Description of problem: ntfs-3g prefers an updated version of FUSE. It gives this warning when mounting: WARNING: Old FUSE kernel module detected. This means, some driver features are not available (swap file on NTFS, boot from NTFS by LILO), and unmount is not safe unless you make sure the ntfs-3g process naturally terminates after calling 'umount'. The safe FUSE kernel driver is included in the official Linux kernels since version 2.6.20-rc1, or in the FUSE 2.6 software package. Please see the next page for more help: http://www.ntfs-3g.org/support.html#fuse26 Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): fuse-2.6.1-1 How reproducible: Every time Steps to Reproduce: 1. Mount a disk with ntfs-3g driver 2. See above warning Additional info: The latest version of FUSE (2.6.3) contains the necessary fixes so ntfs-3g will work correctly/safely. An updated version of ntfs-3g (0.20070207-RC1) was released upstream today and has the same requirement. [root@detritus ~]# rpm -q ntfs-3g ntfs-3g-0-0.9.20070118.fc6.x86_64 [root@detritus ~]# uname -a Linux detritus.local 2.6.19-1.2895.fc6 #1 SMP Wed Jan 10 18:50:56 EST 2007 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
This bug could be assigned to Dave Jones (a guy who responsible for the kernel stuff AFAIK) too. I can only update userland-part not the kernel module itself.
In any case thanks for mentioning - I'll update fuse from 2.6.1. to 2.6.3 asap.
OK, I've updated FUSE to 2.6.3 (thanks Peter) but I still get this message. Hope I've got the right Dave Jones to assign this to...
I also have the same trouble even after updating both FUSE modules as well as Kernel.
There is a latest stable released (dated: 3-28-07) version (1.328) for ntfs-3g. http://ntfs-3g.org/releases.html I downloaded and compiled the sources from that site, and did a little stress test. So far so good. Can the maintainer update to this version (1.328)?
At some point (I didn't notice when!) fuse has been updated and this warning has gone away. Closing. [root@detritus ~]# rpm -q fuse ntfs-3g fuse-2.7.0-3.fc6.x86_64 ntfs-3g-1.826-1.fc6.x86_64 [root@detritus ~]# uname -a Linux detritus.local 2.6.22.2-42.fc6 #1 SMP Wed Aug 15 11:52:47 EDT 2007 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux BTW there's an updated release of ntfs-3g with significant performance improvements - see bug 294481.