Ubuntu
hal package

CD not auto mounted on insertion

Bug #62952 reported by Removed by request
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hal (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
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Bug Description

On Ubuntu 6.06 (this used to work on 5.04)
- Insert a CD in the CD drive
- Restart the computer
- Login
- The CD is mounted and shown on the desktop (as expected)
- Right-click on the CD icon on the desktop
- Click 'Eject'
- CD ejects and disappears from the desktop (as expected)
- Re-insert the CD and wait
- Nothing happens
 -> In the previous version of ubuntu the CD used to be mounted
automatically, and appeared within a few seconds on the desktop.
Now this has to be done manually with 'mount /dev/cdrom'

Ubuntu hardware database entry: b43b6c038773d0c64acedb1fae5651a8

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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote :

Can you please do the steps on http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingRemovableDevices when this happens?

Thank you!

Changed in gnome-volume-manager:
status: Unconfirmed → Needs Info
Revision history for this message
Removed by request (removed303009) wrote :

I found the problem. When upgrading to Dapper, a new user called
haldaemon was created. However it was not part of the cdrom group, and so couldn't access /dev/cdrom. I solved the problem by typing the command:

adduser haldaemon cdrom

Now it works fine. I still think it's an upgrade bug. The haldaemon user should have been added automatically.

Revision history for this message
Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote :

The hal postinst now does this unconditionally. This does not fix breezy->Dapper updates of course, but since it generally seemed to work, and we do not fix minor bugs in stable releases, I'm closing this now. Thank you!

Changed in gnome-volume-manager:
status: Needs Info → Unconfirmed
Changed in hal:
status: Unconfirmed → Fix Released
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