automount in xfce4 or gnome2

chiendarret · 07-12-2011, 05:35 AM

In my xfce4 desktop, with debian amd64 wheezy, the flash card is not mounted auto: no permission (same with my ijstallation of gnome2).

The /etc/polkit-1/localauthority.conf.d/50-localauthority.conf

reads

[Configuration]
AdminIdentities=unix-user:0

I created

/etc/polkit-1/localauthority.conf.d/60-desktop-policy.conf

that reads

[Configuration]
AdminIdentities=unix-group:desktop_admin_r

Following reboot, still the flash card has no permission to mount and i have to mount it manually. Where should the permission be given instead/

thanks
chiendarret

andrewthomas · 07-12-2011, 08:46 AM

You need to additionally create a

/etc/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d/ file to specify which permissions you wish to grant.

What I have is called /etc/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d/11-my-polkit-udisks.pkla

and it contains

Code:

[udisks full access]
Identity=unix-group:wheel
Action=org.freedesktop.udisks.*
ResultActive=yes

which in your case would be:

Code:

[udisks full access]
Identity=unix-group:desktop_admin_r
Action=org.freedesktop.udisks.*
ResultActive=yes

additionally you need to make sure that you are running the polkit-gnome-authentication-agent

Code:

lxde@asus-gentoo ~ $ ps ax |grep polkit
 1095 ?        Sl     0:01 /usr/libexec/polkitd
 1624 ?        Sl     0:00 /usr/libexec/polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1
 7090 pts/2    S+     0:00 grep --colour=auto polkit

and that you have an active consolekit session

Code:

lxde@asus-gentoo ~ $ ck-list-sessions
Session1:
	unix-user = '1003'
	realname = '(null)'
	seat = 'Seat1'
	session-type = ''
	active = TRUE
	x11-display = ':0'
	x11-display-device = '/dev/tty7'
	display-device = ''
	remote-host-name = ''
	is-local = TRUE
	on-since = '2011-07-12T12:57:37.803152Z'
	login-session-id = '1'

chiendarret · 07-12-2011, 01:17 PM

In this minor issue (see, if you have time, my major problems posted here a couple of hours ago with gtx-470 cards) I followed your kind advice. Though, still no permission to mount flash card. Here the outputs. There is a suspicious "FALSE" that probably should be amended

francesco@gig64:~$ ps ax | grep polkit
2062 ? Sl 0:00 /usr/lib/policykit-1/polkitd
30067 pts/1 Sl+ 0:00 /usr/lib/policykit-1-gnome/polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1
30179 pts/2 S+ 0:00 grep polkit

francesco@gig64:~$ ck-list-sessions
Session5:
unix-user = '1000'
realname = '....'
seat = 'Seat1'
session-type = ''
active = TRUE
x11-display = ':0'
x11-display-device = '/dev/tty7'
display-device = '/dev/tty1'
remote-host-name = ''
is-local = TRUE
on-since = '2011-07-12T18:01:33.525485Z'
login-session-id = '4294967295'
Session6:
unix-user = '1000'
realname = 'Francesco Pietra'
seat = 'Seat1'
session-type = ''
active = FALSE
x11-display = ':0'
x11-display-device = '/dev/tty7'
display-device = '/dev/pts/1'
remote-host-name = ''
is-local = TRUE
on-since = '2011-07-12T18:01:44.521935Z'
login-session-id = '4294967295'
Session1:
unix-user = '1000'
realname = '....'
seat = 'Seat1'
session-type = ''
active = FALSE
x11-display = ''
x11-display-device = ''
display-device = '/dev/tty1'
remote-host-name = ''
is-local = TRUE
on-since = '2011-07-12T17:48:37.323432Z'
login-session-id = '4294967295'
idle-since-hint = '2011-07-12T18:02:02.089054Z'
francesco@gig64:~$

andrewthomas · 07-12-2011, 01:52 PM

"x11-display-device" lines where /dev/tty7 should only appear once.

You probably have duplicate entries where you invoke ck-launch-session multiple times.

How are you starting X?

chiendarret · 07-13-2011, 03:36 AM

Fresh starting today:

(1) startx

(2) gnome-session

whereby two twm window are raised, one empty and one with:

francesco@gig64:~$ ck-list-sessions
Session1:
unix-user = '1000'
realname = '............'
seat = 'Seat1'
session-type = ''
active = FALSE
x11-display = ''
x11-display-device = ''
display-device = '/dev/tty1'
remote-host-name = ''
is-local = TRUE
on-since = '2011-07-13T08:16:57.018262Z'
login-session-id = '4294967295'
idle-since-hint = '2011-07-13T08:17:31.839293Z'
Session2:
unix-user = '1000'
realname = '............'
seat = 'Seat1'
session-type = ''
active = TRUE
x11-display = ':0'
x11-display-device = '/dev/tty7'
display-device = '/dev/tty1'
remote-host-name = ''
is-local = TRUE
on-since = '2011-07-13T08:17:05.746217Z'
login-session-id = '4294967295'
francesco@gig64:~$

