Re: [gentoo-user] Changes in the way USB devices are mounted

2008-08-10 Thread Robert Cernansky
On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:03:34 +0100 Mick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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: [snip] > $ pmount /dev/sda > Error: device /dev/sda is not remova

Re: [gentoo-user] Changes in the way USB devices are mounted

2008-07-23 Thread Mick
On Wednesday 23 July 2008, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:52:01 +0100, Mick wrote: > > I haven't updated hal for some time now. > > What about hal-info? Not since 2007 . . . I will be updating my kernel as 2.6.5-gentoo-r7 just came out and see if this makes any odds (doubt it, but

Re: [gentoo-user] Changes in the way USB devices are mounted

2008-07-23 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:52:01 +0100, Mick wrote: > I haven't updated hal for some time now. What about hal-info? > But . . . not sure how to > explain this - genlop shows that the last time I updated hal was: > > Tue Nov 13 20:43:45 2007 >>> sys-apps/hal-0.5.9.1-r3 > > However, eix -l has a dif

Re: [gentoo-user] Changes in the way USB devices are mounted

2008-07-23 Thread Mick
On Wednesday 23 July 2008, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:40:37 +0100, Mick wrote: > > > pmount thinks your drive is not removable, so refuses to allow > > > mounting for security reasons. The fix is to add it > > > to /etc/pmount.allow. > > > > Thanks. Is this a new feature? Unless

Re: [gentoo-user] Changes in the way USB devices are mounted

2008-07-23 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:40:37 +0100, Mick wrote: > > pmount thinks your drive is not removable, so refuses to allow > > mounting for security reasons. The fix is to add it > > to /etc/pmount.allow. > > Thanks. Is this a new feature? Unless my memory fails me I never had > to edit /etc/pmount.al

Re: [gentoo-user] Changes in the way USB devices are mounted

2008-07-23 Thread Mick
On Wednesday 23 July 2008, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:22:49 +0100, Mick wrote: > > I am not bothered about automounting and probably would get on my > > nerves. I prefer how pmount used to work until recently. > > pmount thinks your drive is not removable, so refuses to allow mo

Re: [gentoo-user] Changes in the way USB devices are mounted

2008-07-22 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:22:49 +0100, Mick wrote: > I am not bothered about automounting and probably would get on my > nerves. I prefer how pmount used to work until recently. pmount thinks your drive is not removable, so refuses to allow mounting for security reasons. The fix is to add it to /et

Re: [gentoo-user] Changes in the way USB devices are mounted

2008-07-22 Thread Mick
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

Re: [gentoo-user] Changes in the way USB devices are mounted

2008-07-22 Thread Sebastian Günther
* 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.

[gentoo-user] Changes in the way USB devices are mounted

2008-07-22 Thread Mick
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: == $ dmesg [snip...] usb 2-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2 usb 2-1: con