Ah, thanks for the lshal outputs. Indeed the capability needs to be attached to the device, not the particular partition (/dev/sdd2), thus my little volume.block check trick does not work. Also, the hal output actually looks correct, we need to fix this in gnome-volume-manager instead.
** Changed in: hal (Ubuntu) Status: Needs Info => Confirmed ** Changed in: hal (Ubuntu) Sourcepackagename: hal => gnome-volume-manager -- ipod reformated (to partition) cause that gtkpod open twice https://launchpad.net/bugs/37861 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs