Bug 230958

Summary:	USB memory stick won't mount: Error org.freedesktop.Hal.PermissionDenied.
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	david.hagood
Component:	gnome-volume-manager	Assignee:	David Zeuthen <davidz>
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Description david.hagood 2007-03-05 03:01:19 UTC

Description of problem:
Inserting a memory stick into a USB memory stick reader no longer causes the
memory stick to be auto-mounted - instead an error is generated.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
hal-0.5.9-0.git20070218.fc7
gnome-volume-manager-2.17.0-4.fc7


How reproducible:
Every time

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Start X+Gnome
2. Insert memory stick into USB reader.

  
Actual results:
An error dialog is displayed:
Cannot mount volume.
Error org.freedesktop.Hal.PermissionDenied.
Details
  Permission denied: Not in active session

Expected results:
Memory stick should be mounted under /media.
Nautilus should open a window showing the stick's contents.


Additional info:

Comment 1 David Zeuthen 2007-03-05 03:20:11 UTC

Are you logging in via gdm?

Comment 2 david.hagood 2007-03-05 03:26:15 UTC

No, via runlevel 3 + text login + startx.

Comment 3 David Zeuthen 2007-03-05 03:46:18 UTC

This will be fixed shortly (xinit needs to poke ConsoleKit). Until then you need
to login via gdm if you expect this to work.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 228110 ***