Bug 373061 - HAL does not automount an external USB Harddrive (NTFS) with ntfs-3g
Summary: HAL does not automount an external USB Harddrive (NTFS) with ntfs-3g
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Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 378041
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: hal
Version: 8
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
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Assignee: David Zeuthen
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2007-11-09 16:07 UTC by Fabio Comolli
Modified: 2013-03-06 03:53 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2007-11-27 16:33:21 UTC
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HAL policy to let ntfs-3g automount external harddisk again. (528 bytes, application/octet-stream)
2007-11-09 16:07 UTC, Fabio Comolli
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Description Fabio Comolli 2007-11-09 16:07:56 UTC
Description of problem: HAL does not automount an external USB Harddrive (NTFS)
with ntfs-3g

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): hal-0.5.10-1.fc8

How reproducible: always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. plug the USB HD

Actual results: The konqueror dialog opens up with a message: "TODO: have to
rethink extra options"

Expected results: The konqueror windows with files and folders...

Additional info: it seems to be a known bug. For example see:

http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=296849
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=39445

The proposed workaround, to create a file called 

/usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/10osvendor/10-ntfs-policy.fdi

works. After restarting HAL the old (F7) behaviour is back.

Comment 1 Fabio Comolli 2007-11-09 16:07:56 UTC
Created attachment 252961 [details]
HAL policy to let ntfs-3g automount external harddisk again.

Comment 2 Kevin Kofler 2007-11-27 16:33:21 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 378041 ***


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