After Hardy upgrade: invalid mount options with usb flash drive

[Derek Broughton]

Bill Moseley wrote:

> On Mon, Sep 01, 2008 at 02:36:47PM -0300, Derek Broughton wrote:
>> > I *can* mount the flash drive manually with
>> > 
>> >     sudo mount /dev/sdc1 /media/disk
>>  
>> I can't see the problem - what happens if you try:
>> $ pmount /dev/sdc1 /media/disk
> 
> This seems to work just like the mount command (w/o the need for sudo,
> as you say).

It does work "like" but I was hoping for some difference that would shed
light :-)

> The devices shows up on my desktop (with both pmount and mount) yet, I
> cannot unmount it with the right-click menu -- it says the device is
> "not in /media/.hal-mtab so it is not mounted by HAL".
> 
> I guess this is why I asked about how the parts work together.

I think only one developer in the third sub-basement actually knows that...

> assume HAL is looking up some options in some config file and using
> an invalid mount option.  Unfortunately, the error message is too
> vague to give me hints where this is happening.

All of hal's "policies" should be in PolicyKit - use:
# locate "freedesktop.hal" 

Maybe diff those with the system that works properly.

> Again, odd that this only happens on one of my Hardy machines.
> 
> More logging instead of less is always the better plan. ;)

More _intelligent_ logging.  I got in a slugfest with the devs early in the
development of NetworkManager about the amount of drivel it spews.  They
insisted it was all necessary, and you'll notice it's all still there, but
there's nothing that is meaningful or useful to a normal user.  I _still_
can't ever see a single thing that indicates why I sometimes lose my wifi
connection.
-- 
derek