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zexar

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Registered: 2009-05-15

Posts: 23

Gnome 2.28 doesn't mount Windows partitions

I upgraded Gnome to version 2.28 and got next bug. Menu "Places" doesn't contain Windows partitions. But not all of them. I can see only drive C:, but manual mounting of other drives are passing successfully. There are no records in logs about errors during mounting, from ntfs-3g driver or hal.
Thank you.

Sternmull

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Registered: 2009-09-22

Posts: 22

Re: Gnome 2.28 doesn't mount Windows partitions

Same here.

Getting a messagebox:

Unable to mount LabelOfThePartition

Not Authorized

(Offtopic: Why cant i select the last letter of the message? It is impossible to select the "d" with the mouse )

I think this is the same problem that is currently discussed in another thread. Unfortunatly no solution or understanding of the problem came up so far.

testube_babies

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From: 127.0.0.1

Registered: 2007-06-26

Posts: 115

Re: Gnome 2.28 doesn't mount Windows partitions

Here are some steps I've gathered from various threads and wiki pages:

1)  Gnome 2.28 uses the ntfs driver by default instead of ntfs-3g:

# ln -s /sbin/mount.ntfs-3g /sbin/mount.ntfs

2)  I login with slim.  To fix consolekit errors, use this (not necessary with GDM) in your .xinitrc:

exec ck-launch-session gnome-session

3)  Some external SATA drives are seeing problems since the latest kernel update.  Get the latest version of libatasmart from AUR to fix them:
EDIT:  the latest libatasmart has been pushed to [extra].

4)  Configure devicekit for auto-mounting ( 1- Make sure to change USER to your username, 2- Assumes you're using the wheel group for local admin access):

Create /etc/polkit-1/localauthority.conf.d/61-localauthority.conf

[Local Admin]
AdminIdentities=unix-user:root;unix-group:wheel

Create  /var/lib/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d/org.archlinux.freedesktop.devicekit.disks.pkla

[Local Users]
Identity=unix-user:USER
Action=org.freedesktop.devicekit.disks.*
ResultAny=no
ResultInactive=no
ResultActive=yes

5)  Configure HAL/PolicyKit for ntfs-3g:
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/HAL … from_Gnome

After I did all of the above steps, everything works on my system.  I hope it helps.

Last edited by testube_babies (2009-10-25 12:24:54)

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na12

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From: /home/serbia

Registered: 2008-12-23

Posts: 752

Re: Gnome 2.28 doesn't mount Windows partitions

I can mount ntfs partitions,and can read,but can't write,it says Operation not permitted.What is the problem with gnome 2.28?

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loafer

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From: the pub

Registered: 2009-04-14

Posts: 1,772

Re: Gnome 2.28 doesn't mount Windows partitions

The issue is as testube_babies describes above, it's also described here:

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Gno … me_Manager

http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/16738

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celilo

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From: Columbia River Gorge

Registered: 2009-01-31

Posts: 14

Re: Gnome 2.28 doesn't mount Windows partitions

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1)  Gnome 2.28 uses the ntfs driver by default instead of ntfs-3g:

# ln -s /sbin/mount.ntfs-3g /sbin/mount.ntfs

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This appears to be a bug because in gconf under "/system/storage/default_options/ntfs/fstype_override" my key is set to "ntfs-3g".

The explanation for this key is:

The name of the file system driver to use by default when 'ntfs' is detected. This is useful for configuring the system to use the 'ntfs-3g' driver for all 'ntfs' file systems by default. User can still choose to use the 'ntfs' file system driver by overriding it per-volume or on the command line.

So it appears that the key is simply being ignored.

celilo

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From: Columbia River Gorge

Registered: 2009-01-31

Posts: 14

Re: Gnome 2.28 doesn't mount Windows partitions

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4)  Configure devicekit for auto-mounting ( 1- Make sure to change USER to your username, 2- Assumes you're using the wheel group for local admin access):

Create /etc/polkit-1/localauthority.conf.d/61-localauthority.conf

[Local Admin]
AdminIdentities=unix-user:root;unix-group:wheel

Create  /var/lib/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d/org.archlinux.freedesktop.devicekit.disks.pkla

[Local Users]
Identity=unix-user:USER
Action=org.freedesktop.devicekit.disks.*
ResultAny=no
ResultInactive=no
ResultActive=yes

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Thanks a bunch. None of the suggestions from other threads fixed the problem until this one.:)