ntfs3g, HAL and Gnome [solved]

[i92guboj]

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:

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/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:

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Error mounting: mount: unknown filesystem type 'ntfs'

So, any idea? Thanks in advance for any help.

Edited: these are my gnome and ntfs3g versions:

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[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

[gringo]

just a "me too", i have recently switched to gnome and i have the same problem.

thanks !

[carcajou]

I don't use GNOME, but maybe your problem is caused by disabled "policykit" USE flag?

[gringo]

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

[i92guboj]

I've enabled policykit and it made no difference. I guess I'll have to dive into these xmls myself.

[gringo]

workaround :

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 :

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

[i92guboj]

Thanks, that saved me some time

[nenemsis5]

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.

[pakolo]

I had this problem for a few days too, thanks again.