gnome-volume-manager not writing to fstab

gatomas · 11-16-2009, 02:56 PM

Hello everyone,

I am relatively new to Linux administration.

My Linux version is red hat 5.3.

I installed the gnome-volume-manager.2.22.0-5.fc9.i386.rpm with the nodeps option.

I plug in my usb drive but gnome-volume-manager does not write the entry, /dev/sda /media/<usbdrive>, to my /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab. I thought it was suppose to update either one of those files. Anyhow, I would like it to automount my usb instead of me installing it manually. What am I doing wrong or not doing?

Thanks in advance!

ursusca · 11-16-2009, 04:14 PM

Hi,

You don't need gnome-volume-manager.2.22.0-5.fc9.i386.rpm. Rhel5 have USB support and also automount support by default under desktop environment.

gatomas · 11-16-2009, 06:44 PM

Hi ursusca! Thanks for replying!

Our Linux admin made a customize Linux cd and apparently removed a feature that Linux no longer auto mounts. Would you happen to know what the program is called for auto mounting devices.

Thanks.

ursusca · 11-18-2009, 03:07 PM

Hi,

Check this packages for your gnome desktop environment:

rpm -qa --queryformat "%{NAME}-%{VERSION}-%{RELEASE} (%{ARCH})\n" | grep
nautilus \
control-center \
yelp \
gnome-terminal \
gnome-panel \
gnome-applets \
gnome-session \
metacity \
gnome-user-docs \
vino \
gnome-themes \
gedit \
gnome-power-manager \
evince \
gnome-system-monitor \
gtkhtml3 \
alacarte \
gnome-backgrounds \
at-spi \
gnome-volume-manager \
gok \
gnome-audio \
dvd+rw-tools \
nautilus-cd-burner \
esc \
gnome-user-share \
gtk2-engines \
NetworkManager-gnome \
gimp-print-utils \
desktop-printing \
im-chooser \
gnome-netstatus \
sabayon-apply \
nautilus-open-terminal \
file-roller \
gnome-mag \
gnome-utils \
nautilus-sendto \
eog \
gnome-screensaver \
hal-gnome \
gnome-media \
gnome-vfs2-smb \
gnome-pilot \
orca \

ursusca · 11-18-2009, 03:08 PM

also check the hald daemon

Code:

# chkconfig --list | grep hald
haldaemon       0:off   1:off   2:off   3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off
# service haldaemon status
hald (pid 3423) is running...

You can find a gnome-volume-manager package for rhel here.
Once you’ve got it running, you can run gnome-volume-properties to configure what it should do when it detects and mounts a volume. It can run programs, open a file browser, and so forth.