Bug 4643

Summary:	pcmanfm cannot unmount USB memory stick auto-mounted for user
Product:	Mageia	Reporter:	Richard Walker <richard.j.walker>
Component:	RPM Packages	Assignee:	José Jorge <lists.jjorge>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Normal
Version:	Cauldron
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	x86_64
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Source RPM:	pcmanfm-0.9.10-1.mga2.src.rpm	CVE:
Status comment:

Description Richard Walker 2012-02-22 22:27:56 CET

Description of problem:
When an attempt is made to unmount and auto-mounted USB drive in pcmanfm Places window the user is prompted for the root password for authorisation. This is despite the fact that the system has mounted the drive on behalf of that user;

halevt: Running: halevt-mount -u /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/volume_uuid_15A1_B28B -o flush
hald: mounted /dev/sdg1 on behalf of uid 501
halevt: Running: /usr/bin/halevt-explore-mount "/media/disk"
halevt: Running: halevt-mount -s


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Permanent feature

Steps to Reproduce:
1.open pcmanfm
2.insert USB drive
3.click on unmount arrow icon beside drive icon in Places window

Comment 1 Manuel Hiebel 2012-02-24 19:49:41 CET

José, do you know if pcmanfm is still using the deprecated hal ?

Assignee: bugsquad => lists.jjorge

Comment 2 José Jorge 2012-02-27 08:37:13 CET

I could not reproduce on a up to date Cauldron. It must have been fixed by an ud* update.

Please re-open if the bug is still there for you.

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => WORKSFORME

Comment 3 Richard Walker 2012-02-27 19:48:53 CET

I agree that on a fully updated Beta1 install I am no longer prompted for a root password to unmount the drive. It still causes a core dump so Bug 4640 is still there.

Interesting that the USB stick is no longer mounted in /media. I wonder if that was part of the solution or just an unintended side-effect.

Hmmm, looks like USB hard drive mount point has moved too.

The mount point du jour appears to be /run/media/USERNAME/......