Automount problem

bigbrovar · 2009-01-13 20:22:48

Am very new to arch .. and so far am enjoying the experience hopefully once am used to the arch way i would eventually replace the ubuntu on my xps. however one problem am still facing is the inability to mount usb pan drives or cdroms i followed everything here http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/AutoFS_HowTo but nothing seems to work. .. am running kdemod could that be the problem .. when i plugin a usb device and run fdisk -l i can see the device is detected and attached to /dev/sdb but its is not mounted automatically. i would be glad if someone can put me through

u_no_hu · 2009-01-14 04:15:18

Do you have hal/dbus in rc.conf?

bigbrovar · 2009-01-14 10:02:56

u_no_hu
Today 05:15:18
Do you have hal/dbus in rc.conf?

yeah i did .. funny when i run

bash-3.2# tail -f /var/log/messages.log

i get this

Jan 15 01:56:11 arch usb 2-8: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and addre ss 6
Jan 15 01:56:11 arch usb 2-8: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
Jan 15 01:56:11 arch scsi4 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
Jan 15 01:56:16 arch scsi 4:0:0:0: Direct-Access Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 P MAP PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS
Jan 15 01:56:16 arch usb 2-8: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and add ress 6

and fdisk -l shows

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 9726 78124063+ 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 1 5471 43945744+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 5472 9665 33688273+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda7 9666 9726 489951 83 Linux
Disk /dev/sdc: 1008 MB, 1008730112 bytes
16 heads, 32 sectors/track, 3848 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 512 * 512 = 262144 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdc1 16 3848 981056 6 FAT16

hence the usb pen drive is detected but not mounted .. i had to manually mount it by doing

mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt

before i could mount the drive .. it wont automount ... i would really appreciate if some one can put me through.. because am really enjoying arch and would like to install it on my main machine .. a dell xps m1330. thanks in advance

Mr.Elendig · 2009-01-14 10:49:26

bigbrovar wrote:

Am very new to arch .. and so far am enjoying the experience hopefully once am used to the arch way i would eventually replace the ubuntu on my xps. however one problem am still facing is the inability to mount usb pan drives or cdroms i followed everything here http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/AutoFS_HowTo but nothing seems to work. .. am running kdemod could that be the problem .. when i plugin a usb device and run fdisk -l i can see the device is detected and attached to /dev/sdb but its is not mounted automatically. i would be glad if someone can put me through

Do not use autofs with kde. Let it handle automounting itself. Run hal + dbus, and add your user to the storage and optical group. Also comment out the cd/dvd lines from fstab.

Edit: pastebin your dmesg output after you plug in the stick. (all of it)

Last edited by Mr.Elendig (2009-01-14 10:57:37)

bigbrovar · 2009-01-14 11:45:16

i removed autofs from my daemon list .. and yeah am added to the storage and optical list i also commented out the dvd lines in fstab .. still no go .. here are my dmesg out put http://pastebin.com/m7cbb0f7b

wonder · 2009-01-14 11:49:13

http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/12221

i see that our devs had fixed this problem for kdm. i think that the problem is in kdemod

Mr.Elendig · 2009-01-14 18:24:54

Since you are on kdemod, maybe you didn't install some needed package?

bigbrovar · 2009-01-15 02:58:41

Mr.Elendig
Yesterday 19:24:54
Since you are on kdemod, maybe you didn't install some needed package?

i followed the kdemod guide to the letter.. and installed where package i saw in the guide .. i have tried everything suggested .. i even installed xfce but the problem persist.. i really love this distro.. its the best i ever used since ubuntu and i have tried quite a few (fedora,suse,mandriva,goblinx,zenwalk,pclinuxos,open solaris,) .. i mean am even thinking of replacing ubuntu on my main machine.. that is how much i am loving my arch experience .. am not scared of learning .. but this automounting thing is really a downer.. i cant mount usb or even my cdrom.. i am reader to learn all i need is pointers on what to do.. please any body .. am really sorry for being such a noob .. but am ready to learn..

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#1 2009-01-13 20:22:48

Automount problem

#2 2009-01-14 04:15:18

Re: Automount problem

#3 2009-01-14 10:02:56

Re: Automount problem

#4 2009-01-14 10:49:26

Re: Automount problem

#5 2009-01-14 11:45:16

Re: Automount problem

#6 2009-01-14 11:49:13

Re: Automount problem

#7 2009-01-14 18:24:54

Re: Automount problem

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