You may have already looked at/tried this, but all I did was use the hack in here for PK to allow non-root users to mount removable drives and it all works fine. http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/HAL#Mounting_fails Hope this helps... -- Ed Morgan +44 (0)7929 408910 "Every normal man must be tempted at times http://dontfightthefuture.com to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, http://identi.ca/mo6020 and begin to slit throats." - H. L. Mencken 2009/11/5 David C. Rankin <drankinatty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Guys, > > I did a fresh install of 2009.08 on a new drive for my laptop. For the past > 8 months, I have never gotten the freedesktop.org -- removable policy to > work. (well, maybe for a week or so before the kernel change in July). I > wanted to make sure I got it right this time so I haven't monkeyed with the > policies yet. > > In kde4, all of my removable devices are properly recognized (usb sticks, > 2.5" laptop drives connected via usb, etc.). Despite being recognized > properly, > > (1) the user cannot access the drives - until root has accessed them (like > opening konqueror su) > > (2) none of the drives are mounted for the user under /media - until root > has accessed them > > What makes no sense to me is that after root has accessed the drives, the > user can use them (I guess the actual "mount" occurs when root access the > drives, even though kde4 shows them as connected for the user through the > notifier popup in the task bar) > > I finally just wrote a script to mount removables under /mnt that can be > called by the users (basically uses sudo to mount and case on partition name > and size to mount the drives on the proper mount points) > > Something has got to give. I've wiki'ed myself into a coma and still -- no > joy. If one of the arch mount-removable gurus would just slip me the secret, > I would be much abliged :-) It has to be simple, but simplicity has escaped > me for quite some time now. However, I am determined to get it right with > the new install. I know the wiki well, but where is the other document that > I can use along with the wiki to make sure I have a good working system? > > Thanks for any help you can give. Sincerely yours, "stumped by hal, dbus > and PK. Rankin" > > -- > David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. > Rankin Law Firm, PLLC > 510 Ochiltree Street > Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 > Telephone: (936) 715-9333 > Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 > www.rankinlawfirm.com >
