Just installed 11.3 on my computer, however when I connect an external NTFS harddisk I receive an error message. When I open dolphin to connect to an internal NTFS partition I receive the message:
org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.PermissionDeniedByPolicy: org. freedesktop.hal.storage.mount-fixed auth_admin_keep_always ←
Anyone having an idea how I can fix this?
Thank you very much in advance!
Please post result of this from a terminal
cat /etc/fstab
Is the external drive USB? Has it been used in windows?
eric@linux-7qtx:~> cat /etc/fstab
/dev/disk/by-id/ata-FUJITSU_MHW2160BH_PL_K10NT7A332T8-part3 / ext4 acl,user_xattr 1 1
/dev/disk/by-id/ata-FUJITSU_MHW2160BH_PL_K10NT7A332T8-part4 swap swap defaults 0 0
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
sysfs /sys sysfs noauto 0 0
debugfs /sys/kernel/debug debugfs noauto 0 0
usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs noauto 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts mode=0620,gid=5 0 0
eric@linux-7qtx:~>
hmm, why is there “noauto” just after new installation? What should be the right value?
Thx
Never mind that.
Now from a su - terminal get me
fdisk -l
Tell me from that, which partition you want to mount properly.
And please tell me about the external HD
linux-7qtx:/home/eric # fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x99ea1055
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 11750 94373842 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 18235 19255 8187904 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3 * 11750 17884 49278976 83 Linux
/dev/sda4 17884 18235 2818048 82 Linux swap / Solaris
Partition table entries are not in disk order
Note: sector size is 4096 (not 512)
Disk /dev/sdb: 120.0 GB, 120034123776 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1824 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 4096 = 65802240 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x4fda7cb6
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 1 1825 117218304 7 HPFS/NTFS
linux-7qtx:/home/eric #
I would like to mount sdb1: an usb external drive (Samsung mini 120G) as soon as I attach it to the computer.
Further I would like to be able to connect to my Windows partition sda1.
As su in a terminal do this
mkdir /windows
Edit fstab to this
/dev/disk/by-id/ata-FUJITSU_MHW2160BH_PL_K10NT7A332T8-part3 / ext4 acl,user_xattr 1 1
/dev/disk/by-id/ata-FUJITSU_MHW2160BH_PL_K10NT7A332T8-part4 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/sda1 /windows ntfs-3g defaults 0 0
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
sysfs /sys sysfs noauto 0 0
debugfs /sys/kernel/debug debugfs noauto 0 0
usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs noauto 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts mode=0620,gid=5 0 0
Reboot
The external drive should just plug and play, it’s not added in fstab.
Are you using KDE?
I am using KDE.
Looking at the change you propose I think it works for “sda1”.
I am still puzzled about the external usb drive with ntfs file system (btw formatted under windows vista). Both did work perfectly under 11.2
You think it works?
sdb should just show in Dolphin ‘Places’, just click to mount. Or enable automount in System Settings.
sda1 now is automatically is connected after a reboot.
With regards to the external USB disk I receive the following message when I click in Dolphin places to mount. Btw, click to mount was working for both internal hd partition as for the same external USB disk.
An error occurred while accessing ‘Samsung’, the system responded: org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Volume.UnknownFailure: $MFTMirr dows not match $MFT (record 0). Failed to mount ‘/dev/sdb1’: Input/output error NTFS is either inconsistent, or there is a hardware fault, or it’s a SoftRaid/FakeRaid hardware. In the first case run chkdsk /f on Windows then reboot into Windows twice. The usage of the /f parameter is very important! If the device is a SoftRAID/FakeRAID then first activate it and mount a different device under the /dev/mapper/ directory, (e.g. /dev/mapper/nvidia_eahaabcc1). Please see the ‘dmraid’ documentation for more details.
Just for completeness: USB is still working correctly under both OpenSUSE 11.2 as well as under Windows Vista.
What is changed in OpenSUSE 11.3, that click to mount in Dolphin is not working for both disk internal NTFS partition and neither for external NTFS USB drive?
But you said sda1 is OK - Are there other internal ntfs partitions you want access to?
Re: The error for the USB device sdb1. Did you do as suggested.?
Also, perhaps a little simpler is to open the disc in Windows and then make sure you safely remove it! Now try it again in SUSE.
