xorg-server-1.5 and mounting devices

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John5788 · Post by **John5788** » Sat Apr 11, 2009 10:02 pm

I just upgraded to the new stable xorg-server, and I have a feeling the HAL stuff is interfering with how my mounting worked with gnome-2.24.

I had my /etc/fstab setup along with udev to recognize my devices (phone, usb drive, mp3 player, cd drive) as mountable devices and placed them in my "Places" on the left side of nautilus. but now this functionality has been broken

none of my devices show up, unless I plug it in. Even when i plug it in, I cannot mount it like normal. Nothing happens when i click on the devices in Places.

Additionally, nautilus reports that I have a CD/DVD drive, but i cant use it. It wont eject, and it won't recognize or let me browse a cd.

how to fix?

szczerb · Post by **szczerb** » Sun Apr 12, 2009 12:38 am

And you upgraded just the xorg-server now? Not Gnome?

John5788 · Post by **John5788** » Sun Apr 12, 2009 12:46 am

well there was a lot of stuff upgraded. mostly was xorg-server 1.5 dependencies. here is the list of what I upgraded yesterday:

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Fri Apr 10 13:30:04 2009 >>> dev-db/sqlite-3.6.11
     Fri Apr 10 13:30:15 2009 >>> sys-libs/timezone-data-2009c
     Fri Apr 10 13:30:27 2009 >>> dev-lang/lua-5.1.4
     Fri Apr 10 13:31:39 2009 >>> app-cdr/cdrdao-1.2.2-r3
     Fri Apr 10 13:32:25 2009 >>> media-libs/lcms-1.18
     Fri Apr 10 13:32:32 2009 >>> x11-misc/util-macros-1.2.1
     Fri Apr 10 13:34:05 2009 >>> net-libs/gnutls-2.6.4
     Fri Apr 10 13:34:14 2009 >>> x11-proto/xproto-7.0.14
     Fri Apr 10 13:34:21 2009 >>> x11-proto/inputproto-1.5.0
     Fri Apr 10 13:34:28 2009 >>> x11-libs/xtrans-1.2.3
     Fri Apr 10 13:34:35 2009 >>> x11-proto/renderproto-0.9.3
     Fri Apr 10 13:34:41 2009 >>> x11-proto/randrproto-1.2.2
     Fri Apr 10 13:35:11 2009 >>> x11-libs/pixman-0.14.0-r1
     Fri Apr 10 13:35:17 2009 >>> x11-proto/xf86driproto-2.0.4
     Fri Apr 10 13:35:24 2009 >>> x11-proto/printproto-1.0.4
     Fri Apr 10 13:35:30 2009 >>> x11-proto/dri2proto-1.99.3
     Fri Apr 10 13:35:42 2009 >>> dev-libs/libpthread-stubs-0.1
     Fri Apr 10 13:35:57 2009 >>> x11-libs/libXau-1.0.4
     Fri Apr 10 13:36:04 2009 >>> x11-proto/xextproto-7.0.4
     Fri Apr 10 13:36:22 2009 >>> x11-libs/libdrm-2.4.5
     Fri Apr 10 13:36:29 2009 >>> x11-apps/rgb-1.0.3
     Fri Apr 10 13:36:38 2009 >>> x11-apps/sessreg-1.0.4
     Fri Apr 10 13:38:14 2009 >>> x11-libs/libX11-1.1.5
     Fri Apr 10 13:38:27 2009 >>> x11-libs/libSM-1.1.0
     Fri Apr 10 13:38:43 2009 >>> x11-libs/libXext-1.0.4
     Fri Apr 10 13:38:59 2009 >>> x11-libs/libXrender-0.9.4
