after "modprobe floppy", the floppy device does not show up as a device in nautilus/computer. I've traced down the problem to (hald/linux2/hotplug.c:285) : is_partition = (isdigit(hotplug_event->sysfs.sysfs_path[len - 1]) && ! strstr(hotplug_event->sysfs.sysfs_path, "/block/sr")) || strstr (hotplug_event->sysfs.sysfs_path, "/fakevolume") ; which should read : is_partition = (isdigit(hotplug_event->sysfs.sysfs_path[len - 1]) && (! strstr(hotplug_event->sysfs.sysfs_path, "/block/fd")) && ! strstr(hotplug_event->sysfs.sysfs_path, "/block/sr")) || strstr (hotplug_event->sysfs.sysfs_path, "/fakevolume") ; Without the above fix, the code treats the floppy as a partition, since its name (/sys/block/fd0) ends with a digit. On related note, attempt to mount a floppy fails (hal with the above fix) unless hal scripts are modified to define filesystem type during floppy mount operation. As it is now, hal calls : mount -o rw,uid=.... /dev/floppy/0 /media/floppy which fails (vfat is not in /etc/partitions), however the following works : mount -o rw,uid=.... -t vfat,auto /dev/floppy/0 /media/floppy Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.remove floppy from /etc/fstab 2.log into gnome session 3.rmmod floppy + modprobe floppy Actual Results: no floppy icon in nautilus/computer no floppy icon in drivemount gnome-panel applet Expected Results: floppy icon shows up in nautilus/computer floppy icon shows up in drivemount gnome-panel applet 2.6.19-gentoo-r1/gcc-4.1.1/libc-2.5 x86 && amd64
Patches should not be inline in comments... it makes them difficult to parse out. Attach the patch as a file. I've never heard of "/etc/partitions", however there is a "/proc/filesystems" and if vfat is not in there, then it's an issue with your configuration. HAL should not hardcode floppy partition types to vfat. auto, which is what the above call does is proper. auto is based on your "/proc/filesystems", which again leads to a mis-configuration. Telling me kernel, gcc, and glibc is no substitute for emerge --info. Attach it.
Created attachment 107794 [details, diff] patch against hal-0.5.7.1 source Note: sys-apps/hal/files/hal-0.5.7.1-sr-driver.patch must be applied before this patch, otherwise patch will likely fail
(In reply to comment #1) > Attach the patch as a file. I've submitted the patch. > I've never heard of "/etc/partitions", however there is a "/proc/filesystems" > and if vfat is not in there, then it's an issue with your configuration. HAL > should not hardcode floppy partition types to vfat. auto, which is what the > above call does is proper. auto is based on your "/proc/filesystems", which > again leads to a mis-configuration. yup, I meant /etc/filesystems (and not /etc/partitions), sorry for misinformation, and thanks for correcting me. I managed to resolve the "mount -t auto ...." part of problem. It was wrong configuration in /etc/filesystems (one needs to specify both vfat _and_ msdos in there, otherwise some very old floppies can not be mounted). > Telling me kernel, gcc, and glibc is no substitute for emerge --info. Attach > it. 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Fixed in hal-0.5.7.1-r4