But I’m not able to test my external any more as it’s ext4 now…
sda1 is now OK
sda2 is ntfs recovery partition, I can mount is easily via mount command under terminal session.
For sdb1 I did as you suggested, than I receive error message in Dolphin as I wrote above. I also booted into Windows Vista and closed connection propperly. After that same message in Dolphin. Via terminal session and mount command I get this:
$MFTMirr does not match $MFT (record 0).
Failed to mount ‘/dev/sdb1’: Input/output error
NTFS is either inconsistent, or there is a hardware fault, or it’s a
SoftRAID/FakeRAID hardware. In the first case run chkdsk /f on Windows
then reboot into Windows twice. The usage of the /f parameter is very
important! If the device is a SoftRAID/FakeRAID then first activate
it and mount a different device under the /dev/mapper/ directory, (e.g.
/dev/mapper/nvidia_eahaabcc1). Please see the ‘dmraid’ documentation
for more details.
External USB drive is still working properly under Windows and under OpenSUSE 11.2 and I can mount via Dolphin. Yesterday evening I tried under OpenSUSE 11.3 Gnome, there I received different message. Let me try this tomorow and I will let you know the text I receive.
OK.
That it works in 11.2 is making think bug. see what you get and consider a report to:
https://bugzilla.novell.com/index.cgi
Even though I could mount and use the external USB disk in OpenSUSE 11.2 as well as in Windows Vista, I did what Dolphin was suggesting: within windows a chkdsk /f
To my surprise couple of issues were found and fixed by chkdsk. After that I could mount to OpenSUSE 11.3 as well. So problem is now solved!
I would like to thank caf4926 for his/her patience and good advice. I am happy 
I’m a He. For sure 
No problem. You are welcome!
On my second computer I have same problem with openSUSE 11.3 KDE version. When I click in Dolphin on the second Linux partition than I receive the error message as mentioned in my first posting in this thread. Now I did further research with my friend google and I found this:
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=533246
While creating 11.2 they had the same problem. That time they were able to fix, what can I do so it get fixed in 11.3 as well?
On my second computer I have same problem with openSUSE 11.3 KDE version. When I click in Dolphin on the second Linux partition than I receive the error message as mentioned in my first posting in this thread. Now I did further research with my friend google and I found this:
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=533246
While creating 11.2 they had the same problem. That time they were able to fix, what can I do so it get fixed in 11.3 as well?
Please post result of
cat /etc/fstab
and as su -
fdisk -l
I am afraid there is nothing wrong with fstab or with the partitions. Please have a look to this link: Access Denied
For completeness here fstab and fdisk
fstab:
eric@linux-vbhk:~> cat /etc/fstab
/dev/disk/by-id/ata-FUJITSU_MHW2160BH_PL_K10NT7B35U3C-part3 / ext4 acl,user_xattr 1 1
/dev/disk/by-id/ata-FUJITSU_MHW2160BH_PL_K10NT7B35U3C-part2 swap swap defaults 0 0
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
sysfs /sys sysfs noauto 0 0
debugfs /sys/kernel/debug debugfs noauto 0 0
usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs noauto 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts mode=0620,gid=5 0 0
eric@linux-vbhk:~>
fdisk -l
fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0003f603
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 12158 97659103+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 12159 12766 4883760 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda3 * 12767 19458 53746688 83 Linux
linux-vbhk:/home/eric #
That bug report was for a pre-release version of 11.2 and is marked fixed.
You just implied you are having trouble with 11.3
In your output there is not ntfs partitions of other drives with ntfs partitions
Please clarify your problem
On my second laptop I have 2 linux partitions: openSUSE 11.3 Gnome on sda1 and openSUSE 11.3 KDE on sda3. When I am in openSUSE 11.3 KDE I see the gnome partition in Dolphin places. When I click on this partition I receive this error message:
An error occurred while accessing ‘SuSE_Gnome’, the system responded: org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.PermissionDeniedByPolicy: org.freedesktop.hal.storage.mount-fixed auth_admin_keep_always <– (action, result)
If I startup Dolphin in super user mode, partition is immediately connected. I expect when I click as user on this partition in Dolphin places I am asked for password and that this partition automagically is mounted.
This is exactly what is described in this bug report Access Denied for openSUSE 11.2 M5. I installed openSUSE 11.3 with the DVD full version. It seems the bug has returned…