I followed these instructions: http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_gnome-volume-manager but I have no gnome-volume-manager executable. Reproducible: Always
in order for us to help you, we will need some more information about your problem. First, please paste emerge --info, even if it might not be useful in this case this is the really basic stuff we need to make sure it right so better always paste it and be done with it. Then the description of the problem is quite vague, gentoo-wiki is unofficial documentation and isn't supported in any way (even though this page looks quite complete) so please try to formulate your problem with your own words.
Created attachment 164478 [details] emerge --info
gnome volume mamager doesn't works as I have no gnome-volume-manager binary: imi@boborjan ~ $ which gnome-volume-manager which: no gnome-volume-manager in (/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/opt/bin:/usr/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/gcc-bin/4.1.2:/opt/blackdown-jdk-1.4.2.03/bin:/opt/blackdown-jdk-1.4.2.03/jre/bin:/usr/kde/3.5/bin:/usr/qt/3/bin:/usr/games/bin) imi@boborjan ~ $
Have you tried (re)building gnome-volume-manager?
yes.
Aaaannnd? Listen, you're not really helping yourself here. Could you try to _show_ us that it is indeed missing from your system? Using "qlist" and what not? Could you try rebuilding it again like so : "emerge -1 gnome-volume-manager &> log.txt" and attach the log here?
Created attachment 164559 [details] emerge -1 gnome-volume-manager &> log.txt
/usr/libexec/gnome-volume-manager Do you not have that file? emerge says it has been properly installed...
I have that file. Can start it, generates no output, attaching an USB drive doesn't mount anything. On the other hand: imi@boborjan ~ $ file -s /dev/sda1 /dev/sda1: writable, no read permission imi@boborjan ~ $ file -s /dev/sda /dev/sda: writable, no read permission imi@boborjan ~ $ ls -l /dev/sda* brw-r----- 1 root disk 8, 0 szept 4 14.58 /dev/sda brw-r----- 1 root disk 8, 1 szept 4 14.58 /dev/sda1 afaik there used to be a media group, also gnome-volume-manager was moved, there should be any elog warning about that. There wasn't.
adding myself to the disk group doesn't work neither: imi@boborjan ~ $ file -s /dev/sda /dev/sda: x86 boot sector; partition 1: ID=0x6, active, starthead 1, startsector 63, 2006976 sectors imi@boborjan ~ $ file -s /dev/sda1 /dev/sda1: x86 boot sector imi@boborjan ~ $ ps uxa|grep mana imi 13345 0.0 0.1 6564 748 pts/0 S+ 15:07 0:00 grep --colour=auto mana imi@boborjan ~ $ /usr/libexec/gnome-volume-manager imi@boborjan ~ $ ps uxa|grep mana imi 13351 0.0 0.1 6564 748 pts/0 S+ 15:07 0:00 grep --colour=auto mana imi@boborjan ~ $ ls /media/ imi@boborjan ~ $ id uid=1000(imi) gid=1000(imi) csoportok=6(disk),10(wheel),16(cron),18(audio),19(cdrom),27(video),35(games),80(cdrw),85(usb),100(users),1000(imi),1002(plugdev),1004(wireshark),1005(vboxusers)
1) is HAL running? 2) do you have PolicyKit installed? if so, remove it and rebuild HAL/gvm and what not 3) are you in the "plugdev" group?
Nevermind that previous comment. Could you try to get more output from g-v-m? "-n" should help you
imi@boborjan ~ $ /usr/libexec/gnome-volume-manager -n imi@boborjan ~ $ ps uxa|grep manag imi 15865 0.0 0.1 6564 752 pts/1 S+ 17:20 0:00 grep --colour=auto manag imi@boborjan ~ $ 1) hal runs: boborjan ~ # /etc/init.d/hald status * status: started 2) no policykit installed: boborjan ~ # eix -I -e policykit No matches found. 3) I am in the plugdev group: imi@boborjan ~ $ id uid=1000(imi) gid=1000(imi) csoportok=6(disk),10(wheel),16(cron),18(audio),19(cdrom),27(video),35(games),80(cdrw),85(usb),100(users),1000(imi),1002(plugdev),1004(wireshark),1005(vboxusers)
(In reply to comment #13) > imi@boborjan ~ $ /usr/libexec/gnome-volume-manager -n And it just returns? It shouldn't... Could you strace it? And why exactly do you want to run g-v-m, what context are you trying to run it in?
I want to run it becouse I want my inserted CDs, USBs to be mounted automatically.
Created attachment 164575 [details] strace /usr/libexec/gnome-volume-manager > gvm-strace.txt 2>&1
(In reply to comment #15) > I want to run it becouse I want my inserted CDs, USBs to be mounted > automatically. No really?! Dude, listen, this hunt game with you is really getting on my nerves, I'm trying to help you here and you are *NOT* helping. So until you learn to give us *valuable* information to help you out, such as: - overall context/goal - your working environment - *anything* that can lead us to help you I will no longer reply here as I'm just wasting my time. As far as the original bug report is concerned, you *do* in fact have a g-v-m executable, so this bug should be closed INVALID. Other Gnome herders, do whatever you want here, I'm done.
I'm sorry, I didn't wanted to scare you. I also didn't know what I did wrong. I just answerred your question. I am also sorry, but I still don't know what other info did you wanted when you asked me about why I was wanting to run it. On the other hand I admit that I forgetfully bypassed your question about my environment, I use IceWM, but maybe this isn't the info you are interested in. So sorry again, and have a nice day!
I'm sorry for losing my temper. That was out of line. As for Ice, that's a *very* valuable piece of information. Basically, g-v-m requires a dbus session and a running gconfd, but Ice does not launch those things. And it probably need a couple more things, but I'm not sure. So basically, running g-v-m without Gnome is hard (but not impossible) but none of us in the herd use that setup. So this is not a bug, it's a configuration problem on your side. Given how g-v-m is really meant to be a Gnome utility, you might want to look at other alternatives to automatically mount your drives, such as ivman.
And note: recent versions of g-v-m don't even do what you want. Much of the automounting is moving into nautilus, so g-v-m isn't even a solution for your problem, anymore. I'd suggest ivman, as well.
