External HDD (vfat) being mounted ro after pacman -Syu update

fukawi2 · 2008-04-30 06:07:58

Hi all,

I just updated my laptop using pacman -Syu which didn't throw up any errors, but now my external hard drive mounts as Read Only when I plug it in.

I'm using Gnome desktop. This hard drive has worked fine for months. If I add 'rw' to the volume options field, it comes up with "unknown option" or "invalid option" (can't remember which) when I plug the drive in.

The drive is formatted vat (so I can use it on Windows too) and I can mount it manually fine. What's changed with the update that makes it mount ro?

Any help would be great

Allan · 2008-04-30 06:09:35

I would help if you said what got updated? Look in /var/log/pacman.log for the info.

fukawi2 · 2008-04-30 06:30:31

Didn't know where to find that - thanks

[2008-04-30 14:21] synchronizing package lists
[2008-04-30 14:21] starting full system upgrade
[2008-04-30 14:53] upgraded aspell (0.60.5-2 -> 0.60.6-1)
[2008-04-30 14:53] upgraded pixman (0.9.6-1 -> 0.10.0-1)
[2008-04-30 14:53] upgraded cairo (1.4.14-1 -> 1.6.4-1)
[2008-04-30 14:53] upgraded glib2 (2.16.2-1 -> 2.16.3-1)
[2008-04-30 14:53] upgraded pango (1.20.0-1 -> 1.20.2-2)
[2008-04-30 14:53] upgraded gtk2 (2.12.9-1 -> 2.12.9-2)
[2008-04-30 14:53] upgraded at-spi (1.22.0-1 -> 1.22.1-1)
[2008-04-30 14:53] upgraded cairo-perl (1.044-1 -> 1.060-1)
[2008-04-30 14:53] upgraded dbus (1.1.20-2 -> 1.2.1-1)
[2008-04-30 14:53] upgraded hal-info (0.20071212-1 -> 0.20080317-1)
[2008-04-30 14:53] upgraded libsmbios (0.13.10-1 -> 2.0.2-1)
[2008-04-30 14:53] upgraded pm-utils (0.99.4-1 -> 1.1.0-1)
[2008-04-30 14:53] upgraded hal (0.5.10-1 -> 0.5.11rc2-2)
[2008-04-30 14:53] upgraded gnome-keyring (2.22.0-2 -> 2.22.1-1)
[2008-04-30 14:53] upgraded poppler (0.6.3-1 -> 0.8.0-1)
[2008-04-30 14:53] upgraded poppler-glib (0.6.3-1 -> 0.8.0-1)
[2008-04-30 14:53] installed libspectre (0.2.0-1)
[2008-04-30 14:54] upgraded evince (2.22.0-1 -> 2.22.1.1-2)
[2008-04-30 14:54] upgraded libsoup (2.4.0-1 -> 2.4.1-1)
[2008-04-30 14:54] upgraded evolution-data-server (2.22.0-1 -> 2.22.1-1)
[2008-04-30 14:54] upgraded filezilla (3.0.9.1-1 -> 3.0.9.2-1)
[2008-04-30 14:54] upgraded gail (1.22.0-1 -> 1.22.1-1)
[2008-04-30 14:54] upgraded gcalctool (5.22.0-1 -> 5.22.1-1)
[2008-04-30 14:54] upgraded gtksourceview2 (2.2.0-1 -> 2.2.1-1)
[2008-04-30 14:54] upgraded gedit (2.22.0-1 -> 2.22.1-1)
[2008-04-30 14:54] upgraded glib-perl (1.162-1 -> 1.182-1)
[2008-04-30 14:54] upgraded glibmm (2.16.1-1 -> 2.16.2-1)
[2008-04-30 14:54] upgraded gnome-desktop (2.22.0-1 -> 2.22.1-1)
[2008-04-30 14:54] upgraded gnome-menus (2.22.0-1 -> 2.22.1-1)
[2008-04-30 14:54] upgraded libgweather (2.22.0-1 -> 2.22.1.2-1)
[2008-04-30 14:54] upgraded libwnck (2.22.0-1 -> 2.22.1-1)
[2008-04-30 14:55] upgraded gnome-panel (2.22.0-1 -> 2.22.1.3-1)
[2008-04-30 14:55] upgraded gucharmap (2.22.0-1 -> 2.22.1-1)
[2008-04-30 14:55] upgraded libgtop (2.22.0-1 -> 2.22.1-1)
[2008-04-30 14:55] upgraded libnotify (0.4.4-1 -> 0.4.4-2)
[2008-04-30 14:55] upgraded gnome-applets (2.22.0-1 -> 2.22.1-1)
[2008-04-30 14:55] upgraded gnome-settings-daemon (2.22.0-1 -> 2.22.1-1)
[2008-04-30 14:55] NOTE
[2008-04-30 14:55] ----
[2008-04-30 14:55] Add your user to group 'camera' to use camera devices.
[2008-04-30 14:55] upgraded libgphoto2 (2.4.0-5 -> 2.4.0-6)
[2008-04-30 14:55] ==>
[2008-04-30 14:55] ==> GVFS requires FUSE to operate correctly
[2008-04-30 14:55] ==>
[2008-04-30 14:55] ==> To make full use of GVFS, please load the "fuse" kernel module at bootup.
[2008-04-30 14:55] ==> To do so, add 'fuse' to the MODULES array in /etc/rc.conf
[2008-04-30 14:55] ==>
[2008-04-30 14:55] ==> Without this module, GVFS will not be compatible with applications that
[2008-04-30 14:55] ==> are not GIO-enabled.
[2008-04-30 14:55] ==>
[2008-04-30 14:55] upgraded gvfs (0.2.2-1 -> 0.2.3-1)
[2008-04-30 14:55] upgraded libbeagle (0.3.5-1 -> 0.3.5.1-1)
[2008-04-30 14:55] upgraded nautilus (2.22.1-1 -> 2.22.2-1)
