Bug 173662 – sys-apps/hal-0.5.7.1-r5 seems to break automount for both KDE and GNOME

• Product: Gentoo Linux
• Status: RESOLVED NEEDINFO

[Description Jeff 2007-04-07 13:10:01 UTC]

sys-apps/hal-0.5.7.1-r5 seems to break automount for both KDE and GNOME

When I plug in a USB key, or other media, desktop devices do not appear, and I'm not allowed to mount the device without being root.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. emerge -av sys-apps/hal-0.5.7.1-r5.
2. Add your user to the plugdev group.
3. Make sure hald is added to default run level.
4. Restart hald, logout of any sessions, log back in.
5. Plug in USB key, or similar device that your kernel recognizes.
6. Automounting seems to fail!


Expected Results:  
For both KDE and GNOME, icons appear on the desktop, allowing users to browse/copy/etc. No mounting appears to occur, at least on the desktop.

$ emerge --info
Portage 2.1.2.2 (default-linux/x86/2006.1, gcc-4.1.1, glibc-2.5-r0, 2.6.19-gentoo-r5 i686)
=================================================================
System uname: 2.6.19-gentoo-r5 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3500+
Gentoo Base System release 1.12.9
Timestamp of tree: Sat, 07 Apr 2007 08:00:01 +0000
distcc 2.18.3 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [disabled]
ccache version 2.4 [enabled]
dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7, 2.0.31
dev-lang/python:     2.4.3-r4
dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r5
dev-util/ccache:     2.4-r6
sys-apps/sandbox:    1.2.17
sys-devel/autoconf:  2.13, 2.61
sys-devel/automake:  1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10
sys-devel/binutils:  2.16.1-r3
sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.3.14
sys-devel/libtool:   1.5.22
virtual/os-headers:  2.6.17-r2
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86"
AUTOCLEAN="yes"
CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-march=athlon64 -O2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -msse3"
CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/share/X11/xkb"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/gconf /etc/java-config/vms/ /etc/php/apache1-php5/ext-active/ /etc/php/apache2-php5/ext-active/ /etc/php/cgi-php5/ext-active/ /etc/php/cli-php5/ext-active/ /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo"
CXXFLAGS="-march=athlon64 -O2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -msse3"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
FEATURES="ccache distlocks metadata-transfer sandbox sfperms strict"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo"
LINGUAS="en_US en"
MAKEOPTS="-j2"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --delete-after --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages --filter=H_**/files/digest-*"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage"
SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
USE="3dnow 3dnowext X a52 aac aalib acl acpi aim alsa apache2 apm avahi bash-completion beagle berkdb bidi bitmap-fonts bonobo bzip2 cairo cdda cddb cdr cdrom cjk cli console corba cracklib crypt css cups curl daap dbus dga dri dts dv dvb dvd dvdr dvdread eds encode exif fam fbcon ffmpeg firefox flac foomaticdb fortran ftp gaim gdbm ggi gif gimp glut gnome gnutls gphoto2 gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 gtkhtml hal httpd iconv icq ieee1394 imagemagick imlib ipv6 isdnlog jabber jack java javascript jpeg lame latex ldap libcaca libg++ libnotify lirc live lua mad matroska midi mmx mmxext mod mono mozbranding mp3 mpeg mplayer msn mysql nautilus ncurses nfs nls nptl nptlonly nsplugin ogg opengl optimisememory oss pam pcre pdf perl php png posix povray ppds pppd python qt3 qt3support qt4 quicktime rdesktop readline reflection rtsp ruby samba sasl scanner sdl session shout silc skins sox spell spl sse sse2 ssl startup-notification stream svg svga symlink tcl tcpd theora threads thunderbird tiff tk truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts unicode upnp usb v4l v4l2 vcd vlm vorbis win32codecs wxwindows x264 x86 xcomposite xine xinerama xml xorg xosd xpm xprint xscreensaver xv yahoo yv12 zip zlib" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1 emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" CAMERAS="adc65 agfa-cl20 aox barbie canon casio clicksmart310 digigr8 digita dimera directory enigma13 fuji gsmart300 hp215 iclick jamcam jd11 kodak konica largan lg_gsm mars minolta mustek panasonic pccam300 pccam600 polaroid ptp2 ricoh samsung sierra sipix smal sonix sonydscf1 sonydscf55 soundvision spca50x sq905 stv0674 stv0680 sx330z template toshiba" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse joystick" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LINGUAS="en_US en" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia"
Unset:  CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS

[Comment 1 Doug Goldstein (RETIRED) 2007-04-07 22:27:13 UTC]

Provide the output of "lshal" with the device plugged in. Also check the settings in GNOME under Removable Drives and Media Preferences.

Lastly, try to reproduce the error with hal 0.5.9

[Comment 2 Andrew Novikov 2007-04-23 21:12:53 UTC]

I have the same issue. The behavior seems to depend only on the version of running kernel. I use KDE and when running 2.6.18-suspend2-r1 everything works as it supposed to. But when I boot 2.6.20-gentoo-r6 the behavior becomes weird, e.g. when I insert a recorded CD-R into my writer, it is not recognized and doesn't show up on the desktop (while I can mount it with “mount”); but when I insert CD-RW (doesn't matter blank or recorded) it is recognized as usual. USB flash also shows up only under old kernel. Re-emerging hal with new kernel doesn't help. Neither does emerging hal-0.5.9 (which works fine with old kernel). Maybe udev is the clue?

[Comment 3 Doug Goldstein (RETIRED) 2007-04-28 15:34:41 UTC]

Still waiting on the output of lshal with the media plugged in or inserted with a description of what the media is so I can find it in the log. Please make sure to add it as an attachment and not paste it as a comment.

[Comment 4 Andrew Novikov 2007-04-29 11:54:49 UTC]

Created attachment 117633 [details]
lshal output for 2.6.18 and 2.6.20 kernels with different configurations

Added output of lshal for 2.6.18 and 2.6.20 kernels.
I forgot to mention that first time I compiled 2.6.20 with libata IDE driver (as e.g. in current Ubuntu). When I recompiled it with old IDE driver, hal began to work normally.