     Fri Apr 10 13:39:15 2009 >>> x11-libs/libxkbfile-1.0.5
     Fri Apr 10 13:39:23 2009 >>> x11-apps/luit-1.0.3
     Fri Apr 10 13:39:39 2009 >>> x11-libs/libXi-1.2.1
     Fri Apr 10 13:39:52 2009 >>> x11-libs/libXrandr-1.2.3
     Fri Apr 10 13:40:05 2009 >>> x11-libs/libXxf86vm-1.0.2
     Fri Apr 10 13:40:14 2009 >>> x11-apps/xkbcomp-1.0.5
     Fri Apr 10 13:40:27 2009 >>> x11-libs/libXScrnSaver-1.1.3
     Fri Apr 10 13:40:39 2009 >>> x11-libs/libXinerama-1.0.3
     Fri Apr 10 13:40:54 2009 >>> x11-libs/libXv-1.0.4
     Fri Apr 10 13:41:08 2009 >>> x11-misc/xkeyboard-config-1.5
     Fri Apr 10 13:41:16 2009 >>> x11-apps/xrandr-1.2.3
     Fri Apr 10 13:41:35 2009 >>> x11-libs/libXmu-1.0.4
     Fri Apr 10 13:41:43 2009 >>> x11-apps/mkfontscale-1.0.5
     Fri Apr 10 13:42:18 2009 >>> x11-libs/libXfont-1.3.4
     Fri Apr 10 13:42:27 2009 >>> x11-apps/xdpyinfo-1.0.3
     Fri Apr 10 13:42:36 2009 >>> x11-apps/xauth-1.0.3
     Fri Apr 10 13:42:43 2009 >>> x11-apps/mkfontdir-1.0.4
     Fri Apr 10 13:42:51 2009 >>> x11-apps/xrdb-1.0.5
     Fri Apr 10 13:43:02 2009 >>> x11-wm/twm-1.0.4
     Fri Apr 10 13:43:10 2009 >>> x11-apps/xprop-1.0.4
     Fri Apr 10 13:43:18 2009 >>> x11-apps/xwininfo-1.0.4
     Fri Apr 10 13:44:09 2009 >>> media-libs/mesa-7.3-r1
     Fri Apr 10 13:44:38 2009 >>> x11-libs/libXaw-1.0.5
     Fri Apr 10 13:44:46 2009 >>> x11-apps/xmessage-1.0.2-r1
     Fri Apr 10 13:44:55 2009 >>> x11-apps/xsm-1.0.1-r1
     Fri Apr 10 13:45:02 2009 >>> x11-apps/mesa-progs-7.3
     Fri Apr 10 13:45:18 2009 >>> x11-libs/libXft-2.1.13
     Fri Apr 10 13:45:35 2009 >>> x11-terms/xterm-242
     Fri Apr 10 13:45:44 2009 >>> x11-apps/xclock-1.0.3-r1
     Fri Apr 10 13:45:59 2009 >>> x11-apps/xinit-1.0.8-r4
     Fri Apr 10 13:46:23 2009 >>> app-text/acroread-8.1.4
     Fri Apr 10 13:46:40 2009 >>> app-text/gtkspell-2.0.14
     Fri Apr 10 13:46:58 2009 >>> x11-libs/libnotify-0.4.5
     Fri Apr 10 13:47:18 2009 >>> x11-misc/notification-daemon-0.4.0
     Fri Apr 10 13:47:52 2009 >>> net-irc/xchat-2.8.6-r2
     Fri Apr 10 13:47:56 2009 >>> gnome-base/gnome-light-2.24.1
     Fri Apr 10 13:48:12 2009 >>> x11-drivers/xf86-video-nv-2.1.12
     Fri Apr 10 13:48:27 2009 >>> x11-drivers/xf86-input-mouse-1.4.0
     Fri Apr 10 13:48:39 2009 >>> x11-libs/libpciaccess-0.10.5
     Fri Apr 10 13:53:10 2009 >>> x11-base/xorg-server-1.5.3-r5
     Fri Apr 10 13:53:24 2009 >>> x11-drivers/xf86-input-keyboard-1.3.2
     Fri Apr 10 14:11:48 2009 >>> www-plugins/nspluginwrapper-1.0.0
     Fri Apr 10 22:20:21 2009 >>> x11-drivers/xf86-input-evdev-2.1.3

i think my problem has something to do with HAL? i was never using it until now

d2_racing · Post by **d2_racing** » Sun Apr 12, 2009 2:24 am

Hi, can you post this :

