So I went ahead and backported the media detection change to devicekit- disks. It is attached. My test system successfully upgraded from Karmic->Lucid with the patched devicekit-disks in place.
** Patch added: "Port of media detection logic in udisks to devicekit-disks" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/52508529/media-detection-fix.patch -- [MASTER] package policykit-1 0.96-1 failed to install/upgrade: start-stop-daemon: nothing in /proc - not mounted? when system is run from external card https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/554718 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs