David C. Rankin wrote:
(3) new kernel also did something to Hal/d-bus/PolicyKit, so I can't access my usb drives again with the brute force approach. Any thoughts?
I'm able to mount my iPod via USB with my /etc/PolicyKit/PolicyKit.conf
set as follows:
<?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">
<!-- DAR -->
<!--
<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>
HTH,
DR