[Bug 42017] disk-mount applet produces additional, confusing icons for fstab entries

[ClemensBier]

Public bug reported:

Affects: gnome-applets (Ubuntu)
       Severity: Normal
       Priority: (none set)
         Status: Unconfirmed


Description:
I have a USB hard disk with several partitions. In order to have
persistent mount points, I assigned persistent device names to the
partitions via udev. Secondly, I set up an fstab entry like this one

/dev/hdusbext3  /mnt/usbext3    ext3    user,defaults   0       0

The applet shows now all the time an icon (grey disk like icon)for this
partition even though the physical USB drive is not connected to my
computer. Thus, I can click on the icon trying to mount the partition
yielding the correct error message the device "/dev/hdusbext3" cannot be
found. I propose not display the icon at all.

Worse, when the drive is connected,I have two icons (the grey disk like one and an USB type icon)for the same partition(s). 
The USB icon points to the partition with the correct context menu entries:
- Open "device blah"
- Eject "device blah"
The first hard disk like icon has also two context menu entries"
- GREYED out: Mount "device blah"
- Mount "device" blah"
Clicking the mount entry I get a correct error message:
mount: /dev/hdusbext3 already mounted or device busy. 
mount: according to /etc/mtab /dev/hdusbext3 is mounted at /mnt/usbext3

The wanted behavior would be:
- /etc/fstab entry to pinpoint mount point
- no icon in the apllet visible
- user pluggs his USB drive in the machine
- icons (one per partition)appear in the applet
- applet (I think it is pmount indeed)recongnizes that one partition has an /etc/fstab entry

In my eyes, the relation between /etc/fstab, disk-mount applet and
pmount is nor obvious nor logical.

If this problem nees further bug reports for other related packages
(pmount?), please let me know.

Thanks for your help,

Clemens Bier

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disk-mount applet produces additional, confusing icons for fstab entries
https://launchpad.net/bugs/42017