I've got the same problem for a couple of months now. I can confirm it is a hal problem: My usual work-around is to restart the hal daemon (/etc/init.d/hal restart). After that it is possible again to mount those USB devices - but you always have to put in your password then. After a complete reboot, however, it works completely fine (without the need of entering the password) for about 24 hours up to a few days (not sure depending on what). But the problem is sure to re-appear then. As permanent reboots are not convenient (remember we are not running on Windows, where that would be normal), I mostly use above hald work- around - still not completely convenient, but better than a reboot.
Kubuntu 8.04 (including the full Gnome install) with the latest updates applied, kernel 2.6.24-23-generic (in case it matters). -- IsCallerPrivileged error when trying to mount USB media https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/257028 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