**********************
Reboot and

(1) startx

(2) ck-launch-session gnome-session

also two twm window are raised, one empty and one with:

francesco@gig64:~$ ck-list-sessions
Session3:
unix-user = '1000'
realname = 'Francesco Pietra'
seat = 'Seat1'
session-type = ''
active = TRUE
x11-display = ':0'
x11-display-device = '/dev/tty7'
display-device = '/dev/tty1'
remote-host-name = ''
is-local = TRUE
on-since = '2011-07-13T08:27:42.222559Z'
login-session-id = '4294967295'
Session4:
unix-user = '1000'
realname = 'Francesco Pietra'
seat = 'Seat1'
session-type = ''
active = FALSE
x11-display = ':0'
x11-display-device = '/dev/tty7'
display-device = '/dev/pts/1'
remote-host-name = ''
is-local = TRUE
on-since = '2011-07-13T08:27:54.519036Z'
login-session-id = '4294967295'
Session1:
unix-user = '1000
*********************

andrewthomas · 07-13-2011, 07:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chiendarret

Fresh starting today:

(1) startx

(2) gnome-session

whereby two twm window are raised, one empty and one with:

francesco@gig64:~$ ck-list-sessions
Session1:
unix-user = '1000'
realname = '............'
seat = 'Seat1'
session-type = ''
active = FALSE
x11-display = ''
x11-display-device = ''
display-device = '/dev/tty1'
remote-host-name = ''
is-local = TRUE
on-since = '2011-07-13T08:16:57.018262Z'
login-session-id = '4294967295'
idle-since-hint = '2011-07-13T08:17:31.839293Z'
Session2:
unix-user = '1000'
realname = '............'
seat = 'Seat1'
session-type = ''
active = TRUE
x11-display = ':0'
x11-display-device = '/dev/tty7'
display-device = '/dev/tty1'
remote-host-name = ''
is-local = TRUE
on-since = '2011-07-13T08:17:05.746217Z'
login-session-id = '4294967295'
francesco@gig64:~$

This is actually what you want.

What are the contents of this users ~/.xinitrc and ~/.xsession files?

Is dbus-launch running?

Code:

lxde@asus-gentoo-e17 ~ $ ps ax |grep dbus-launch
 1692 ?        S      0:00 /usr/bin/dbus-launch --sh-syntax --exit-with-session

Quote:

Originally Posted by chiendarret

**********************
Reboot and

(1) startx

(2) ck-launch-session gnome-session

also two twm window are raised, one empty and one with:

francesco@gig64:~$ ck-list-sessions
Session3:
unix-user = '1000'
realname = 'Francesco Pietra'
seat = 'Seat1'
session-type = ''
active = TRUE
x11-display = ':0'
x11-display-device = '/dev/tty7'
display-device = '/dev/tty1'
remote-host-name = ''
is-local = TRUE
on-since = '2011-07-13T08:27:42.222559Z'
login-session-id = '4294967295'
Session4:
unix-user = '1000'
realname = 'Francesco Pietra'
seat = 'Seat1'
session-type = ''
active = FALSE
x11-display = ':0'
x11-display-device = '/dev/tty7'
display-device = '/dev/pts/1'
remote-host-name = ''
is-local = TRUE
on-since = '2011-07-13T08:27:54.519036Z'
login-session-id = '4294967295'
Session1:
unix-user = '1000
*********************

This is launching multiple consolekit sessions. Not what you are shooting for.

chiendarret · 07-13-2011, 09:49 AM

> What are the contents of this users ~/.xinitrc and ~/.xsession files?

~$ cat .Xsession
#!/bin/sh
xrdb -load$HOME/.Xresources
exec xterm

I do not find any .xinitrc

using

# updatedb
$locate .xinitrc (or Xinitrc)

For present launch, "ck-list-sessions" reports correctly as you said above "This is actually what you want". Still, no permission to mount card.

Perhaps revealing (also about my problems with the gtx-470/cuda cards referred to in a parallel post), now trying to launch the cuda-based viewer VMD, the system hangs with message (I am mannually copyimg since the hanged computer is not ssh accessible):

.....
Multithreading available, 6 CPUs detected

Free system mem 15854MB (98%)

Creating CUDA device pool and initializing hardware

Detected 2 available CUDA accelerators

[0] GeForce GTX 470 ....
[1] GeForce GTX 470 ...

WARNING Detected X11 'Composite' extension: if incorrect display occurs, try disabling this optional x server feature.
**********8

When VMD launching is correct, the terminal reports:
Multithreading, 6 processors

Available two CUDA accelerations

Detected X11 "Composite" extension:if incorrect display occurs, try
disabling this optional X server feature

OpenGL renderer GeForce gtx 470/PCI/SSE2

Full GSL rendering mode available
************
I don't know how to disable the above X server feature.

