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#1 2009-01-06 00:58:15

danrg7
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[SOLVED] Mounting Fails with PCManFM

I run LXDE and when I plug in any usb storage device (flash drive, portable hard drive) I can see the device in PCMan but I cannot mount it. I get an error box with no message when I try to click on the device icon. I am in the hal group and I have pmount installed.

I am also unable to mount cdroms, and audio CD's do not even appear in PCMan. I do not know if this is the same problem, but it seems to be very similar.

Last edited by danrg7 (2009-01-06 05:24:56)

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#2 2009-01-06 01:39:53

marxav
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Re: [SOLVED] Mounting Fails with PCManFM

Are you a member of storage and optical?

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#3 2009-01-06 01:43:00

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Re: [SOLVED] Mounting Fails with PCManFM

Also make sure you are added to the mount group

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#4 2009-01-06 01:52:59

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Re: [SOLVED] Mounting Fails with PCManFM

Group mount??   That is new to me

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#5 2009-01-06 01:54:03

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Re: [SOLVED] Mounting Fails with PCManFM

cdwillis wrote:

Also make sure you are added to the mount group

Unless you created it yourself, I'm pretty sure there is no such thing. smile


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#6 2009-01-06 01:55:16

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Re: [SOLVED] Mounting Fails with PCManFM

Also, make sure hal, pam and fam are loaded in the daemons section of your /etc/rc.conf

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#7 2009-01-06 01:59:57

marxav
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Re: [SOLVED] Mounting Fails with PCManFM

corstar wrote:

Also, make sure hal, pam and fam are loaded in the daemons section of your /etc/rc.conf

pam??

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#8 2009-01-06 02:01:29

cdwillis
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Re: [SOLVED] Mounting Fails with PCManFM

sand_man wrote:
cdwillis wrote:

Also make sure you are added to the mount group

Unless you created it yourself, I'm pretty sure there is no such thing. smile

I suppose not big_smile

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#9 2009-01-06 02:08:47

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Re: [SOLVED] Mounting Fails with PCManFM

danrg7 wrote:

I run LXDE and when I plug in any usb storage device (flash drive, portable hard drive) I can see the device in PCMan but I cannot mount it. I get an error box with no message when I try to click on the device icon. I am in the hal group and I have pmount installed.

I am also unable to mount cdroms, and audio CD's do not even appear in PCMan. I do not know if this is the same problem, but it seems to be very similar.

Welcome to the forums.

It would be helpful if you post the error message.

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#10 2009-01-06 02:45:31

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Re: [SOLVED] Mounting Fails with PCManFM

skottish wrote:

It would be helpful if you post the error message.

danrg7 wrote:

I get an error box with no message

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#11 2009-01-06 02:49:30

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Re: [SOLVED] Mounting Fails with PCManFM

Ranguvar wrote:
skottish wrote:

It would be helpful if you post the error message.

danrg7 wrote:

I get an error box with no message

skottish wrote:

Doh!

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#12 2009-01-06 04:27:23

u_no_hu
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Re: [SOLVED] Mounting Fails with PCManFM

Are you using testing, then downgrading hal/dbus to extra version may help. I had the same problem.


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#13 2009-01-06 04:31:22

skottish
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Re: [SOLVED] Mounting Fails with PCManFM

u_no_hu wrote:

Are you using testing, then downgrading hal/dbus to extra version may help. I had the same problem.

I set /etc/PolicyKit.conf like this after having problems with hal/dbus from testing per instruction that I read in some thread here. It works:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!-- -*- XML -*- -->

<!DOCTYPE pkconfig PUBLIC "-//freedesktop//DTD PolicyKit Configuration 1.0//EN"
"http://hal.freedesktop.org/releases/PolicyKit/1.0/config.dtd">

<!-- See the manual page PolicyKit.conf(5) for file format -->

<config version="0.1">
    <match action="org.freedesktop.hal.storage.mount-removable">
        <return result="yes"/>
    </match>
</config>

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#14 2009-01-06 05:23:53

danrg7
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Re: [SOLVED] Mounting Fails with PCManFM

I am using the hal/dbus from testing so skottish's solution was perfect.

Thank you all for the quick responses.

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