On Tuesday 22 July 2008, Sebastian Günther wrote: > * Mick ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [22.07.08 20:08]: > > Hi All, > > > > I suspect that something changed recently on the way that USB devices are > > mounted. I noticed that mounting a USB flash drive has stopped working > > as follows: > > No, I think pmount behavior changed: > > it now honors entries in the fstab.
I do not have entries in my fstab of USB devices - dbus daemon and hald are looking for removable devices by scanning the MoBo's buses (as I understand it). > > $ pmount /dev/sda > > Error: device /dev/sda is not removable > > ================================== > > Normally you should mount by mountpoint not device node. Well, pmount would normally create a corresponding mountpoint /media/<device_name>, if called upon as: $ pmount /dev/<device_name> > > However, clicking on the device in Konqueror under media:/ mounts it > > happily under /media/disk. Previously it would mount it under /media/sda > > and the pmount command would not error out as shown above. > > ================================== > > I think, there is an apropiate entry in the fstab, so pmount has not to > create an new mountpoint. No, there's no /dev/sda entry in my fstab: ================================== $ mount /dev/sda mount: can't find /dev/sda in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab ================================== > > $ mount > > [snip...] > > /dev/sda on /media/disk type vfat > > (rw,nosuid,nodev,noatime,flush,uid=1000,utf8,shortname=lower) > > ================================== > > > > I also noticed that "shortname=lower" is set as the default, which is > > annoying because the file/folder names are forced to display in lower > > case. > > OK what's in /etc/fstab? Nothing. > > I am using dbus and hald with a Fluxbox WM so the default KDE behaviour > > with the automounting pop up dialog does not work here (unless I have > > launched the full KDE DE). > > Then you should think about ivman if you want automounter support. And > Fluxbox rocks :-) Yes, Fluxbox flies even on a PIII, ;-) I am not bothered about automounting and probably would get on my nerves. I prefer how pmount used to work until recently. -- Regards, Mick
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