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i92guboj
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 Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2010 9:54 am Post subject: ntfs3g, HAL and Gnome [solved] |
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I have been using XFCE for the past few months, and it used to handle ntfs volumes very well. As soon as I installed ntfs3g it started using it to mount my ntfs volumes, meaning that I had write support with no intervention on the users side.
Now I am giving Gnome a try, and I find that it uses the regular in-kernel ntfs drivers instead. I guess this must be some Gnome specific setting that I am not aware of. I am starting to get the hang of the gnome configuration editor, and I've found these settings that (I think) are related to the issue:
| Code: | /system/storage/default_options/ntfs/fstype_override=ntfs-3g
/system/storage/default_options/ntfs/mount_options=[umask=222]
/system/storage/default_options/ntfs-3g/mount_options=[locale=] |
If I have the ntfs support enabled in my kernel, gnome/nautilus will silently mount my pendrive as ntfs, thus as read-only. If I disable that in my kernel then gnome will show a modal window with this error when I plug the device:
| Code: | | Error mounting: mount: unknown filesystem type 'ntfs' |
So, any idea? Thanks in advance for any help.
Edited: these are my gnome and ntfs3g versions:
| Code: | [ebuild R ] sys-fs/ntfs3g-2010.3.6 USE="acl external-fuse hal -debug -suid" 0 kB
[ebuild R ] gnome-base/gnome-2.28.2 USE="cdr dvdr -accessibility -cups -ldap -mono -policykit" 0 kB
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gringo
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| Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2010 11:08 am Post subject: |
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just a "me too", i have recently switched to gnome and i have the same problem.
thanks !
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carcajou
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| Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2010 11:36 am Post subject: |
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| I don't use GNOME, but maybe your problem is caused by disabled "policykit" USE flag? |
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gringo
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| Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2010 11:48 am Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | maybe your problem is caused by disabled "policykit" USE flag? |
not here at least, i have policykit enabled globally.
As i92guboj mentioned it really looks like sth. trivial in some xml configuration file but i havent had the time to look into it more deeply.
thanks anyways 
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i92guboj
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| Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2010 1:43 pm Post subject: |
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| I've enabled policykit and it made no difference. I guess I'll have to dive into these xmls myself. |
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gringo
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| Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 6:46 pm Post subject: |
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workaround :
| Quote: | Creating /etc/udev/rules.d/99-ntfs3g.rules with the following works for me
ENV{ID_FS_TYPE}=="ntfs", ENV{ID_FS_TYPE}="ntfs-3g" |
EDIT : this apparently is now the default if one installs ntfs3g with the udev flag enabled :
| ntfs3g changelog wrote: | 05 May 2010; Patrick McLean <chutzpah@gentoo.org> +files/99-ntfs3g.rules,
ntfs3g-2010.3.6.ebuild, metadata.xml:
Add udev USE flag to install rules file to make devicekit use ntfs3g
instead of the kernel driver for mounting NTFS partitions (bug #304765). |
cheers guys
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i92guboj
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| Posted: Tue May 04, 2010 5:34 am Post subject: |
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Thanks, that saved me some time  |
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nenemsis5
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| Posted: Tue May 11, 2010 8:34 am Post subject: |
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i have some local ntfs patition, how can i let it automount like with this USB disk by using udev rules.
untill now it only work if i enter root password, but i dont want it. |
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pakolo
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| Posted: Sat May 15, 2010 11:03 am Post subject: Thanks a lot |
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| I had this problem for a few days too, thanks again. |
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