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Hi,
Problem:
HAL isn't mounting my internal NTFS partition when clicking on the icon for that specific internal partition in Gnome's "PLACES". I click and nothing happens, at all. No error, no mention of failure and no folder being created in /media/
HAL does, however, mount my external NTFS drive without issue.
My user is a member of "storage" and "power" (as suggested in the HAL wiki)
There is no mention of any trouble in daemon.log, dmesg or everything.log
Any suggestions where to look? PolicyKit I assume?
Last edited by stefanwilkens (2009-04-30 21:08:20)
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My famous /etc/PolicyKit/PolicyKit.conf. Maybe it helps?
<config version="0.1">
<match action="org.freedesktop.hal.storage.mount-removable">
<return result="yes"/>
</match>
<match action="org.freedesktop.hal.storage.mount-fixed">
<return result="yes"/>
</match>
</config>
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I think that the storage and power groups are not used anymore (I don't know if this is a bug).
As wilco suggested, using PolicyKit.conf overrides will allow you to mount them, but since internal/fixed drives usually contain other OSes, I would suggest adding an /etc/fstab entry instead with special permissions so that no harm can be done by other users.
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I think that the storage and power groups are not used anymore (I don't know if this is a bug).
As wilco suggested, using PolicyKit.conf overrides will allow you to mount them, but since internal/fixed drives usually contain other OSes, I would suggest adding an /etc/fstab entry instead with special permissions so that no harm can be done by other users.
that will make them permanently mounted and would require that I have something else to quickswitch between mounted / unmounted state. I very much like how Gnome's "places" gives you clickable access to mounting / unmounting your internal partitions, this is why I was looking for a fix.
I've noticed that many people seem to want to direct me to fstab for internal partitions, why?
p.s. the fix worked perfectly.
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As long as ntfs-3g is installed and configured (http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/NTFS_Write_Support ) , both internal and external ntfs drives will work perfectly with this PolicyKit:
<config version="0.1">
<match action="org.freedesktop.hal.storage.mount-removable">
<return result="yes" />
</match>
<match action="org.freedesktop.hal.storage.eject-removable">
<return result="yes" />
</match>
<match action="org.freedesktop.hal.storage.mount-fixed">
<return result="yes"/>
</match>
<match action="hal-storage-mount-fixed-extra-options">
<return result="yes"/>
</match>
<match action="hal-storage-mount-removable-extra-options">
<return result="yes"/>
</match>
</config>
It also fixes the usb and cdrom mounting issues that seem to plague the new hal. I have a 500gb external NTFS drive that I mount with pcmanfm and on rare occasions gnome too without any problems.
Thanks
Last edited by securitybreach (2009-05-01 05:21:00)
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