is on

Just FYI, vfs.usermount is not required for mounting devices with HAL, neither 
is any group membershit.

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