Feisty Fawn: ntfs-3g ceased to work after software update

The NTFS-3G and the FUSE binaries need to be installed with ---exec-prefix=/ onto the root file system to always ensure successful automounts during boots. The "Write Support for NTFS" specification also mentions this at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WriteSupportForNTFS

I have a separate /usr partition and confirm the comment by Szabolcs above.

After having scoured the forums for the past two days, I finally stumbled upon the simple solution he gives above. The default locations written into /etc/fstab seem to generally follow the partition structure of the hard drive.

My original fstab:

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
# /dev/sda9
UUID=98451ab9-d323-4a09-96a2-91b5ea58035c / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
# /dev/sda3
UUID=09f8e063-64d5-4b20-a97b-26cfb7b08989 /boot ext3 defaults 0 2
# /dev/sda11
UUID=7b0fce56-2eb6-4e39-b428-4fe45eef5f21 /home ext3 defaults 0 2
# /dev/sda1
UUID=68084A9E084A6B60 /media/sda1 ntfs defaults,nls=utf8,umask=007,gid=46 0 1
# /dev/sda12
UUID=28FEE8554059CE0D /media/sda12 ntfs defaults,nls=utf8,umask=007,gid=46 0 1
# /dev/sda4
UUID=AA7822D77822A255 /media/sda4 ntfs defaults,nls=utf8,umask=007,gid=46 0 1
# /dev/sda5
UUID=2F6501F233246281 /media/sda5 ntfs defaults,nls=utf8,umask=007,gid=46 0 1
# /dev/sda6
UUID=C4E03110E0310A66 /media/sda6 ntfs defaults,nls=utf8,umask=007,gid=46 0 1
# /dev/sda7
UUID=4D6F777224E88C3C /media/sda7 ntfs defaults,nls=utf8,umask=007,gid=46 0 1
# /dev/sda8
UUID=2D483064170999E1 /media/sda8 ntfs defaults,nls=utf8,umask=007,gid=46 0 1
# /dev/sdb2
UUID=33D844931ACC31F3 /media/sdb2 ntfs defaults,nls=utf8,umask=007,gid=46 0 1
# /dev/sdb5
UUID=3B99AAAF69B58B76 /media/sdb5 ntfs defaults,nls=utf8,umask=007,gid=46 0 1
# /dev/sdb6
UUID=38C6CB6F37C3CF40 /media/sdb6 ntfs defaults,nls=utf8,umask=007,gid=46 0 1
# /dev/sdb7
UUID=21F8B67017160C87 /media/sdb7 ntfs defaults,nls=utf8,umask=007,gid=46 0 1
# /dev/sda13
UUID=ec8a8c6e-f9fb-4af6-839e-4ed5da28cd92 /tmp ext3 defaults 0 2
# /dev/sda14
UUID=6763b394-2cd8-4830-8cb7-a4cd4b45fa41 /usr ext3 defaults 0 2
# /dev/sda15
UUID=e53c0925-18a0-415c-8786-615b3b195c8f /var ext3 defaults 0 2
# /dev/sda10
UUID=8971139c-2640-2782-0df0-7de7c429c55a none swap sw 0 0
# /dev/sdb1
UUID=582a25db-c088-427c-9279-48af84695c7b none swap sw 0 0
/dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0
/dev/scd1 /media/cdrom1 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto 0 0

Installing and running the ntfs-3g configure tool simply pre-pended fstab with:

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# -- This file has been automaticly generated by ntfs-config --
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>

Everything else followed the same as above.

One other note - I did not get the pop-up 'select mount point' box with this either - possibly something to do with the fstab structure?

Once I cut and pasted the ntfs partition infor...

@vhof, you say "This bug is fixed in the latest ntfs-config release.". Can you please provide a reference ? In the future please do not file bugs for issues that have been solved.

Marking incomplete until we get that reference.

Thank you.

Apparently not fixed in 7.10 - see Bug #151433 which is being marked as dupliucate of this one.

Also discussed in this forum thread:
http://forum.ntfs-3g.org/viewtopic.php?p=1574&sid=e2c543482c542f7fe83e616cc0c6f2c0

Not fixed.
Moreover, the problem reappeared here.

Adam, I am subcribing you to this bug as you've worked with this package in the past.

I am cleaning up older bugs I was subscribed to, if anyone has new information about this please comment the bug. I'd suggest upgrading to a later Ubuntu release as there have been a good number of updates and fixes since this was filed, as evidenced by th echangelog:
http://changelogs.ubuntu.com/changelogs/pool/main/n/ntfs-3g/ntfs-3g_1.2506-1ubuntu2/changelog

Please note that this bug as a mention on https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MountingWindowsPartitions/ThirdPartyNTFS3G
I am subscribing to this bug and will update the community wiki page when appropriate.

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