gnome doesn't mount USB drives

SyXbiT · 2008-11-10 03:17:48

I've spent ages reading all threads about not mounting flash drives, but can't fix it
This was working on the same machine yesterday, but I reinstalled. So it isn't hardware, and shouldn't be an issue with Arch software (just a setting, I think)

a bit of info

mounting manually works, so I think it's a gnome issue.
gnome-volume manager is loaded in my session

DAEMONS=(syslog-ng sshd network netfs @crond @alsa @gdm @cups hal fam) #hal loads up dbus

I'm a member of these groups

tty disk lp mem wheel locate games dbus hal network video audio optical storage power users

after inserting the flash drive, dmesg shows:

usb 1-5: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 4
usb 1-5: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
scsi8 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
usb-storage: device found at 4
usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
scsi 9:0:0:0: Direct-Access     SanDisk  U3 Titanium      3.27 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
sd 9:0:0:0: [sdh] 8027790 512-byte hardware sectors (4110 MB)
sd 9:0:0:0: [sdh] Write Protect is off
sd 9:0:0:0: [sdh] Mode Sense: 03 00 00 00
sd 9:0:0:0: [sdh] Assuming drive cache: write through
sd 9:0:0:0: [sdh] 8027790 512-byte hardware sectors (4110 MB)
sd 9:0:0:0: [sdh] Write Protect is off
sd 9:0:0:0: [sdh] Mode Sense: 03 00 00 00
sd 9:0:0:0: [sdh] Assuming drive cache: write through
 sdh:
sd 9:0:0:0: [sdh] Attached SCSI removable disk
sd 9:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg8 type 0
usb-storage: device scan complete

I've tried stopping dbus and then restarting hal (gives no errors, but fixes nothing)

here's my fstab

# /etc/fstab: static file system information
#
# <file system>        <dir>         <type>    <options>          <dump> <pass>
none                   /dev/pts      devpts    defaults            0      0
none                   /dev/shm      tmpfs     defaults            0      0

#/dev/cdrom /media/cdrom   auto    ro,user,noauto,unhide   0      0
#/dev/dvd /media/dvd   auto    ro,user,noauto,unhide   0      0
UUID=0841f1a4-aba2-4d07-91a3-a1e254841319 /media/HD2 ext3 defaults 0 1
UUID=2cfae24e-4da9-4db3-9572-129f6f38f6c8 /media/HD3 ext3 defaults 0 1
UUID=9b46c31c-a172-454c-8e68-fde17ce3b5b8 swap swap defaults 0 0
UUID=a061dd8d-5af9-479c-8c07-e7814870a8a8 / ext3 defaults,noatime,nodiratime 0 1

any ideas?

AsA · 2008-11-10 17:03:52

Is usb-storage in your module list?

Try
#modprobe usb-storage

Hope this helps.

SyXbiT · 2008-11-10 22:26:26

thanks for the idea, but , lsmod shows the following

Module                  Size  Used by
ipv6                  260260  14 
ohci1394               30256  0 
ieee1394               80452  1 ohci1394
i2c_i801               10768  0 
snd_pcsp               11040  0 
i2c_core               22420  1 i2c_i801
iTCO_wdt               12196  0 
sg                     28852  0 
iTCO_vendor_support     4996  1 iTCO_wdt
fglrx                1757280  24 
intel_agp              27068  0 
agpgart                30804  2 fglrx,intel_agp
joydev                 11584  0 
thermal                17052  0 
processor              34732  1 thermal
fan                     6148  0 
evdev                  11296  5 
button                  7824  0 
battery                12036  0 
ac                      6020  0 
snd_seq_oss            31872  0 
snd_seq_midi_event      8192  1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq                49968  4 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device          8332  2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_hda_intel         368944  2 
snd_hwdep               8964  1 snd_hda_intel
snd_pcm_oss            40192  0 
snd_pcm                69636  4 snd_pcsp,snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer              21384  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc          9224  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
snd_mixer_oss          16512  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd                    50724  13 snd_pcsp,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_hda_intel,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mixer_oss
soundcore               8160  1 snd
sky2                   46212  0 
rtc_cmos               11424  0 
rtc_core               17564  1 rtc_cmos
rtc_lib                 4480  1 rtc_core
usbhid                 46016  0 
hid                    41856  1 usbhid
ff_memless              6664  1 usbhid
ext3                  126472  3 
jbd                    46100  1 ext3
mbcache                 8708  1 ext3
usb_storage            92736  0 
sr_mod                 16708  0 
sd_mod                 27160  7 
cdrom                  35360  1 sr_mod
ehci_hcd               35852  0 
uhci_hcd               24080  0 
usbcore               134128  5 usbhid,usb_storage,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd
ahci                   30348  4 
libata                152992  1 ahci
dock                    9488  1 libata
scsi_mod               96460  5 sg,usb_storage,sr_mod,sd_mod,libata

I'm pretty sure it's a gnome problem, cause I can mount through the terminal, which would imply drivers, kernel, modules are working

any other ideas?

SiC · 2008-11-11 11:49:09

I use autofs to automount usb drives, ipod and phone etc, much easier. Then gnome just dumps an icon on the desktop when the device is mounted by autofs, takes a few seconds, but works well enough.

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/AutoFS_HowTo

ks156 · 2008-11-11 12:43:26

I'd same problems after upgrading gnome from 2.22 to 2.24.

After googling a while for the problem, I've found a ticket on freedesktop. This is a known bug with hal.

Recompiling HAL from the tree has fixed the problem.

ref. : http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Softwar … direct=HAL

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#1 2008-11-10 03:17:48

gnome doesn't mount USB drives

#2 2008-11-10 17:03:52

Re: gnome doesn't mount USB drives

#3 2008-11-10 22:26:26

Re: gnome doesn't mount USB drives

#4 2008-11-11 11:49:09

Re: gnome doesn't mount USB drives

#5 2008-11-11 12:43:26

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