reassign 414417 gnome-volume-manager thanks Zack Weinberg wrote: > Package: libhal-storage1 > Version: 0.5.8.1-7 > Severity: normal > > Since a very recent update to HAL (or possibly gnome-vfs or udev, I'm > not sure) after I log in from the gdm screen, I get a dialog box asking > me to enter a pass phrase to decrypt /dev/hda5. This is a container > partition for LVM. It's encrypted, but it has already been unlocked by > the initrd (the computer cannot boot without decrypting it). I should > not be prompted again for the pass phrase. > > Fortunately, I can just push "cancel" and the box goes away with no ill > effects, so this is just an annoyance. > > I observe that Nautilus' "Computer" window shows a mysterious "74.3GB Volume" > icon, and that double clicking on it gets me an error dialog box: > > Unable to mount the selected volume. > > libhal-storage.c 1401 : info: called libhal_free_dbus_error but dbuserror was > not set. > process 4078: applications must not close shared connections - see > dbus_connection_close() docs. this is a bug in the application. > error: device /dev/hda5 is not removable > error: could not execute pmount > > which looks like another symptom of the same problem -- the container > partition is perhaps being mistaken for a removable disk? >
After closer investigation, this turned out to be a more general bug in g-v-m and how it calls pmount. You can either install g-v-m from experimental, or wait for g-v-m 1.5.15-2, which will include a fix for that problem. @Steve: Would you grant us a freeze exception for g-v-m in this case? Cheers, Michael -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth?
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