[Pkg-utopia-maintainers] Bug#525222: USB devices do not trigger any response from hal - XFCE

[Michael Biebl]

Jonathan Hepburn wrote:
> Subject: USB devices do not trigger any response from hal - XFCE
> Package: hal
> Version: 0.5.11-8
> Severity: important
> 
> Additional to bug #476260:
> 
> I run XFCE. A few days ago, HAL stopped automounting devices which identify as
> USB mass storage. A card reader still automounts removable memory cards.
> Attaching a USB memory stick, or a Nokia which is identified as a USB memory
> stick, does not work.
> 
> Running # hald --daemon=no --verbose=yes 2>&1
> 
> Results in absolutely no response when the USB device is plugged in.
> 
> dmesg says:
> 
> usb 5-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 11
> usb 5-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
> scsi11 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
> usb-storage: device found at 11
> usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
> scsi 11:0:0:0: Direct-Access     USBDisk  RunDisk          1.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
> sd 11:0:0:0: [sdf] 2002000 512-byte hardware sectors: (1.02 GB/977 MiB)
> sd 11:0:0:0: [sdf] Write Protect is off
> sd 11:0:0:0: [sdf] Mode Sense: 0b 00 00 08
> sd 11:0:0:0: [sdf] Assuming drive cache: write through
> sd 11:0:0:0: [sdf] 2002000 512-byte hardware sectors: (1.02 GB/977 MiB)
> sd 11:0:0:0: [sdf] Write Protect is off
> sd 11:0:0:0: [sdf] Mode Sense: 0b 00 00 08
> sd 11:0:0:0: [sdf] Assuming drive cache: write through
>  sdf: sdf1
> sd 11:0:0:0: [sdf] Attached SCSI removable disk
> sd 11:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg5 type 0
> usb-storage: device scan complete
> 
> 

That looks ok so far.
Which automounter do you use, gnome-volume-manager (which version)?
Do you have consolekit installed (which version)?

Michael

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