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# emerge --info

John5788 · Post by **John5788** » Sun Apr 12, 2009 2:26 am

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# emerge --info
Portage 2.1.6.7 (default/linux/amd64/2008.0/desktop, gcc-4.3.2, glibc-2.8_p20080602-r1, 2.6.27-gentoo-r8 x86_64)
=================================================================
System uname: Linux-2.6.27-gentoo-r8-x86_64-Intel-R-_Core-TM-2_Quad_CPU_Q6600_@_2.40GHz-with-glibc2.2.5
Timestamp of tree: Fri, 10 Apr 2009 20:00:01 +0000
app-shells/bash:     3.2_p39
dev-java/java-config: 2.1.7
dev-lang/python:     2.5.2-r7
dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r8
dev-util/cmake:      2.4.8
sys-apps/baselayout: 1.12.11.1
sys-apps/sandbox:    1.2.18.1-r2
sys-devel/autoconf:  2.13, 2.63
sys-devel/automake:  1.5, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10.2
sys-devel/binutils:  2.18-r3
sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.0-r4
sys-devel/libtool:   1.5.26
virtual/os-headers:  2.6.27-r2
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64"
CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-march=native -O2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer"
CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo /etc/udev/rules.d"
CXXFLAGS="-march=native -O2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
FEATURES="distlocks fixpackages parallel-fetch protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unmerge-orphans userfetch"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.osuosl.org/ http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo/ http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/gentoo http://ftp.ucsb.edu/pub/mirrors/linux/gentoo/ http://cudlug.cudenver.edu/gentoo/ http://gentoo.mirrors.pair.com/ http://gentoo.mirrors.tds.net/gentoo http://gentoo.netnitco.net http://gentoo.llarian.net/ http://gentoo.binarycompass.org http://mirror.datapipe.net/gentoo http://mirrors.cs.wmich.edu/gentoo http://mirror.usu.edu/mirrors/gentoo/ http://mirror.mcs.anl.gov/pub/gentoo/ http://gentoo.mirrors.easynews.com/linux/gentoo/ http://gentoo.cites.uiuc.edu/pub/gentoo/ http://mirror.fslutd.org/linux/distributions/gentoo/ http://gentoo.chem.wisc.edu/gentoo/ http://lug.mtu.edu/gentoo/ http://gentoo.mirrors.hoobly.com/ http://chi-10g-1-mirror.fastsoft.net/pub/linux/gentoo/gentoo-distfiles/ "
LANG="en_US.UTF-8"
LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1"
MAKEOPTS="-j5"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/"
PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage"
SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
USE="X aac acl acpi alsa amd64 berkdb branding bzip2 cairo cdr cli cracklib crypt cups dbus dri dvd dvdr dvdread eds emboss encode evo fam firefox fortran gdbm gif gnome gpm gstreamer gtk hal iconv isdnlog java jpeg lame ldap libnotify mad midi mikmod mmx mmxext mp3 mpeg mudflap multilib nautilus ncurses nls nptl nptlonly nsplugin nvidia ogg opengl openmp pam pcre pdf perl png ppds pppd python qt3support quicktime readline reflection sdl session spell spl sse sse2 ssl ssse3 startup-notification svg sysfs tcpd tiff truetype unicode usb vorbis xml xorg xulrunner xv xvid xvmc zlib" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mmap_emul mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" CAMERAS="ptp2" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="evdev keyboard mouse" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia nv"
Unset:  CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, FFLAGS, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL, LINGUAS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS

defenderBG · Post by **defenderBG** » Sun Apr 12, 2009 4:00 am

did you try setting up the disk-partition use flag in hal?

[ebuild R ] sys-apps/hal-0.5.11-r8 USE="X acpi crypt laptop -apm -debug -dell -disk-partition -doc (-selinux)" 0 kB

I dont need it, thus disabled, but in your case it might actually help.

John5788 · Post by **John5788** » Sun Apr 12, 2009 7:54 pm

I didn't have it set, but I just set it and it brought a new dependency: sys-apps/parted into the recompile. I restarted hal, but nautilus still wont mount my usb drive when I click it.

