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tony5429

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Registered: 2006-03-28

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[SOLVED] NTFS-3G UTF-8 Support

Ever since the "todo: have to rethink extra options" error started showing up on NTFS-3G, I've been using the /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/10osvendor/20-ntfs-config-write-policy.fdi fix found at <http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=42070> (fifth post down, by Pilli).

That would allow me to mount external NTFS partitions, and by changing the contents of /sbin/mount.ntfs-3g to

#!/bin/bash
/bin/ntfs-3g $1 $2 -o locale=en_GB.UTF-8

and making it executable, I was able to restore UTF-8 support.

On a new Arch install today, I tried mounting my external NTFS drive without using the fix shown at the top of this post. I was overjoyed to find that it mounted, as well as an internal NTFS drive. However, I noticed I did not have UTF-8 support. I tried using the UTF-8 fix shown above but it seems it does not work now. Does anyone know how to restore UTF-8 support with the new NTFS-3G package?

Last edited by tony5429 (2008-10-18 22:16:01)

tony5429

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Registered: 2006-03-28

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Re: [SOLVED] NTFS-3G UTF-8 Support

Hrm... I tried using the first fix with the second like I always have and it solved the problem. And now I can mount internal NTFS partitions

fresch

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Registered: 2008-08-06

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Re: [SOLVED] NTFS-3G UTF-8 Support

yeah, I came up with the same idea.. but had to search the forum to figure out that I had a f*ckin' typo in my script!

anyway, thank you!

_saiko

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From: systemreich

Registered: 2007-08-06

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Re: [SOLVED] NTFS-3G UTF-8 Support

the fix from the first post in this topic worked for me fo far
now when i use this fix, and try to mount a disk there's "unknown error"

christ it's an outrage the hal option doesn't get parsed like it's supposed to after all this time!!
how to make hal automount a ntfs-3g drive with utf-8 locale?

Last edited by _saiko (2008-10-27 23:52:43)

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_saiko

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From: systemreich

Registered: 2007-08-06

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Re: [SOLVED] NTFS-3G UTF-8 Support

no one?

i can't believe nobody is interested in this ...

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