[Bug 74236] Kubuntu: HAL doesn't automount USB devices on KDE 3.5.5

[Urtzi Jauregi]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: hal

Since the last HAL update I can't automount any USB devices; althought
the devices are detected by the kernel, no icon shows up on the desktop.
I have to mount/unmount  manually.

 I had no problems at all with the pre-update HAL. Also, the problem
only appears in Kubuntu; Ubuntu Dapper on the same computer detects and
automounts everything normally.

The output of dmesg after inserting e.g. my Packard MP3 player is:

----------------------------------------- Begin of dmesg tail output
------------------------------------

[17346874.108000] usb 4-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 5
[17346877.416000] scsi3 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
[17346877.416000] usb-storage: device found at 5
[17346877.416000] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
[17346882.420000]   Vendor: Packard   Model: Portable Player   Rev: 0100
[17346882.420000]   Type:   Direct-Access                      ANSI SCSI revision: 04
[17346882.424000] SCSI device sda: 2039040 512-byte hdwr sectors (1044 MB)
[17346882.428000] sda: Write Protect is off
[17346882.428000] sda: Mode Sense: 03 00 00 00
[17346882.428000] sda: assuming drive cache: write through
[17346882.440000] SCSI device sda: 2039040 512-byte hdwr sectors (1044 MB)
[17346882.440000] sda: Write Protect is off
[17346882.440000] sda: Mode Sense: 03 00 00 00
[17346882.440000] sda: assuming drive cache: write through
[17346882.440000]  sda: sda1
[17346882.448000] sd 3:0:0:0: Attached scsi removable disk sda
[17346882.448000] sd 3:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0
[17346882.452000] usb-storage: device scan complete

----------------------------------------- end of dmesg tail output
------------------------------------

Similarly, lsusb reports:

---------------------------------- beginning of lsusb output -------------------------------------
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 046d:c03e Logitech, Inc. Premium Optical Wheel Mouse
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 004 Device 005: ID 066f:8252 SigmaTel, Inc.
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 03f0:011d Hewlett-Packard
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
----------------------------------------- end of lsusb output ------------------------------------

Where "Hewlett-Packard" is the mp3 player.

On the kubuntu-users mailing list, I was referred to the following as a possible cause of the problem:
http://tsdgeos.blogspot.com/2006/10/solution-for-kubuntu-355-and-usb-not.html

They suggested that J. Riddell's packages (with a "1" in the end, rather
than a "2") solved the problem.

I am using an up-to-date Kubuntu Dapper with the stock kernel
2.6.15-27-686 and KDE 3.5.5 on a HP-Compaq nc6120.

** Affects: hal (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Unconfirmed

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Kubuntu: HAL doesn't automount USB devices on KDE 3.5.5
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