John5788 · Post by **John5788** » Tue Apr 14, 2009 5:29 am

i removed the entries from my /etc/fstab and it works again.

MasterX · Post by **MasterX** » Tue Apr 14, 2009 9:03 am

John5788 wrote:i removed the entries from my /etc/fstab and it works again.

Because I have a similar problem in KDE, which entries did you remove from the fstab?
Did you remove the entries that refer to the usb-stick, phone, etc? Did you also remove the entry that is for the cdrom?
After that, did you restart hal?

Thank you

d2_racing · Post by **d2_racing** » Tue Apr 14, 2009 12:31 pm

In fact, can you post your new /etc/fstab ?

John5788 · Post by **John5788** » Tue Apr 14, 2009 3:50 pm

here is my fstab

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$ cat /etc/fstab 
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# noatime turns off atimes for increased performance (atimes normally aren't 
# needed; notail increases performance of ReiserFS (at the expense of storage 
# efficiency).  It's safe to drop the noatime options if you want and to 
# switch between notail / tail freely.
#
# The root filesystem should have a pass number of either 0 or 1.
# All other filesystems should have a pass number of 0 or greater than 1.
#
# See the manpage fstab(5) for more information.
#

# <fs>			<mountpoint>	<type>		<opts>		<dump/pass>

# NOTE: If your BOOT partition is ReiserFS, add the notail option to opts.
/dev/sda1		/boot		ext2		noauto,noatime	1 2
/dev/sda3		/		ext3		noatime		0 1
/dev/sda2		none		swap		sw		0 0
#/dev/sdb1		/mnt/sdb1	vfat		noauto,user	0 0
#/dev/android		/mnt/android	vfat		noauto,user	0 0
#/dev/sansa		/mnt/sansa	vfat		noauto,user	0 0
#/dev/cdrom		/mnt/cdrom	auto		noauto,user,ro	0 0
#/dev/fd0		/mnt/floppy	auto		noauto		0 0

# glibc 2.2 and above expects tmpfs to be mounted at /dev/shm for 
# POSIX shared memory (shm_open, shm_unlink).
# (tmpfs is a dynamically expandable/shrinkable ramdisk, and will
#  use almost no memory if not populated with files)
shm			/dev/shm	tmpfs		nodev,nosuid,noexec	0 0

i commented out sdb1, android, sansa, and cdrom. then they started mounting in gnome again.

sdb1 was for any USB drive, android is for my G1, sansa is for my MP3 player.

d2_racing · Post by **d2_racing** » Tue Apr 14, 2009 8:34 pm

In fact, I think that /etc/fstab can be in conflit with the automounter.

MasterX · Post by **MasterX** » Tue Apr 14, 2009 8:59 pm

This is what I have in /etc/fstab:

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# <fs>                  <mountpoint>    <type>          <opts>                  <dump/pass>

# NOTE: If your BOOT partition is ReiserFS, add the notail option to opts.
/dev/hda3               /boot           ext3            noauto,noatime          1 1
/dev/hda5               /               reiserfs        noatime                 0 0
/dev/hda6               none            swap            sw                      0 0
/dev/hda7               /tmp            reiserfs        defaults                0 0
/dev/hda8               /usr            reiserfs        defaults                0 0
/dev/hda9               /var            reiserfs        defaults                0 0
/dev/hda10              /home           reiserfs        defaults                0 0
/dev/hda11              /scrap          reiserfs        defaults                0 0
#/dev/cdrom             /mnt/cdrom      iso9660         noauto,user,ro          0 0
#/dev/sdb1              /mnt/FlashDrive      vfat            noauto,user             0 0
#/dev/sda2               /mnt/external   ext3            noauto,user             0 0
#/dev/hda2               /mnt/win        vfat            noauto,user             0 0
#/dev/ipod               /mnt/ipod       vfat  async,nodev,nosuid,user,rw,noauto 0 0

#/dev/fd0               /mnt/floppy     auto            noauto                  0 0

# NOTE: The next line is critical for boot!
none                    /proc           proc            defaults                0 0

Still Solid (KDE) does not automount the external hdd.

