[Bug 1078445] Re: Xubuntu install fail due partition auto mount defeats Gparted

[Chris Bainbridge]

udisks2 seems to have an inhibit script written by Martin Pitt, it looks
like this is a Debian addition that did not make it upstream to
freedesktop:

    udisks2 (1.99.0-4) experimental; urgency=low

    * Add debian/local/udisks2-inhibit: Hack to disallow udisks2 mount
      operations for anyone but root while a program is running. This is similar
      to udisks 1.x's "udisks --inhibit .." command. Install it into
      /usr/lib/udisks2/.

    - https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/quantal/+source/udisks2/+changelog

I realise that this will likely be fixed by systemd, but Ubuntu 14.04
will never be switched to systemd, and since 14.04 is an LTS release
supported until 2019, people are going to be installing it and
potentially hitting this bug for many years to come.

-- 
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu
Foundations Bugs, which is subscribed to gparted in Ubuntu.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1078445

Title:
  Xubuntu install fail due partition auto mount defeats Gparted

Status in Thunar Volume Manager:
  Confirmed
Status in “gparted” package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in “thunar” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Wanted to install Xbuntu 12.10 along side Win 7 and Ubuntu 12.10.
  Needed to create 4 further partitions (boot,swap,/ and home) in a pre-
  exsisting extended partition. Booted from a Xubuntu 12.10 Live CD on
  my HP Envy Sleekbook and ran up Gparted.

  What I expected to happen:
  I expected to be able to shrink a 230gig partition and create 4 additional partitions. To my surprise the extended partition was already mounted when I selected unmount partition in Gparted, Gparted completed the action but then Xubuntu remounted it automatically and opened a filemanager window for every other partition as well.

  What happened instead:
   I found I could not unmount any partition without it being automatically remounted.

  Installed Xbuntu 12.10 on my Desktop (clean install from a CD). Using
  Gparted I cannot unmount a spare partition without Xubuntu
  automatically remounting it.

  The Automount feature needs an operator control to allow use of
  Gparted.

To manage notifications about this bug go to:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/thunar-volman/+bug/1078445/+subscriptions