David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. wrote:
On or about Sunday 17 May 2009 at approximately 03:51:10 David C. Rankin,
Another interesting note. When I inserted the card, there was no entry
created in /media. Now 10 minutes later after I have been copying the
photos, etc., the mount of /dev/mmcblk0p1 has *appeared* mounted on
/media/disk? Huh?
I can't tell you when it appeared, but I can tell you that for at least
4-5 minutes. So why the initial error and why the magical appearance after
the error telling me it wasn't going to be mounted? What to check for more
info?
Here is the deal,
When I stick the card in, as my normal user I can't access the device shown
under "Services" "Storage Media" and there is no "disk" entry in /media.
If I start konqueror running as root and then access "Services" "Storage
Media" and the SD card (/dev/mmcblk0p1 in this case), Presto the device
automatically appears as "disk" under /media and then I *can* access it (rw)
as my normal user. What gives? What permissions are stuck?
Short answer:
Use this for your /etc/PolicyKit/PolicyKit.conf:
<?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">
<!--
<define_admin_auth group="wheel"/>
-->
<match action="org.freedesktop.hal.storage.mount-removable">
<return result="yes"/>
</match>
<!--
<match action="org.freedesktop.hal.storage.eject-removable">
<return result="yes"/>
</match>
-->
</config>
Long answer:
See: http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=542472
I have to say, I'm not very fond of this new console-kit/policy-kit
stuff being the default in hal now. I far prefer the simplicity of
standard unix groups and permissions.
DR
