Bug 699538

Summary: Mounted media shows all file names in upper case, mount in lowercase
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: markm <marek78uk>
Component: util-linux-ngAssignee: Orphan Owner <extras-orphan>
Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: 17CC: dmitry, extras-orphan, gansalmon, itamar, jnovy, jonathan, kernel-maint, kzak, madhu.chinakonda, rhbugs
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Description markm 2011-04-25 21:29:28 UTC 
Description of problem:

since Fedora 13 mounted cameras show all file names in UPPER CASE rather than in lower case. it's very annoying, after every download I need to rename all downloaded files.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

$ rpm -qa | grep gphoto2
libgphoto2-devel-2.4.10-2.fc14.i686
libgphoto2-2.4.10-2.fc14.i686
gvfs-gphoto2-1.6.6-1.fc14.i686

How reproducible:

always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. take some photos using camera
2. attach your camera to the computer
3. browse images
  
Actual results:

all folder names / file names are in upper case

Expected results:

all folder names / file names in lower case

Additional info:

I think that may be related to the way Fedora handles FAT/FAT32 file systems.
Comment 1 markm 2011-04-25 21:49:56 UTC 
changing product from gphoto2 to libgphoto2
Comment 2 Dmitry Butskoy 2012-03-26 12:48:57 UTC 
It is not gphoto2 related.

If you just mount from cmdline (mount /dev/sdXX /mnt), then all the names uppear as upper case.

Looks like "utili-linux-ng" or "kernel" related issue.
Comment 3 Dmitry Butskoy 2012-03-26 13:09:30 UTC 
> since Fedora 13
Well, actually at least since Fedora 12. 

The last version without this issue for me was Fedora 10 .


The problem is since F12 (or F11?) the kernel defaults for vfat was chagned from "shortname=lower" to "shortname=mixed". But it is not mentioned in manuals (at least for Fedora 14).

Please, mention it in the mount(8) manual.
Comment 4 markm 2012-04-30 23:37:45 UTC 
(In reply to comment #3)
> > since Fedora 13
> Well, actually at least since Fedora 12. 
> 
> The last version without this issue for me was Fedora 10 .
> 
> 
> The problem is since F12 (or F11?) the kernel defaults for vfat was chagned
> from "shortname=lower" to "shortname=mixed". But it is not mentioned in manuals
> (at least for Fedora 14).
> 
> Please, mention it in the mount(8) manual.

ok, maybe you know - is there a way to change this setting permanently without having to recompile the kernel? that would be nice :)
Comment 5 Dmitry Butskoy 2012-05-02 15:18:57 UTC 
Try to specify "shortname=lower" in /etc/fstab
Comment 6 markm 2012-05-04 12:09:51 UTC 
(In reply to comment #5)
> Try to specify "shortname=lower" in /etc/fstab

how can I specify it for all vfat devices I am going to attach to my laptop?
Comment 7 Dmitry Butskoy 2012-05-04 12:25:39 UTC 
Well, maybe

/dev/sdb1  /fat   vfat    noauto,owner,shortname=lower   0 0

assuming all attached devices appear as /dev/sdb .

Then "mount /fat" will check /etc/fstab (due to this is not complete mount(8) form), and the option should take effect.

When mount something different, either use another dir for mount, or just full mount way: "mount  dev  dir"
Comment 8 Karel Zak 2012-10-29 15:31:33 UTC 
(In reply to comment #3)
> Please, mention it in the mount(8) manual.

Already fixed, since Fedora 15.