Bug#761815: installation adds entries for USB media to /etc/fstab which confuse udisks
On Sat, 17 Jan 2015 10:44:18 +0000 Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 04, 2014 at 09:38:05PM +0100, Ansgar Burchardt wrote:
> >
> >My personal opinion is that the right thing is to not add entries to
> >/etc/fstab for removable devices at all (where "removable" means that
> >the device itself can be removed, not just devices with removable
> >media): I think there is no guarantee that the entry added to /etc/fstab
> >actually matches the right device later. Plus the problems with udisks.
>
> 100% agreed.
>
> >> My patch currently only prohibits adding of USB device entries. Should
> >> this be extended to floppies and CD-ROMs? What about kfreebsd and hurd?
> >
> >I'm not sure about CD-ROM/floppies or other devices with removable
> >media. I also don't know about kFreeBSD or Hurd.
> >
> >> IMO this should be fixed before the release as it causes unexpected and
> >> inconsistent behavior.
> >
> >Agreed. I've personally at least encountered 3 people having problems
> >with using USB media under desktop environments (KDE or GNOME) due to
> >these entries in /etc/fstab.
>
> I'm thinking the best way to go with this is to simply drop this misc
> USB device support altogether from partman-target. Any objections?
>
As someone hit by this, yes please. I like to start from a fairly minimal debian install, so when I add udisks post-install, I could still be hit by it if the other previously mentioned patch is used. Just removing that removable media handling support would be ideal.
Thank you.
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Cameron Norman
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