>>>>>> This is actually a portage question. How can I install udisks-2 in a >>>>>> way that will fix this problem? I'm confused by how to handle the >>>>>> slotting behavior. >>> >>> I think the issue here is that we are not understanding what the >>> problem is. It happens with an application in particular, or with a >>> desktop environment? It happens when you try to umount the device, or >>> when you disconnect it from the computer? Do you loose data in the >>> camera, or when transferring photos to your computer? Or is only that >>> you don't like the error reported? >> >> When trying to eject a USB camera in thunar in xfce4, the error >> appears and the device does not umount. Here is a command that also >> produces the error: >> >> # udisks --detach /dev/sdb >> Detach failed: Error detaching: helper exited with exit code 1: >> Detaching device /dev/sdb >> USB device: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/usb2/2-6) >> SYNCHRONIZE CACHE: FAILED: No such file or directory >> (Continuing despite SYNCHRONIZE CACHE failure.) >> STOP UNIT: FAILED: No such file or directory >> >>> udisks is deprecated and (AFAIK) unmaintained. Do you *really* need >>> it? Or perhaps is being pulled by a package that actually supports >>> udisks2, but you have a USE flag that pulls udisks1? >>> >>> In GNOME, if you have gvfs with the gdu USE flag, it pulls libgdu, >>> which pulls udisks1. But you don't actually need it; everything is >>> covered by the udisks USE flag (which pulls udisks2). >>> >>> Do a "equery depends udisks" and see what is pulling udisks1. >> >> I get the following: >> >> # equery depends udisks >> * These packages depend on udisks: >> gnome-base/gvfs-1.12.3-r1 (udisks ? >=sys-fs/udisks-1.90:2) >> gnome-base/libgdu-3.0.2 (=sys-fs/udisks-1.0*:0) >> >> # emerge -pv gvfs libgdu >> [ebuild R ] gnome-base/libgdu-3.0.2 USE="-avahi -doc -gnome-keyring" 0 >> kB >> [ebuild R ] gnome-base/gvfs-1.12.3-r1 USE="cdda gdu http udev >> -afp -archive -avahi -bluetooth -bluray -doc -fuse -gnome-keyring >> -gphoto2 -ios -samba (-udisks)" 0 kB > ^^^^^^^ > > There's your problem. > > thunar depends on gvfs, which can use udisks, but in your case the USE > flag is forced, masked, or removed.
No help from B.G.O. yet and I'm wondering if I should update libgdu to see if that fixes it. Is libgdu the same thing as gnome-disk-utility? If so, the latest version is 3.9.0 compared to 3.0.2 in portage: https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-disk-utility/ Alternatively, should I try hacking the ebuild to unmask the udisks USE flag? - Grant
