On Sat, Nov 26, 2016 at 8:56 PM, Mick <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All, > > I'm not sure what I am missing on a laptop to be able to mount USB sticks as > plain user. This laptop has been built with a no-multilib profile. The users > are members of the plugdev group. > > I don't want to create an fstab entry to be able to do this, because various > USB sticks are being plugged in at any time. In dolphin I get this error > reported: > > "An error occurred while accessing '512MB', the system responded: An > unspecified error has occurred: Not authorized to perform operation." > > This laptop is using x11-wm/enlightenment-0.20.6, just like other laptops > which have no problem mounting USB sticks using a file manager. The only > difference being other laptops have multilib profiles. > > When I plug in a USB disk I get: > ================================================== > Nov 26 18:08:39 [dbus] [system] Activating service > name='org.freedesktop.UDisks2' (using servicehelper) > Nov 26 18:08:39 [udisksd] udisks daemon version 2.1.7 starting > Nov 26 18:08:39 [dbus] [system] Successfully activated service > 'org.freedesktop.UDisks2' > Nov 26 18:08:39 [udisksd] Acquired the name org.freedesktop.UDisks2 on the > system message bus > Nov 26 18:09:11 [kernel] [ 950.236065] usb 2-1: new high-speed USB device > number 3 using ehci-pci > Nov 26 18:09:11 [kernel] [ 950.354981] usb 2-1: New USB device found, > idVendor=1516, idProduct=8628 > Nov 26 18:09:11 [kernel] [ 950.354994] usb 2-1: New USB device strings: > Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3 > Nov 26 18:09:11 [kernel] [ 950.355001] usb 2-1: Product: Gizmo! > overdrive505724545 > Nov 26 18:09:11 [kernel] [ 950.355073] usb 2-1: Manufacturer: Crucial > Nov 26 18:09:11 [kernel] [ 950.355083] usb 2-1: SerialNumber: 505724545 > Nov 26 18:09:11 [kernel] [ 950.355970] usb-storage 2-1:1.0: USB Mass Storage > device detected > Nov 26 18:09:11 [kernel] [ 950.357622] scsi host6: usb-storage 2-1:1.0 > Nov 26 18:09:11 [kernel] [ 950.389457] usbcore: registered new interface > driver uas > Nov 26 18:09:12 [kernel] [ 951.360232] scsi 6:0:0:0: Direct-Access > Crucial Gizmo! overdrive 1.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2 > Nov 26 18:09:12 [kernel] [ 951.360677] sd 6:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 > type 0 > Nov 26 18:09:12 [kernel] [ 951.363207] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] 997888 512-byte > logical blocks: (511 MB/487 MiB) > Nov 26 18:09:12 [kernel] [ 951.365780] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off > Nov 26 18:09:12 [kernel] [ 951.366583] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] No Caching mode page > found > Nov 26 18:09:12 [kernel] [ 951.366586] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive > cache: write through > Nov 26 18:09:12 [kernel] [ 951.370104] sdb: > Nov 26 18:09:12 [kernel] [ 951.372102] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI > removable disk > Nov 26 18:10:01 [CROND] (root) CMD (test -x /usr/sbin/run-crons && > /usr/sbin/run-crons) > ================================================== > > > Udisks shows this when I plug in the USB stick: > ============================================== > $ udisksctl monitor > Monitoring the udisks daemon. Press Ctrl+C to exit. > 18:24:41.715: The udisks-daemon is running (name-owner :1.11). > 18:24:52.659: Added > /org/freedesktop/UDisks2/drives/Crucial_Gizmo_21_overdrive_505724545 > org.freedesktop.UDisks2.Drive: > CanPowerOff: true > Configuration: {} > ConnectionBus: usb > Ejectable: true > Id: Crucial-Gizmo!-overdrive-505724545 > Media: > MediaAvailable: true > MediaChangeDetected: true > MediaCompatibility: > MediaRemovable: true > Model: Gizmo! overdrive > Optical: false > OpticalBlank: false > OpticalNumAudioTracks: 0 > OpticalNumDataTracks: 0 > OpticalNumSessions: 0 > OpticalNumTracks: 0 > Removable: true > Revision: 1.00 > RotationRate: -1 > Seat: seat0 > Serial: 505724545 > SiblingId: > /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb2/2-1/2-1:1.0 > Size: 510918656 > SortKey: 01hotplug/1480184692658374 > TimeDetected: 1480184692658374 > TimeMediaDetected: 1480184692658374 > Vendor: Crucial > WWN: > 18:24:52.661: Added /org/freedesktop/UDisks2/block_devices/sdb > org.freedesktop.UDisks2.Block: > Configuration: [] > CryptoBackingDevice: '/' > Device: /dev/sdb > DeviceNumber: 2064 > Drive: > '/org/freedesktop/UDisks2/drives/Crucial_Gizmo_21_overdrive_505724545' > HintAuto: true > HintIconName: > HintIgnore: false > HintName: > HintPartitionable: true > HintSymbolicIconName: > HintSystem: false > Id: by-uuid-289E-047D > IdLabel: 512MB > IdType: vfat > IdUUID: 289E-047D > IdUsage: filesystem > IdVersion: FAT16 > MDRaid: '/' > MDRaidMember: '/' > PreferredDevice: /dev/sdb > ReadOnly: false > Size: 510918656 > Symlinks: /dev/disk/by-id/usb- > Crucial_Gizmo__overdrive_505724545-0:0 > /dev/disk/by-label/512MB > /dev/disk/by-path/pci-0000:00:1d.7- > usb-0:1:1.0-scsi-0:0:0:0 > /dev/disk/by-uuid/289E-047D > org.freedesktop.UDisks2.Filesystem: > MountPoints: > =========================================================== > > Trying to mount the USB by using the enlightenment file manager or dolphin, > does not generate anything in udisksctl or in the logs ... > > Any ideas? > -- > Regards, > Mick
I used the instructions given in the forum post below to set up automatic mounting of removable drives on my systems. http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-858965-start-0.html

