On 25 November 2011 15:12, Madhurya Kakati <mkakati2805@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Well what I said is true. When I first started using arch I didn't mind > when stuff broke. But now after setting up the OS according to my tastes I > want it to stay as it is. So I want it to be stable. But I also don't want > to sacrifice the freedom if using arch. > And I made this my primary work OS and it really is hurting productivity as > I tend to work on a lot of removal drives. > On Nov 25, 2011 6:00 PM, "Tom Gundersen" <teg@xxxxxxx> wrote: > >> On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 1:22 PM, Madhurya Kakati <mkakati2805@xxxxxxxxx> >> wrote: >> > After a recent update, I am unable to mount any drives by clicking their >> > names in nautilus side panel like I used to do before. I use awesome wm >> and >> > start it via slim which itself is started via the inittab method. >> >> Are you able to reproduce the problem if you use GDM in stead of slim >> and start it using the rc-script rather than inittab? >> >> > I have dbus installed and it starts up automatically at boot. Also in my >> > .xinitrc file I have ck-launch-session and dbus-launch before awesome. >> >> This sounds like it should work, but I don't use your precise setup so >> cannot confirm it. I seem to remember other people having similar >> problems and replacing SLIM with something else fixed it (but I don't >> remember the details so I might be wrong). >> >> > Everything used to work fine like this before the update. Now when I try >> to >> > mount a drive I get the error not authorized. I am also in the group >> > storage. >> >> ConsoleKit, UDisks and PolicyKit should be responsible for this >> working and you should not need to be in any particular group. >> >> > I really like arch Linux but these stuff breaking on updates is what >> pisses >> > me off. >> > Please help me as this is affecting my productivity on my machine. >> >> Pro tip: You'd be more likely to get help if you skipped these kind of >> comments... >> >> -t >> > I had this happen once quite some time ago now.What I found was that a library file went missing. Try this...ldd /usr/lib/gvfs/gvfs-gdu-volume-monitorSee if it tells you that a file is missing and if so then just install the required package. Outside of that installing devmon from AUR could solve the problem. Clive-- Infinity: A concept for those who cannot comprehend the big picture. () Arch Linux - For movers and shakers. ()