[2008-04-30 14:56] upgraded gnome-control-center (2.22.0-3 -> 2.22.1-1)
[2008-04-30 14:56] upgraded gnome-mount (0.7-1 -> 0.8-1)
[2008-04-30 14:56] upgraded gnome-session (2.22.0-1 -> 2.22.1.1-1)
[2008-04-30 14:56] upgraded gnome-speech (0.4.18-1 -> 0.4.19-1)
[2008-04-30 14:56] upgraded gnome-terminal (2.22.0-1 -> 2.22.1-1)
[2008-04-30 14:56] upgraded gnome-volume-manager (2.22.1-1 -> 2.22.3-1)
[2008-04-30 14:56] upgraded neon (0.27.2-1 -> 0.28.2-1)
[2008-04-30 14:56] upgraded gstreamer0.10-bad-plugins (0.10.6-1 -> 0.10.6-2)
[2008-04-30 14:57] upgraded mono (1.9-1 -> 1.9.1-1)
[2008-04-30 14:57] upgraded gtk-sharp-2 (2.12.0-2 -> 2.12.1-1)
[2008-04-30 14:57] upgraded gtk2-perl (1.162-1 -> 1.182-1)
[2008-04-30 14:57] upgraded hunspell (1.2.1-2 -> 1.2.2-2)
[2008-04-30 14:57] upgraded icu (3.8-1 -> 3.8.1-1)
[2008-04-30 14:57] upgraded imagemagick (6.3.8.0-2 -> 6.4.0.9-1)
[2008-04-30 14:57] upgraded kdelibs (3.5.9-2 -> 3.5.9-3.1)
[2008-04-30 14:57] warning: /etc/laptop-mode/laptop-mode.conf installed as /etc/laptop-mode/laptop-mode.conf.pacnew
[2008-04-30 14:57] warning: /etc/laptop-mode/conf.d/wireless-ipw-power.conf installed as /etc/laptop-mode/conf.d/wireless-ipw-power.conf.pacnew
[2008-04-30 14:57] warning: /etc/laptop-mode/conf.d/ac97-powersave.conf installed as /etc/laptop-mode/conf.d/ac97-powersave.conf.pacnew
[2008-04-30 14:57] upgraded laptop-mode-tools (1.35-2 -> 1.41-1)
[2008-04-30 14:57] upgraded libdvdnav (0.1.10-2 -> 0.1.10-3)
[2008-04-30 14:57] upgraded libepc (0.3.4-2 -> 0.3.5-1)
[2008-04-30 14:57] upgraded libnetworkmanager (0.6.5-1 -> 0.6.6-1)
[2008-04-30 14:57] upgraded libnl (1.0pre6-1 -> 1.1-1)
[2008-04-30 14:57] upgraded lsof (4.78-1 -> 4.79-1)
[2008-04-30 14:57] upgraded networkmanager (0.6.5-3 -> 0.6.6-1)
[2008-04-30 14:57] upgraded pstoedit (3.45-1 -> 3.45-2)
[2008-04-30 14:57] NOTE:
[2008-04-30 14:57] This package has been built with java support.
[2008-04-30 14:57] If you want java features for runtime, you can either use:
[2008-04-30 14:57] 1. Sun's JRE.
[2008-04-30 14:57] 2. Java-gcj-compat and gcc-gcj.
[2008-04-30 14:57] you will need it for "help" section and some java based wizards
[2008-04-30 14:57] for further reading: http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wik … Office.org
[2008-04-30 14:57]
[2008-04-30 14:57] The en_US spellchecker is no longer included. A separate pkg is now
[2008-04-30 14:57] available. Use "pacman -S openoffice-spell-en" to install it.
[2008-04-30 14:57]
[2008-04-30 14:57] use "export OOO_FORCE_DESKTOP=kde" or
[2008-04-30 14:57] use "export OOO_FORCE_DESKTOP=gnome" to preset your desired look,
[2008-04-30 14:57] or put it in /etc/profile, rc.local, or ~/.bashrc.
[2008-04-30 14:57] upgraded openoffice-base (2.4.0-1 -> 2.4.0-2)
[2008-04-30 14:57] upgraded pycairo (1.4.0-3 -> 1.4.12-1)
[2008-04-30 14:57] upgraded seahorse (2.22.0-1 -> 2.22.1-1)
[2008-04-30 14:57] upgraded tar (1.19-2 -> 1.20-2)
[2008-04-30 14:57] upgraded totem-plparser (2.22.1-1 -> 2.22.2-1)
[2008-04-30 14:58]
[2008-04-30 14:58] ==> Totem has been built with GStreamer. By default, only plugins from
[2008-04-30 14:58] ==> gst-plugins-good and gst-plugins-base are installed.
[2008-04-30 14:58] ==>
[2008-04-30 14:58] ==> To play additional media formats, more plugins are available from
[2008-04-30 14:58] ==> gstreamer0.10-ugly-plugins, gstreamer0.10-bad-plugins
[2008-04-30 14:58] ==> and gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg packages.
[2008-04-30 14:58] ==>
[2008-04-30 14:58] ==> There's also a xine build of Totem available, install totem-xine instead
[2008-04-30 14:58] ==> of this package if you want xine to play your media files.
[2008-04-30 14:58]
[2008-04-30 14:58] upgraded totem (2.22.0-2 -> 2.22.2-1)
[2008-04-30 14:58] upgraded vino (2.22.0-1 -> 2.22.1-1)
[2008-04-30 14:58] upgraded wget (1.11-1 -> 1.11.1-1)
[2008-04-30 14:58] upgraded xine-lib (1.1.10-1 -> 1.1.12-1)
[2008-04-30 14:58] upgraded yelp (2.22.0-1 -> 2.22.1-1)
[2008-04-30 14:58] upgraded zenity (2.22.0-1 -> 2.22.1-1)

