Bug 93194 – kde-base/kdat-3.4.0 fails to mount a tape unless it is first formatted.

• Status: RESOLVED UPSTREAM
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Jason McGuiness 2005-05-19 05:24:22 UTC]

The only way I seem to be able to mount a tape in this application is to have to 
format it first. Thus I am unable to restore any backups with it. This is even 
after I have already re-formatted a tape with it.

My hardware:
Tyan Thunder K8W S2885 motherboard.
Adaptec AHA 2940 SCSI HBA.
HP Surestor CC1537A DDS3 DAT tape unit, attached to /dev/st0.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Fire up kdat.
2. Try any technique to mount a tape using kdat.
3. A "Sorry Kdat" dialog appears advising me to check my settings.
4. Re-check the steeings, they are fine.
5. Format the tape (24GB as DDS3). (The tape drive responds.)
6. Successfully mount the tape. (The tape drive responds.)



Expected Results:  
The tape should have been mounted at step 2.

Portage 2.0.51.19 (default-linux/amd64/2004.3, gcc-3.4.3, glibc-2.3.4.20041102-r1, 2.6.11-
gentoo-r7 x86_64)
=================================================================
System uname: 2.6.11-gentoo-r7 x86_64 AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 250
Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16
Python:              dev-lang/python-2.3.5 [2.3.5 (#1, May 15 2005, 23:35:44)]
distcc 2.18.3 x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [enabled]
ccache version 2.3 [enabled]
dev-lang/python:     2.3.5
sys-apps/sandbox:    [Not Present]
sys-devel/autoconf:  2.59-r6
sys-devel/automake:  1.9.5, 1.8.5-r3, 1.5, 1.7.9-r1, 1.6.3, 1.4_p6
sys-devel/binutils:  2.15.92.0.2-r8
sys-devel/libtool:   1.5.16
virtual/os-headers:  2.6.8.1-r4
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64"
AUTOCLEAN="yes"
CFLAGS="-march=opteron -O0 -pipe -g"
CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/share/config /
var/qmail/control"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/env.d"
CXXFLAGS="-march=opteron -O0 -pipe -g"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache distcc distlocks nostrip sandbox strict"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.mirror.sdv.fr http://ftp.easynet.nl/mirror/gentoo/ http://
www.gigaload.org/gentoo.org/ http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/
distributions/gentoo"
MAKEOPTS="-j3"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/dev/shm/portage/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage"
SYNC="rsync://rsync.europe.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
USE="X aalib acpi alsa amd64 bash-completion berkdb bitmap-fonts bzlib cdr crypt cups curl 
dvd dvdread exif fam flac font-server foomaticdb gdbm gif gpm gtk gtk2 imagemagick imlib 
ipv6 jp2 jpeg libwww lm_sensors lzw lzw-tiff mad motif mp3 ncurses network nls nptl 
nptlonly ogg oggvorbis opengl pam pda perl png ppds python qt qtmt readline rtc sdk spell 
ssl sysfs tcpd tetex threads tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts usb userlocales 
vorbis xfce4 xine xml xml2 xmms xpm xrandr xv zlib userland_GNU kernel_linux elibc_glibc"
Unset:  ASFLAGS, CBUILD, CTARGET, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS

[Comment 1 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) 2005-05-19 05:32:25 UTC]

Err, "mount a tape"? Well, I

[Comment 2 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) 2005-05-19 05:32:25 UTC]

Err, "mount a tape"? Well, I´m no expert on tapes but these are NOT block
devices, so you cannot mount them...

[Comment 3 Jason McGuiness 2005-05-19 06:04:05 UTC]

In the kdat GUI, the only way one can enable the backup facility is to "mount" 
the tape using that option in the GUI. Notwithstanding your comments, the naming 
convention used by the GUI for the naming of the actions it has stands, even if 
it may be questionable... ;) Unless the "mount action" is done, you can't 
backup. So that would make the program ... errm ... useless?! Thus it is vital 
to the functionality of the program to be able to perform the "mount action" on 
the tape, even if it is not really "mount /dev/st0 /mnt/tape", which you point 
out is incorrect, and not get hung up on the terminology they used.

[Comment 4 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) 2005-05-19 06:52:08 UTC]

Hmm, OK - let

[Comment 5 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) 2005-05-19 06:52:08 UTC]

Hmm, OK - let´s mount character devices with KDE, maybe we will get Kinux
instead of Linux one day. Meanwhile, I´d suggest using some actually working
utils, like tar. 

[Comment 6 Gregorio Guidi (RETIRED) 2005-05-26 08:36:10 UTC]

Unfortunately kdat is not actively maintained and these problems are frequent,   
e.g.: http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=72232   
   
We cannot do much to help.  

[Comment 7 Carsten Lohrke (RETIRED) 2005-05-30 13:01:34 UTC]

*** Bug 93195 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

[Comment 8 Carsten Lohrke (RETIRED) 2005-05-30 13:01:47 UTC]

*** Bug 93197 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

[Comment 9 Carsten Lohrke (RETIRED) 2005-05-30 13:01:59 UTC]

*** Bug 93199 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***