On Monday 06 Feb 2017 07:33:07 Daniel Frey wrote: > On 02/05/2017 10:56 PM, Mick wrote: > > Ha! I just upgraded to 4.9.6-r1 gentoo kernel sources and I can no > > longer mount USB sticks! I can still mount them using pmount on the > > CLI, but the desktop click-to-mount function does not work in Plasma, > > KDE applications or enlightenment. > > I am using gentoo-sources-4.9.6-r1 on my Surface, and I just plugged in > a USB stick and Dolphin mounted it with no issues. > > Dan
OK, I had a closer look. Kernel 4.9.6-r1 is not the problem on at least two
boxen I just checked - I also tried a Macbook which keeps crashing at boot
time with this kernel, but that's for another post.
The USB problem is related to the latest updates I ran, which also coincided
with the kernel upgrade and this put me off the scent. I booted into 4.4.39
and the problem was still there on two different PCs.
I also booted into two different desktop managers, Plasma and Enlightenment.
The problem remained with both of them, whether I used KDE apps to mount the
USB stick or not.
As I mentioned, when I use pmount on the CLI I can mount the device. However,
when I used udisksctl, I got this:
$ udisksctl mount -b /dev/sdb
==== AUTHENTICATING FOR org.freedesktop.udisks2.filesystem-mount ===
Authentication is required to mount Crucial Gizmo! overdrive (/dev/sdb)
Authenticating as: root
Password:
What?! This comes up with plain users, and users in the wheel group. This
makes me think the problem may be polkit related. These are the packages I
emerged last weekend:
# genlop --list --date last Saturday
* packages merged:
Sat Feb 4 08:25:45 2017 >>> sys-libs/efivar-30
Sat Feb 4 08:28:27 2017 >>> sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-4.9.6-r1
Sat Feb 4 08:29:25 2017 >>> sys-apps/portage-2.3.3
Sat Feb 4 08:30:23 2017 >>> net-misc/youtube-dl-2017.02.01
Sat Feb 4 08:30:46 2017 >>> x11-misc/util-macros-1.19.1
Sat Feb 4 08:31:27 2017 >>> kde-plasma/plasma-workspace-wallpapers-5.8.5
Sat Feb 4 08:32:00 2017 >>> kde-plasma/kwallet-pam-5.8.5
Sat Feb 4 08:32:20 2017 >>> sys-boot/efibootmgr-14
Sat Feb 4 08:33:10 2017 >>> net-analyzer/tcpdump-4.9.0
Sat Feb 4 08:33:52 2017 >>> kde-plasma/kdecoration-5.8.5
Sat Feb 4 08:34:39 2017 >>> net-misc/tigervnc-1.7.1
Sat Feb 4 08:36:00 2017 >>> kde-plasma/libkscreen-5.8.5
Sat Feb 4 08:36:34 2017 >>> kde-plasma/kwayland-integration-5.8.5
Sat Feb 4 08:37:51 2017 >>> x11-misc/sddm-0.14.0-r2
Sat Feb 4 08:38:27 2017 >>> kde-plasma/polkit-kde-agent-5.8.5
Sat Feb 4 14:39:34 2017 >>> www-client/chromium-56.0.2924.76-r1
Sat Feb 4 15:22:06 2017 >>> www-client/firefox-45.7.0
Sat Feb 4 15:22:44 2017 >>> kde-plasma/kwrited-5.8.5
Sat Feb 4 15:23:13 2017 >>> kde-plasma/ksshaskpass-5.8.5
Sat Feb 4 15:24:29 2017 >>> kde-plasma/kactivitymanagerd-5.8.5
Sat Feb 4 15:25:20 2017 >>> kde-plasma/systemsettings-5.8.5
Sat Feb 4 15:26:32 2017 >>> kde-plasma/kde-cli-tools-5.8.5
Sat Feb 4 15:27:34 2017 >>> kde-plasma/libksysguard-5.8.5
Sat Feb 4 15:28:34 2017 >>> kde-plasma/plasma-pa-5.8.5
Sat Feb 4 15:29:20 2017 >>> kde-plasma/user-manager-5.8.5
Sat Feb 4 15:29:56 2017 >>> kde-plasma/kgamma-5.8.5
Sat Feb 4 15:31:01 2017 >>> kde-plasma/kscreenlocker-5.8.5
Sat Feb 4 15:31:41 2017 >>> kde-plasma/milou-5.8.5
Sat Feb 4 15:32:43 2017 >>> kde-plasma/ksysguard-5.8.5
Sat Feb 4 15:33:27 2017 >>> kde-plasma/sddm-kcm-5.8.5
Sat Feb 4 15:34:55 2017 >>> kde-plasma/kinfocenter-5.8.5
Sat Feb 4 15:36:32 2017 >>> kde-plasma/bluedevil-5.8.5
Sat Feb 4 15:37:40 2017 >>> kde-plasma/kscreen-5.8.5
Sat Feb 4 15:40:12 2017 >>> kde-plasma/breeze-5.8.5
Sat Feb 4 15:43:48 2017 >>> kde-plasma/oxygen-5.8.5
Sat Feb 4 15:52:22 2017 >>> kde-plasma/kwin-5.8.5
Sat Feb 4 15:53:04 2017 >>> kde-plasma/plasma-integration-5.8.5-r1
Sat Feb 4 16:01:35 2017 >>> kde-plasma/plasma-workspace-5.8.5
Sat Feb 4 16:03:16 2017 >>> kde-plasma/khotkeys-5.8.5
Sat Feb 4 16:14:04 2017 >>> kde-plasma/plasma-desktop-5.8.5-r1
Sat Feb 4 16:16:23 2017 >>> kde-plasma/kdeplasma-addons-5.8.5
Sat Feb 4 16:18:23 2017 >>> kde-plasma/powerdevil-5.8.5
Sat Feb 4 16:19:08 2017 >>> kde-plasma/kmenuedit-5.8.5
Sat Feb 4 16:19:26 2017 >>> kde-plasma/plasma-meta-5.8.5
Sun Feb 5 09:52:45 2017 >>> sys-apps/sandbox-2.10-r3
Sun Feb 5 09:53:13 2017 >>> dev-perl/Net-SSLeay-1.800.0
Sun Feb 5 09:54:08 2017 >>> sys-fs/ntfs3g-2016.2.22-r2
Sun Feb 5 09:54:35 2017 >>> sys-apps/ifplugd-0.28-r10
Sun Feb 5 09:55:47 2017 >>> net-wireless/bluez-5.43-r1
What do you think?
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Regards,
Mick
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