[udisks] Can't automount disks

littlebigman · 03-05-2013, 03:14 AM

Hello

I'm having a problem with the Slax distribution that no one seems to figure out. I posted here since it's apparently linked to udisks, so might not be specific to that distribution.

To avoid requiring non-technical users to learn about fdisk and mount,I'd like all NTFS (and Linux) partitions to be automounted, both internal and external drives.

KDE seems unable to automount partitions because of this:

Code:

#solid-hardware list

QStringList
Solid::Backends::UDisks::UDisksManager::allDevicesInternal() error:
"org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown"
virtual QStringList
Solid::Backends::UPower::UPowerManager::allDevices() error:
"org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown"

I was told...

Quote:

to ensure that UDisks is installed and being started either before KDE startup (for manual starting of UDisks) or during KDE startup (if using D-Bus automatic startup for UDisks).

... but have no idea what to do.

FWIW, I can mount the partitions manually through fdisk + mount.

If you've seen this before and know how to solve it, any hint appreciated.

Thanks for any help.

littlebigman · 03-05-2013, 07:24 AM

FWIW, "ps aux" shows the following entries that look familiar:

Code:

/usr/bin/dbus-daemon --system
dbus-launch --sh-syntax --exit-with-session
/usr/bin/dbus-daemon --fork --print-pid 8 --

But no trace of udisks-daemon mentioned elsewhere. Is it just another name for dbus-daemon?

Thank you.

littlebigman · 03-11-2013, 08:12 AM

I can solve the problem but launching those two processes manually after Slax is up and running:

Code:

# /usr/libexec/polkitd &
# /usr/libexec/udisks-daemon &

However, I'd like Linux/KDE to automount all the partitions, both fixed and removable (in case the user plugs a USB device later).

I'm confused about the words I read:

HAL
udev
udisks (releases 1 and 2)
dbus
ConsoleKit. Replaced with systemd (systemd-logind)?
PolicyKit = ConsoleKit for X?

Can an expert offer some light so I understand what all those do?

Thank you.