[Bug 85963] LiveCD "Cannot unmount volume" from desktop

[Stephen G]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: gnome-volume-manager

After manually mounting a partition (using /bin/mount) an icon for the
volume appears on the Feisty LiveCD desktop.  Right-clicking on the icon
and selecting "Unmount Volume" causes an error message box:

Cannot unmount volume.
   "Cannot unmount the volume."
Then clicking on Details shows:
  "Cannot open /media/.hal-mtab"

Now I understand that the user isn't supposed to do this (manually mount
the volume using the shell and then try to unmount using the desktop)
because doing the same on an installed instance of Feisty it shows the
error message box a different message:

Cannot unmount volume.
  "The volume was probably mounted manually on the command line."
Then clicking on Details shows:
  "Device to unmount is not in /media/.hal-mtab so it is not mounted in HAL"

When using the LiveCD the error message doesn't indicate what the true
problem is.

Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Herd-4 i386

ProblemType: Bug
Date: Sun Feb 18 06:10:08 2007
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.04
Uname: Linux ubuntu 2.6.20-8-generic #2 SMP Tue Feb 13 01:14:41 UTC 2007 x86_64 GNU/Linux

** Affects: gnome-volume-manager (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Unconfirmed

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LiveCD "Cannot unmount volume" from desktop
https://launchpad.net/bugs/85963