Description of problem: hal-0.4.0-2 no longer creates mountpoints or fstab entries for my floppy nor any of my usb-storage devices. The udev does create the device listings by hal doesn't seem to be updating the /media or /etc/fstab Hal does see my ide cdrw drive. /dev/hdb /media/cdrecorder iso9660,udf exec,pamconsole,noauto,fscontext=system_u:object_r:removable_t,ro,managed 0 0 floppy module is loaded and /dev/fd0 exists but no floppy fstab entry or mount point. Attached is a log from hald --verbose=yes --daemon=no showing what happens when i attach a usb-storage device. /dev/sda1 is created but no mountpoint or fstab entry. -jef"so is the hal cha-cha one step forward two step backs..or two steps forward and one step back...i shouldn't have quit that ballroom dance class"spaleta
Created attachment 105315 [details] hald --verbose=yes output for usb-storage device insertion
This is caused by running the 2.6.8-1.624 kernel. Downgrading to an earlier kernel, say .610, will make it work again. Alternatively, an upgrade hal-0.4.0-3 package will appear in Rawhide tomorrow. Cheers, David
Installed hal-0.4.0-3 this morning using 2.6.8-1.624 kernel, and the problem persists hal isnt creating a floppy drive entry for me. I restarted the daemon to make sure. i even rmmod floppy modprobe floppy. Maybe something else is wrong as well.... -jef
That's odd - few questions 1. Does hal-0.4.0-3 create the floppy drive on an earlier kernel? 2. Does hal.0.4.0-3 work with USB devices on the .624 kernel? Thanks, David
I'll get back and test older kernels as soon as im physically at that box again.... -jef
Okay i got a chance to get back to the box.... kernel: 2.6.8-1.610smp hal: 0.4.0-3 udev: 038-2 I have a floppy device /dev/fd0 I have no floppy mountpoint nor fstab entry. Problem is I have no idea which version of hal stopped handling the fd0 entry. I plugin the usb-storage keydrive and i get an sda1 device and i get a mountpoint and fstab entry. Hey and i can write too it as console user, so thats a nice silver lining. the wife took the digital camera so i cant test the flash card reader or the camera itself. I'll boot back into -624smp and confirm im still seeing the usb-storage problem. -jef
back into -624smp my usb-storage device DOES work!!!!!!!! still no floppy fstab entry or mountpoint. -jef
This issue has been happening to me as well, using the 624 x86_64 kernel (I'm using an AMD Athlon 64 3500+ processor and an MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum motherboard.) With hal-0.4.0-2 and the 624 kernel, my floppy device would disappear from /etc/fstab and there would be no mount point in /media for it. This was also true of the 603 and 610 kernels (again in the x86_64 arch.) Updating to hal 0.4.0-3 had the same result with the 624 kernel. Then I hand-coded an entry for /dev/fd0 in fstab, but removed the 'managed' option from the list of options: auto noauto,user,exec 0 0 instead of auto noauto,user,exec,managed 0 0 And this seemed to work great when I booted into the 610 kernel -- my fstab entry for /dev/fd0 is preserved. I rebooted into the 624 kernel and again my fstab entry for fd0 is preserved. Bob
I am running right now kernel 2.6.8-1.610 on x86_64 and hal-0.4.0-3. Also selinux is turned off. Entries for floppies are _not_ created. I can observe that a floppy drive is accessed twice between runlevel 1 and login prompt on runlevel 3 (it lights up) but it does not have any further consequences. Does not matter if a readable floppy is present in a drive or not. CD-RW and a USB floppy (I do not have any USB memory stick right now) are handled in an expected manner.
Running the 610 kernel and hal-0.4.0-3 on FC3-T2, the /media/floppy directory is created and so is the /etc/fstab entry. Inserting a floppy in the drive (external USB floppy on IBM Thinkpad T23 2647-5NU) does not cause the floppy icon to appear on the desktop; that happens only after I open "Computer" and double-click "External Floppy". However, when I right-click on the Floppy icon either on the desktop or in the "Computer" window, the "Format" option does not appear. I am able to use dd to put install images for FC1 onto the floppy disk and I am able to browse the files on the floppy. Just no "Format" command.
Same issue with floppy and my Zip (/dev/hdb4) - no fstab entries. Reverted to 2.6.8-1.607 (610 doesn't work for me - kernel panic) problem persists. Problem started appearing with develop't updates of around Oct. 13 AMD Athlon 2100.
OK, I think this bug concerns the code I've added from comment 11 in bug 133777 to detect whether a floppy drive really is present - I'll debug this tomorrow when I get into the office because I need a machine with a real floppy drive instead of just a controller. I did test it on a Dell desktop PC before putting it in Rawhide but perhaps the checks are a bit too restrictive. Thanks, David
Closing this as a duplicate of bug 133777 - discussion continues in that bug. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 133777 ***
Changed to 'CLOSED' state since 'RESOLVED' has been deprecated.