Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: gnome-mount
If one sets permissions wrong, so that
$ gnome-mount --verbose -b -d ....
fails due to org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.PermissionDeniedByPolicy
then, by default (i.e. without running gnome-mount with the above -v and
-b parameters) mounting will fail silently, without a gui error message.
This can happen, for example if the user manually sets the permissions in
System -> Administration -> Authorizations
wrong, or if there is a bug in consolekit (the situation I'm in.)
This means that if there is such a permission problem, plugging in a usb
thumbdrive causes the following: it gets recognized, an entry shows up
in the "Places" menu, but clicking on it, to mount it, does nothing.
This, (that doing a gui action has no effect and no error message) is
highly frustrating.
For example, if
$ gnome-mount ....
fails due to giving the wrong device name, it shows a nice dialog. (Even when
running that command from a terminal.) I think such a dialog would be needed
for permissions problems, as well.
** Affects: gnome-mount (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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gnome-mount silently fails if permissions are wrong
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/221805
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