Hi all,

I wrote a simple udev rule:

ATTRS{vendor}=="Generic ", ATTRS{model}=="USB Flash Disk ", NAME="usb%n", RUN+="/root/usbmount.sh"

# cat /root/usbmount.sh

#!/bin/bash
export DISPLAY=:0.0
mount -t vfat -o rw,uid=1000,sync /dev/usb1 /mnt/usb
cd /mnt/usb
sudo -u h725 -H aterm



..when I insert the usb stick, /dev/usb1 is created, aterm starts but WITHOUT /mnt/usb mounted!
I need to exit aterm (ctrl-d), and aterm respawn itself, this time with /mnt/usb mounted.

Why this strange behavior? Why aterm starts twice?


This is my /var/log/messages:

Jan 1 18:56:56 s1 sudo: root : TTY=unknown ; PWD=/mnt/usb ; USER=h725 ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/aterm
Jan 1 18:56:56 s1 sudo: pam_unix(sudo:session): session opened for user h725 by (uid=0)
Jan 1 18:56:56 s1 sudo: pam_unix(sudo:session): session closed for user h725
Jan 1 18:58:52 s1 sudo: root : TTY=unknown ; PWD=/mnt/usb ; USER=h725 ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/aterm
Jan 1 18:58:52 s1 sudo: pam_unix(sudo:session): session opened for user h725 by (uid=0)
Jan 1 18:58:52 s1 sudo: pam_unix(sudo:session): session closed for user h725

Perhaps it's going to fast and the aterm is entering the folder before the mount command is completed. Try putting a "sleep 1" or so between the mount command and the cd.

Another option, if you can't get this to work, is to use ivman instead. It detects hal events such as the appearance of new hardware or changes in mount condition, and it can be set to first mount a drive and then separately launch a command or script once it's mounted.