Autoloading USB Volumes

syntaxvorlon · 2008-10-04 02:43:53

I have to fight with my computer every time I want to load one of my USB flash sticks or USB external hard drive.

At the moment I have to

alias blackomega='sudo mount -t vfat /dev/sdb1 /media/Black\ Omega'

What can I do to get my volumes mounted without forcing the thing?

SkonesMickLoud · 2008-10-04 02:57:36

Do you have the "hal" daemon loaded in /etc/rc.conf?

Last edited by SkonesMickLoud (2008-10-04 02:58:47)

syntaxvorlon · 2008-10-04 03:14:53

Yes

DAEMONS=(syslog-ng network netfs dbus hal crond kdm)

SkonesMickLoud · 2008-10-04 04:24:31

Hal automatically loads DBus, so you should take 'dbus' out of your Daemons line. The two can conflict and cause problems.

Also, you should give yourself membership to the optical and storage groups:

sudo usermod -Ga optical,storage username

Last edited by SkonesMickLoud (2008-10-04 04:26:56)

syntaxvorlon · 2008-10-04 13:17:25

Awesome, thanks.

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