[Bug 11878] CF cards don't automount under Hoary

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Ubuntu | gnome-volume-manager


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------- Additional Comments From martin.pitt at ubuntu.com  2005-06-28 13:48 UTC -------
(In reply to comment #4)
> I figured out the problem is in gnome-volume-manager, and an assertion that
the developers made.
> 
> G-v-m (as of hoary) will refuse to start if the 'head' is on another system
(DISPLAY variable non-
> local).  This is problematic, as I have to run a headless Ubuntu system which
is managed via a 
> cygwin xdmcp session from a windoze machine.

Ah, that explains the issue, thanks for clearing that up. g-v-m was designed
that way because currently it does not play very well with multiple users logged
in at the same time (see bug #4021). It would be rather easy to disable that
check, however, I'm not sure how much would break when doing that.

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