Which version of hal are you running? I am running 0.5.12_rc1, could it be buggy?

John5788 · Post by **John5788** » Tue Apr 14, 2009 10:14 pm

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[ebuild   R   ] sys-apps/hal-0.5.11-r8  USE="X acpi crypt disk-partition -apm -debug -dell -doc -laptop (-selinux)" 0 kB

Xanadu · Post by **Xanadu** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 1:59 am

With a list that long, did your try a:

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revdep-rebuild

and/or

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emerge @preserved-rebuild

?

You should probably do both, I usually do:

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emerge -aNDu @system @world ; emerge @preserved-rebuild ; revdep-rebuild

when there's a long list of kind of low level stuff. Hasn't failed me yet.

pappy_mcfae · Post by **pappy_mcfae** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 2:08 am

d2_racing wrote:In fact, I think that /etc/fstab can be in conflit with the automounter.

In fact, you are quite right. As a further point of fact, declaring a USB drive or an optical drive in /etc/fstab will blind the hal/dbus system to the existence of said drive.

Adding one's user name to the plugdev, cdrw, cdrom, and usb groups in /etc/group is the final touch needed to make the hal/dbus magick work.

Blessed be!
Pappy

John5788 · Post by **John5788** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 5:28 am

revdep-rebuild came clean, nothing to emerge

emerge @preserved-rebuild gave me this message:

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!!! '@preserved-rebuild' is not a valid package atom.
!!! Please check ebuild(5) for full details.

and I am in all of the groups except for cdrw, yet I can burn cds just fine?

MasterX · Post by **MasterX** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 5:59 pm

pappy_mcfae wrote:In fact, you are quite right. As a further point of fact, declaring a USB drive or an optical drive in /etc/fstab will blind the hal/dbus system to the existence of said drive.

Adding one's user name to the plugdev, cdrw, cdrom, and usb groups in /etc/group is the final touch needed to make the hal/dbus magick work.

Blessed be!
Pappy

My use name is added in the above groups (plus the disk and haldaemon group). I also emerge hal-0.5.11-r8.
Still Solid does not mount the usb-stick or the external hdd.

What should I enable in the kernel for hal to automount any device that I plug in?

Xanadu · Post by **Xanadu** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 6:53 pm

John5788 wrote:revdep-rebuild came clean, nothing to emerge

emerge @preserved-rebuild gave me this message:
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!!! '@preserved-rebuild' is not a valid package atom.
!!! Please check ebuild(5) for full details.
and I am in all of the groups except for cdrw, yet I can burn cds just fine?

That's my fault, man. After I hit SUBMIT, I thought "What if this person isn't running portage 2.2.*??". I decided not to follow up right away hoping that you are running it, but I guess you're not. Aside, if there was something to rebuild, the revdep-rebuild would've caught it.

As for your actual issue, I don't know that I can be of much help then.

I don't use Gnome, I use KDE. I've been using xorg-server 1.5.* since not long after it hit the portage tree (a couple months I think). I didn't run into this issue with KDE3 or 4.

pappy_mcfae · Post by **pappy_mcfae** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 7:45 pm

MasterX wrote:What should I enable in the kernel for hal to automount any device that I plug in?

Take a look at one of my kernel seeds, with a focus on the SCSI settings. Those are of paramount importance with libata (SATA) drivers, as well as automounting CD's and USB devices. Also, USB drivers are best compiled into the kernel. Setting them as modules can lead to weird things like USB ports shutting themselves off.

Blessed be!
Pappy

MasterX · Post by **MasterX** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 8:10 pm

pappy_mcfae wrote: Take a look at one of my kernel seeds, with a focus on the SCSI settings. Those are of paramount importance with libata (SATA) drivers, as well as automounting CD's and USB devices. Also, USB drivers are best compiled into the kernel. Setting them as modules can lead to weird things like USB ports shutting themselves off.

Blessed be!
Pappy

My .config file is similar to your seeds.
I enabled the

CONFIG_ATA=y

Is this important?

pappy_mcfae · Post by **pappy_mcfae** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 10:02 pm

Absolutely. It turns on all the libata options.

Blessed be!
Pappy