Allan · 2008-04-30 06:49:09

I see gnome-mount in that list... nothing else stands out really. Perhaps try downgrading that (?).

fukawi2 · 2008-04-30 07:06:09

OK... Downgrading gnome-mount and gnome-volume-manager (dependency) means it will mount rw now:

[fukawi2@IT-Phil-Laptop ~]$ cat /etc/mtab
/dev/sda7 / ext3 rw 0 0
none /dev ramfs rw 0 0
none /proc proc rw 0 0
none /sys sysfs rw 0 0
none /proc/bus/usb usbfs rw 0 0
none /dev/pts devpts rw 0 0
none /dev/shm tmpfs rw 0 0
/dev/sda2 /boot ext2 rw 0 0
/dev/sda5 /home jfs rw 0 0
gvfs-fuse-daemon /home/fukawi2/.gvfs fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon rw,nosuid,nodev,user=fukawi2 0 0
/dev/sdb1 /media/PHS-DATA120 vfat rw,nosuid,nodev,shortname=lower,uid=1000 0 0

BUT I can only write to the root of the drive... ie, I can create /media/PHS-DATA120/NewFile but I can't create /media/PHS-DATA120/ExistingFolder/NewFile

What the?

Going to the CLI, all my ownership and permissions are correct:

[fukawi2@IT-Phil-Laptop ~]$ id
uid=1000(fukawi2) gid=100(users) groups=5(tty),6(disk),7(lp),10(wheel),90(network),91(video),92(audio),93(optical),95(storage),97(camera),100(users),109(ssh)
[fukawi2@IT-Phil-Laptop ~]$ ls -lh /media/PHS-DATA120/
total 46M
drwxr-xr-x 8 fukawi2 root 16K 2007-11-28 15:32 0 - INSTALLERS
drwxr-xr-x 5 fukawi2 root 16K 2008-04-22 09:40 1 - General Backups
drwxr-xr-x 2 fukawi2 root 16K 2007-11-28 15:32 4WD'ing
drwxr-xr-x 2 fukawi2 root 16K 2008-02-28 19:20 Downloads
drwxr-xr-x 2 fukawi2 root 16K 2008-04-22 17:09 Fonts
...

I'm confused

Last edited by fukawi2 (2008-04-30 07:07:06)

fukawi2 · 2008-05-02 01:04:27

Problem solved. Turned out the drive had some errors that needed to be fsck'ed. Boot sector backup varied from the original and there were some screwed up directories. All fixed and working now.... With around 2000 fsck recovered files to review :S

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#1 2008-04-30 06:07:58

External HDD (vfat) being mounted ro after pacman -Syu update

#2 2008-04-30 06:09:35

Re: External HDD (vfat) being mounted ro after pacman -Syu update

#3 2008-04-30 06:30:31

Re: External HDD (vfat) being mounted ro after pacman -Syu update

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Re: External HDD (vfat) being mounted ro after pacman -Syu update

#5 2008-04-30 07:06:09

Re: External HDD (vfat) being mounted ro after pacman -Syu update

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