Ubuntu
gnome-mount package

Can't automount external HDD

Bug #112853 reported by wolffred
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gnome-mount (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Low
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Bug Description

I have a packard Bell external HDD. When I've been with edgy no problem. But on feisty, I have to make it by myself with the command "mount -t vfat /dev/sdb1 /media/PB_Save". Gparted is unable to determine the format, but I know it's Fat 32. Then, it works, but I have to do this with wiyth a command line, unfortunately. On dapper and on edgy the external HDD mounts automatically.
I don't uderstand.

Thanks for an answer

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun May 6 16:13:06 2007
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-panel
Package: gnome-panel 1:2.18.1-0ubuntu3.1
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcCmdline: gnome-panel --sm-client-id default1
ProcCwd: /home/fred
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-panel
Uname: Linux CatFred 2.6.20-15-generic #2 SMP Sun Apr 15 07:36:31 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux

Tags: mount
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wolffred (frederic-miras) wrote :
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harold (m-liebregs) wrote :

I have the same problem with my 160GB external HDD (ext3). It used to work in edgy and dapper. Now it does not auto mount with feisty (and fedora 7). It is listed by the command fdisk -l as sdb1. I noticed that my internal HDD partitions are now called sdax, which used to be hdax, but I don't know if this is related to the problem. I have no problem mounting the device by typing 'sudo mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt'

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wolffred (frederic-miras) wrote : Re: [Bug 112853] Re: Don't mount automatically external HDD

harold a écrit :
> I have the same problem with my 160GB external HDD (ext3). It used to
> work in edgy and dapper. Now it does not auto mount with feisty (and
> fedora 7). It is listed by the command fdisk -l as sdb1. I noticed that
> my internal HDD partitions are now called sdax, which used to be hdax,
> but I don't know if this is related to the problem. I have no problem
> mounting the device by typing 'sudo mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt'
>
>
 I've got my answer : I've made a new format in FAT32 in my HDD extern..

It works now

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harold (m-liebregs) wrote : Re: Don't mount automatically external HDD

I tried FAT32, but it still does not automatically mount my external HDD. Anyway, I don't think forcing people to use FAT32 in stead of EXT3 is an improvement.

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Daniel T Chen (crimsun) wrote :

Is this symptom still reproducible in 8.10 beta?

Changed in gnome-volume-manager:
status: New → Incomplete
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deletarus (brandonbromiley) wrote :

I'm not sure if this is the same issue. In 8.10 all of my USB flash drives fail to automount. Each displays an error message that says "invalid mount option..."

I am able to mount with 'sudo mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt'

I have tried re-installing hal, gnome-volume-manager, and have a fully upgraded and updated system as of this moment.

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

could you run gnome-mount -v -b -d /dev/sdb1 and add the log to the bug?

Changed in gnome-mount:
importance: Undecided → Low
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

We are closing this bug report as it lacks the information, described in the previous comments, we need to investigate the problem further. However, please reopen it if you can give us the missing information and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future.

Changed in gnome-mount (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Invalid
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