Bug#394155: Fixed!

[Garrett Mclean]

I figured it out. It is a matter of changing the default behavior of hal. Sure, we don't want hal trying to auto-mount non-removable stuff, but that doesn't mean we don't want to view volumes on the desktop. Maybe this could be a debconf question? I don't know. Anyway, here's what I added to /etc/hal/fdi/policy/preferences.fdi:

<device>
  <match key="block.device" string="/dev/hdb1">
    <merge key="volume.ignore" type="bool">false</merge>
  </match>
</device>

(The device in question was /dev/hdb1). Hope this helps other Debianites who might've run into this annoyance.

-gm