Re: udev and gnome-volume-manager not working in Sarge

["H. S." <greatexcalibur@yahoo.com>]

Apparently, _Andrea Vettorello_, on 15/12/04 07:43,typed:
> On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 23:50:51 -0500, H. S. <greatexcalibur@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > Apparently, _Andrea Vettorello_, on 14/12/04 14:34,typed:
> >
> > > On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 21:06:50 -0500, H. S. <greatexcalibur@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > > I am using Sarge with a kernel 2.6.7-1-686. I have udev and hotplug and
> > > > gnome-volume-manager. However, I do not get an icon automatically when I
> > > > plug in a USB stick. In the other two machines in my home LAN, in which
> > > > I am running Sid, I can get the icon consistently.
> > > >
> > > > In this machine, running Sarge, I set up udev the same way as in other
> > > > machines. Sometimes (rarely) when I plug in the USB stick I do get the
> > > > icon on the desktop and it gets automatically mounted. Also, this hasn't
> > > > happened for a few days now. Usually, it happens only if I insert the
> > > > USB stick for the first time after reboot.
> > > >
> > > > But syslog shows that it sees USB insertion and de-pluggin events
> > > > consistently. I also get the links made in /dev as I have specified in
> > > > udev rules files for the USB stick I have. The only thing that does not
> > > > happens is that the icon does not appear on the desk and it does not get
> > > > mounted automatically (just as if gnome-volumen-manager is not seeing
> > > > the stick). I have tried it in 2.6.9 kernel as well, but it doesn't work
> > > > there even. Any idea what I am missing here?
> > >
> > >
> > > Do you have "pmount" installed and "gnome-volume-manager" running and
> > > registered in your Gnome session?
> > >
> > >
> > > Andrea
> >
> > Before I answer your above queries, a little update. I rebooted my
> > machine this morning and the USB stick was being mounted and the icon
> > was being displayed properly on the desktop. Then I did an upgrade and
> > noticed gnome-volume-manager (and probably hal) got upgraded. Since
> > then, I again lost the USB stick automatic mounting and the icon on the
> > desktop :(
> >
> > pmount is installed:
> > $> dpkg -l pmount | grep ^ii
> > ii  pmount         0.4.3-1        mount removable devices as normal user
> >
> > And gnome-volume-manager is running:
> > $> ps uax | grep gnome-vol
> > me   5768  0.0  2.6 17684 6868 ?        Ss   23:41   0:00
> > gnome-volume-manager --sm-client-id default5
> >
> > I am not sure what "registered in gnome session" means though(?) Maybe
> > this is the culprit.
>
>
> I was meaning that your "gnome-volume-manager" needs to be started by
> you if not "registered" in your gnome session (check from the Gnome
> menu: Applications -> Desktop Preferences -> Advanced -> Session), and
> from the ps output seems that is started from the session manager (the
> --sm-client-id in the snippet above).
>
> Looking in your previous post, you don't mention the "hal" package...
>
>
> Andrea

Hal is installed:
$> dpkg -l hal | grep ^ii
ii  hal            0.4.2-2        Hardware Abstraction Layer

and also:
$> dpkg -l *lib*hal* | grep ^ii
ii  libhal-storage 0.4.2-2        Hardware Abstraction Layer - shared 
library
ii  libhal0        0.4.2-2        Hardware Abstraction Layer - shared 
library


BTW, since the upgrade I mentioned earlier, I am not getting the icons 
for 3 icons I was getting earlier for 3 of my parititions: 2 windows 
(dosd and dosc) and on other paritition that I use for video data. It is 
as if either gvm is not doing anything or as if gvm is not getting to 
know about these partitions or the plugging of the USB stick.

->HS