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malecite

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Registered: 2009-11-28

Posts: 4

USB Memory is recognized but not mounted [solved]

Hello
Few days ago I have installed Arch Linux.
I have a problem with USB Memory. When I plug it in, HAL recognizes it, but the system won't comply. Dolphin sends me a message:

org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.AccessDenied: Rejected send message, 1 matched rules; type="method_call', sender=":1.19" (uid=1000 pid =1763 comm="/usr/bin/dolphin) interface="org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Volume" member="Mount" error name="(unset)" requested_reply=) destination="org.freedesktop.Hal" (uid=0 pid=1327 comm="/usr/sbin/hald))

USB is on, but could not be read. It seems that udev is not assigning it a /media/... or /mnt/... file.
Also i suspect that i might have to assign myself to some of the groups, but if so, don't know which one?

Last edited by malecite (2009-12-03 13:30:10)

malecite

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Registered: 2009-11-28

Posts: 4

Re: USB Memory is recognized but not mounted [solved]

Can this do the trick:

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ude … .26_Tricks

problem with that solution is that i don't have /etc/udev/rules.d/11-mnt-auto-mount.rules in my system. can i create that file by myself?
consider that i am still a noob in the world of linux.

rune0077

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Registered: 2009-04-11

Posts: 135

Re: USB Memory is recognized but not mounted [solved]

To get USB to mount, I had to make a file called PolicyKit.conf in /etc/PolicyKit. Can't remember where I got the info, but it was from the wiki somewhere. Here's what mine looks like:

<?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 user="rune0077">
        <!-- replace with your login or delete the line if you want to allow all users to manipulate devices (keep security issues in mind though) -->
                <match action="org.freedesktop.hal.storage.*">
                        <return result="yes"/>
                </match>
                <match action="hal-storage-mount-fixed-extra-options">
                <!-- for internal devices mounted with extra options like a wished mount point -->
                        <return result="yes" />
                </match>
                <match action="hal-storage-mount-removable-extra-options">
                <!-- for external devices mounted with extra options like a wished mount point -->
                        <return result="yes" />
                </match>
        </match> <!-- don't forget to delete this line if you deleted the first one -->
</config>

That worked for me. Don't forget to replace the "rune0077" with your own username.

malecite

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Registered: 2009-11-28

Posts: 4

Re: USB Memory is recognized but not mounted [solved]

to rune0077
Sorry, but that didn't work. Tried but it just won't budge. He still reports me the same error.

Darkfire Fox

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From: California

Registered: 2009-09-01

Posts: 14

Re: USB Memory is recognized but not mounted [solved]

Can this do the trick:

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ude … .26_Tricks

problem with that solution is that i don't have /etc/udev/rules.d/11-mnt-auto-mount.rules in my system. can i create that file by myself?
consider that i am still a noob in the world of linux.

I had the exact problem with USB devices not mounting.

Once I created a /etc/udev/rules.d/11-mnt-media-auto-mount.rules file and rebooted, my USB sticks were auto-mounted upon connection.

Have you tried this yet?

EDIT:

I used the option Mounting to /mnt/usbhd-sdXY and creating a symbolic link in /media
Basically, just copy the commands under that and paste them into the new file you created.

For example, in bash I used:

sudo nano /etc/udev/rules.d/11-mnt-media-auto-mount.rules

then I just copied-and-pasted the commands into the new file.  You can use any basic text editor you want, not just nano of course.  Use kwrite/gedit/mousepad/whatever.

Last edited by Darkfire Fox (2009-12-03 06:52:10)

malecite

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Registered: 2009-11-28

Posts: 4

Re: USB Memory is recognized but not mounted [solved]

thanks.
that did work. problem solved.