On Tuesday January 23 2007 19:34, Stevens wrote: > Still trying to track down why my dvd player won't automount (or whatever > it is now called). I notice that /etc/dbus-1/system.d/hal.conf has the > following: > > <!DOCTYPE busconfig PUBLIC > "-//freedesktop//DTD D-BUS Bus Configuration 1.0//EN" > "http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/dbus/1.0/busconfig.dtd";> > > but, of course, there is no busconfig.dtd on that website. > > Also: As I noted my mounting started working when I did the hal updates. In looking back there were other updates the day before, they may have been what fixed it instead of the hal updates. All I know is it now works. (PIII 866MHZ, 512 MB memory, I/O Magic DVD, Sony CDRW) > > # ps -ef |grep hal > 101 2760 1 0 02:18 ? 00:00:01 /usr/sbin/hald --daemon=yes > root 2798 2760 0 02:18 ? 00:00:00 hald-runner > 101 3178 2798 0 02:18 ? 00:00:00 hald-addon-keyboard: > listening on /dev/input/event1 > 101 3224 2798 0 02:18 ? 00:00:00 hald-addon-acpi: listening > on acpid socket /var/run/acpid.socket > 101 3252 2798 0 02:18 ? 00:00:00 hald-addon-keyboard: > listening on /dev/input/event3 > root 3423 2798 0 02:18 ? 00:00:00 hald-addon-storage: > polling /dev/hdc This is what I get with the ps command: ps -ef | grep hal 101 2599 1 0 08:45 ? 00:00:02 /usr/sbin/hald --daemon=yes root 2631 2599 0 08:45 ? 00:00:00 hald-runner 101 2925 2631 0 08:45 ? 00:00:00 hald-addon-keyboard: listening on /dev/input/event1 root 3212 2631 0 08:45 ? 00:00:00 hald-addon-storage: polling /dev/hdc root 3303 2631 0 08:45 ? 00:00:00 hald-addon-storage: polling /dev/hdd root 5013 5007 0 09:06 pts/1 00:00:00 grep hal
> > /dev/hdc is my dvd drive which the system won't automount. I'm wondering > about this user 101 that owns the hal daemon. Am I running up against a > permissions problem? My dvd is also hdc, CDRW hdd > > # cat /etc/passwd |grep 101 > haldaemon:x:101:102:User for haldaemon:/var/run/hal:/bin/false > messagebus:x:100:101:User for D-Bus:/var/run/dbus:/bin/false My cat command: haldaemon:x:101:102:User for haldaemon:/var/run/hal:/bin/false messagebus:x:100:101:User for D-Bus:/var/run/dbus:/bin/false > Anyone care to guess? Did you check if your user is a member of the system group: cdrom? Mine is also group disk, audio and video also. I don't have any audio or video dvd's but a audio cd mount fine in dvd drive Don't have any other information for you. Good Luck -- Russ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
