Bug#576792: gnome: Unable to automount a vfat formatted USB stick

[David Creelman]

On Wed, Apr 07, 2010 at 03:26:17PM +0200, Josselin Mouette wrote:
> Le mercredi 07 avril 2010 à 22:45 +1000, David Creelman a écrit :
> > On Wed, Apr 07, 2010 at 11:56:52AM +0200, Josselin Mouette wrote:
> > > reassign 576792 nautilus
> > > thanks
> > > 
> > > Le mercredi 07 avril 2010 à 17:51 +1000, David Creelman a écrit :
> > > > Not sure if this is the right place to report this.
> > > > Before the last apt-get update; apt-get dist-upgrade I was able to automount
> > > > my Medion 8Gb USB stick. 
> > > > Now, when I plug it in, there is a small spike of CPU and then no
> > > > Nautilus screen and no automount.
> > > > There is no problem with the drive itself. I was able to mount it with
> > > > sudo mount /dev/sda1 /media/floppy and get at all of the files on it.
> > > 
> > > Does the disk appear in gnome-disk-utility when you plug it in?
> > Yes, it does.
> >  If it’s the case, does mounting it from this tool work?
> > 
> > Yes, it does. 
> 
> Interesting.
> 
> Could you paste your versions of nautilus, gvfs, gnome-disk-utility and
> libgdu0 ?
Nautilus 2.28.4 (via help>about) 2.28.4-1 (via aptitude)
gvfs 1.4.3-2 (via aptitude)
gnome-disk-utility 2.30.0-1 (via aptitude)
libgdu0 2.30.0-1 (aptitude)

> 
> Could you also paste the output of 'gvfs-mount -li' and run 'gvfs-mount
> -oi' while plugging in the usb stick ?

gvfs-mount -li (with device plugged in, hope that's what you were after)

Drive(0): Floppy Drive
  Type: GProxyDrive (GProxyVolumeMonitorGdu)
  ids:
   unix-device: '/dev/fd0'
  themed icons:  [drive-removable-media-floppy]  [drive-removable-media]  [drive-removable]  [drive]
  is_media_removable=1
  has_media=0
  is_media_check_automatic=0
  can_poll_for_media=1
  can_eject=0
  can_start=0
  can_stop=0
  start_stop_type=unknown
Drive(1): 250 GB Hard Disk
  Type: GProxyDrive (GProxyVolumeMonitorGdu)
  ids:
   unix-device: '/dev/hda'
  themed icons:  [drive-harddisk]  [drive]
  is_media_removable=0
  has_media=1
  is_media_check_automatic=0
  can_poll_for_media=0
  can_eject=0
  can_start=0
  can_stop=0
  start_stop_type=unknown
  Volume(0): 250 GB Encrypted
    Type: GProxyVolume (GProxyVolumeMonitorGdu)
    ids:
     uuid: 'e4e14153-1281-4fdd-88ac-2ea82fd6a0e6'
     unix-device: '/dev/hda2'
    themed icons:  [drive-harddisk]  [drive]
    can_mount=1
    can_eject=0
    should_automount=0
Drive(2): USBest Technology USB Mass Storage Device
  Type: GProxyDrive (GProxyVolumeMonitorGdu)
  ids:
   unix-device: '/dev/sdb'
  themed icons:  [drive-removable-media-usb]  [drive-removable-media]  [drive-removable]  [drive]
  is_media_removable=1
  has_media=1
  is_media_check_automatic=1
  can_poll_for_media=1
  can_eject=1
  can_start=0
  can_stop=1
  start_stop_type=shutdown
  Volume(0): 8.1 GB Filesystem
    Type: GProxyVolume (GProxyVolumeMonitorGdu)
    ids:
     uuid: '4298-7940'
     unix-device: '/dev/sdb1'
    themed icons:  [drive-removable-media-usb]  [drive-removable-media]  [drive-removable]  [drive]
    can_mount=1
    can_eject=1
    should_automount=0
Mount(0): floppy0 -> file:///media/floppy0
  Type: GProxyMount (GProxyVolumeMonitorGdu)
  themed icons:  [media-floppy]  [media]
  can_unmount=1
  can_eject=0
  is_shadowed=0

I disconnected and reconnected the device after I sorted out what this command
did. Hope that's cool.

gvfs-mount -oi gives :-
Volume removed:     '8.1 GB Filesystem'
  Volume(0): 8.1 GB Filesystem
    Type: GProxyVolume (GProxyVolumeMonitorGdu)
    ids:
     uuid: '4298-7940'
     unix-device: '/dev/sdb1'
    themed icons:  [drive-removable-media-usb]  [drive-removable-media]  [drive-removable]  [drive]
    can_mount=1
    can_eject=0
    should_automount=1

Drive connected:    'USBest Technology USB Mass Storage Device'
  Drive(0): USBest Technology USB Mass Storage Device
    Type: GProxyDrive (GProxyVolumeMonitorGdu)
    ids:
     unix-device: '/dev/sdb'
    themed icons:  [drive-removable-media-usb]  [drive-removable-media]  [drive-removable]  [drive]
    is_media_removable=1
    has_media=1
    is_media_check_automatic=1
    can_poll_for_media=1
    can_eject=1
    can_start=0
    can_stop=1
    start_stop_type=shutdown

Volume added:       '8.1 GB Filesystem'
  Volume(0): 8.1 GB Filesystem
    Type: GProxyVolume (GProxyVolumeMonitorGdu)
    ids:
     uuid: '4298-7940'
     unix-device: '/dev/sdb1'
    themed icons:  [drive-removable-media-usb]  [drive-removable-media]  [drive-removable]  [drive]
    can_mount=1
    can_eject=1
    should_automount=1

Hope this helps

Cheers
David

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