Not a bug. It’s permissions.
Why not post result of
cat /etc/fstab
my fstab is:
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:~>
As su -
get me
fdisk -l
Try tell me what is what and if possible confirm is the part3 line in fstab is sda3. Was this fstab from the kde install? Because obviously sda1 is not listed there.
Create a directory to mount it to from su - terminal do:
mkdir /My_Gnome
then add an entry in fstab like this:
/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
/dev/sda1 /My_Gnome ext4 defaults 1 2
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
I’m having this exact same error in 11.2 after running a zypper dup. I have many internal disks/partitions, and I now cannot mount any of them Via dolphin and instead get the error posted earlier in this thread. Prior to this latest update, I could simply click on the disk in dolphin and it would prompt for a password to mount.
Here is my fstab:
/dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST3500320AS_5QM2DKK3-part5 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/disk/by-id/ata-Maxtor_6L300S0_L62CV33G-part5 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/disk/by-id/ata-Maxtor_6L300S0_L62CV33G-part6 / ext4 acl,user_xattr 1 1
/dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST31000333AS_6TE0319G-part1 /home ext3 defaults 1 2
/dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST3500320AS_5QM2DKK3-part1 /windows/C ntfs-3g users,gid=users,fmask=133,dmask=022,locale=en_US.UTF-8 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
And here is my output of fdisk -l:
Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x33a133a0
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 2040 16386268+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 2041 60801 471997702 f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda5 2041 2431 3140676 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda6 2432 60801 468856993+ 83 Linux
Disk /dev/sdb: 300.1 GB, 300090728448 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 36483 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x9f00ea80
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 2551 36483 272566822+ 83 Linux
/dev/sdb2 * 1 2550 20482813 f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sdb5 1 395 3172774+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sdb6 396 2550 17310006 83 Linux
Partition table entries are not in disk order
Disk /dev/sdc: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000eb114
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdc1 2 121601 976752000 83 Linux
Disk /dev/sdd: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0007a655
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdd1 2 121601 976752000 83 Linux
The error is exactly what is mentioned in the bug report listed previously in this thread. Any help/suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
For example if you edit your fstab to this
/dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST3500320AS_5QM2DKK3-part5 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/disk/by-id/ata-Maxtor_6L300S0_L62CV33G-part5 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/disk/by-id/ata-Maxtor_6L300S0_L62CV33G-part6 / ext4 acl,user_xattr 1 1
/dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST31000333AS_6TE0319G-part1 /home ext3 defaults 1 2
/dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST3500320AS_5QM2DKK3-part1 /windows/C 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
Does that change anything with access to windows C?
Reboot required
FSTAB - Editing Manually
Thank you, but perhaps I did not explain my problem very well. I have no issues mounting windows/C (it is already mounted at boot via fstab), and can in fact mount any partition using the mount command (as su) from a terminal. The problem occurs only in Dolphin when trying to access the partitions that show up on the left side. I believe this is the same problem that A_Tweaker is having (not able to mount via dolphin, “regular” mounting works fine). On my system, the ones that show up in the Dolphin sidebar are sda6, sdb1, and sdd1. All the other partitions are either extended or already mounted via fstab. The error that occurs in Dolphin (showing up on the bottom of the window) is this:
An error occurred while accessing ‘Backup’, the system responded: org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.PermissionDeniedByPolicy:
org.freedesktop.hal.storage.mount-fixed auth_admin_keep_always <–(action, result)
(Please note that ‘Backup’ is the name of sdd1, and was used as an example to generate this error.)
Thanks again.
-Ryan
Create mount points for the partitions in your root tree
Eg:
mkdir /STORE
then create an entry for it on fstab
Ryan indeed has the same problem now in 11.2 as I have in 11.3. Mounting is no problem as long as I do it as super user. When I click on a different partition within Dolphin places, I must be asked for a password and only than this partition should be mounted. I do not want to have any other partition mounted from the start.
It should not be needed to create entries in fstab as it was not needed in the past and not needed in other linux distributions.
I would like to upgrade the computer of several family members to 11.3, though than this needs to work as it should.
This evening I will try to change the policy in:
/usr/share/PolicyKit/policy/org.freedesktop.hal.storage.policy
for fixed-storage
allow_active → yes
as described in the bug for 11.2 M5. I hope partition is not mounted from the start and only when I click on the partition within Dolphin places. I understand I will not be asked anymore for password. Not really desired, but better than having partition mounted from a new start.
Thank you caf4926. Won’t this solution mount the internal partitions at boot? I (and A_Tweaker) want the partitions to remain unmounted until I decide to mount them. Dolphin was able to do this “on-the-fly” until recently.
Just tell me what you want.
It’s getting confusing…
Did you do the edit I gave you earlier?
Personally I prefer an assigned mount point and entry in fstab, rather than some random entry designation from the system.
All we want is for Dolphin to be able to mount our internal partitions on the fly. This functionality disappeared with a somewhat-recent update.
Upon reviewing this thread, I believe we are off-topic from the original thread question, as the dolphin-mounting issue is unrelated to external drives or ntfs file system. To avoid further confusion I will start a new thread specifically related to the Dolphin issue.
Thank you for all your help caf4926, and sorry for the confusion.
No worries