Whether this has to do with the new nvidia driver is a question to answer (as indicated in the mentioned parallel post)

chiendarret

andrewthomas · 07-13-2011, 10:01 AM

Is there anything in ~/.xsessionrc ?

also what was the output of

Code:

$ ps ax |grep dbus-launch

chiendarret · 07-13-2011, 10:48 AM

Is there anything in ~/.xsessionrc ?

I could not find even that file in debian, however there is a ~/.xsession-errors file. As of today, it reads:
***************************
Xsession: X session started for francesco at Wed Jul 13 10:17:04 CEST 2011
usage: xrdb [-options ...] [filename]

where options include:
-display host:dpy display to use
-all do all resources [default]
-global do screen-independent resources
-screen do screen-specific resources for one screen
-screens do screen-specific resources for all screens
-n show but don't do changes
-cpp filename preprocessor to use [/usr/bin/cpp]
-nocpp do not use a preprocessor
-query query resources
-load load resources from file [default]
-override add in resources from file
-merge merge resources from file & sort
-edit filename edit resources into file
-backup string backup suffix for -edit [.bak]
-symbols show preprocessor symbols
-remove remove resources
-retain avoid server reset (avoid using this)
-quiet don't warn about duplicates
-Dname[=value], -Uname, -Idirectory passed to preprocessor

A - or no input filename represents stdin.
xterm: fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) or KillClient on X server ":0"

xterm: fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) or KillClient on X server ":0"

Xsession: X session started for francesco at Wed Jul 13 10:27:42 CEST 2011
usage: xrdb [-options ...] [filename]

where options include:
-display host:dpy display to use
-all do all resources [default]
-global do screen-independent resources
-screen do screen-specific resources for one screen
-screens do screen-specific resources for all screens
-n show but don't do changes
-cpp filename preprocessor to use [/usr/bin/cpp]
-nocpp do not use a preprocessor
-query query resources
-load load resources from file [default]
-override add in resources from file
-merge merge resources from file & sort
-edit filename edit resources into file
-backup string backup suffix for -edit [.bak]
-symbols show preprocessor symbols
-remove remove resources
-retain avoid server reset (avoid using this)
-quiet don't warn about duplicates
-Dname[=value], -Uname, -Idirectory passed to preprocessor

A - or no input filename represents stdin.
xterm: fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) or KillClient on X server ":0"

Xsession: X session started for francesco at Wed Jul 13 16:04:03 CEST 2011
usage: xrdb [-options ...] [filename]

where options include:
-display host:dpy display to use
-all do all resources [default]
-global do screen-independent resources
-screen do screen-specific resources for one screen
-screens do screen-specific resources for all screens
-n show but don't do changes
-cpp filename preprocessor to use [/usr/bin/cpp]
-nocpp do not use a preprocessor
-query query resources
-load load resources from file [default]
-override add in resources from file
-merge merge resources from file & sort
-edit filename edit resources into file
-backup string backup suffix for -edit [.bak]
-symbols show preprocessor symbols
-remove remove resources
-retain avoid server reset (avoid using this)
-quiet don't warn about duplicates
-Dname[=value], -Uname, -Idirectory passed to preprocessor

A - or no input filename represents stdin.
xterm: fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) or KillClient on X server ":0"

xterm: fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) or KillClient on X server ":0"

Xsession: X session started for francesco at Wed Jul 13 16:26:06 CEST 2011
usage: xrdb [-options ...] [filename]

where options include:
-display host:dpy display to use
-all do all resources [default]
-global do screen-independent resources
-screen do screen-specific resources for one screen
-screens do screen-specific resources for all screens
-n show but don't do changes
-cpp filename preprocessor to use [/usr/bin/cpp]
-nocpp do not use a preprocessor
-query query resources
-load load resources from file [default]
-override add in resources from file
-merge merge resources from file & sort
-edit filename edit resources into file
-backup string backup suffix for -edit [.bak]
-symbols show preprocessor symbols
-remove remove resources
-retain avoid server reset (avoid using this)
-quiet don't warn about duplicates
-Dname[=value], -Uname, -Idirectory passed to preprocessor

A - or no input filename represents stdin.
*********************
The 16:26:06 session is the one with computer hanged on attempted VMD launch and unfortunately it says nothing about what happened. If no errors occur, nothing is written on ~/.xsession-errors. Now (17:39:00) in fact, this file is the same as above.
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

$ ps ax |grep dbus-launch

that i can't answer for the time of the crash as the computer was hanged. Now the answer is

3067 tty1 S 0:00 /usr/bin/dbus-launch --sh-synthax --exit-with-session

chiendarret