Bugzilla – Bug 133980
My smart-media card is not mounted
Last modified: 2007-06-04 16:42:36 UTC
I can't access my smart-media card, because if I go to "my computer" in konqueror, it is marked as not mounted. And if I format the card then it is mounted, but I can't create a new folder in konqueror. I can only insert files of my clipboard. I added this line to fstab: /dev/sda1 /media/usbdisk vfat user,noauto 0 0 Now the card is sometimes mounted but I can't create a folder. But I can create a link to the device and then it works well. But it isn't mounted always. I haven't recognised any regularity, when it is mounted and when not. But if I deactivate my floopy drive in bios then I have no problems.
Could you _attach_ the output of 'lshal' with inserted smart-card?
Created attachment 57784 [details] Output of lshal
please remove the line from you fstab. The entries in fstab are ignored for hotplugable media, we mount them automatically. please do this: * change line in /etc/init.d/haldaemon: from: HALDAEMON_PARA="--daemon=yes --retain-privileges"; to: HALDAEMON_PARA="--daemon=yes --retain-privileges --verbose=yes"; * remove the smartcard * restart hal: 'rchal restart' * insert the smartcard (and if needed the USB-reader) * wait 20 seconds and add the part of /var/log/messages since hal restart.
Created attachment 57942 [details] /var/log/messages
If I insert a cd-rw and want to open it in "my computer" I get this message: mount: Konnte /dev/hdb nicht in /etc/fstab oder /etc/mtab finden (mount: can't find /dev/hdb in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab) But this only since I installed the new version of hal. Before I hadn't any problems. But I need this version, because otherwise I can't open dvds. I doesn't know whether it has to do with my card or hasn't. But this problem is always and my smart-media card is sometimes mounted sometimes not.
(In reply to comment #5) > If I insert a cd-rw and want to open it in "my computer" I get this message: > mount: Konnte /dev/hdb nicht in /etc/fstab oder /etc/mtab finden > (mount: can't find /dev/hdb in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab) > I doesn't know whether it has to do with my card or hasn't. I can solve this > problem if I activate the KDED Medienverwaltung in the control center to start > during start of the computer. But then he doesn't show me the smart-media card > or other cards I insert in my card reader in in "my computer". And if I open > the gnome file-browser I haven't this problem. There I can see all cards and I > can create folders and insert files, etc. >
Please start udevmonitor and add the smartcard to the already (before start udevmonitor) connected reader and paste the output to the bug.
Created attachment 78112 [details] output of udevmonitor
In this case the media was mounted as /dev/sdd1. Or wasn't it? For me the events tell me the hal mount was successfull, looks like automatically mounted with subfs. Could you call cat /proc/mounts ? Is there a mount for /dev/sdd1 ? If it wasn't mounted, please attach whole output of lshal with the smartcard inserted.
If I insert my card after Linux is booted it is always mounted the right way. But if the card is inside the card reader while Linux is booting it is booted as sda1 and only root can access the card.
Created attachment 78164 [details] output of cat /proc/mounts if the card is inserted while booting
Created attachment 78167 [details] output of cat /proc/mounts if the card is inserted after booting
(In reply to comment #10) > If I insert my card after Linux is booted it is always mounted the right way. > But if the card is inside the card reader while Linux is booting it is booted > as sda1 and only root can access the card. There is no difference between the both cases in the way we mount. Only to clarify: you can only access the media as root, if the card was in the reader while boot? Can you access the media on console? If the media was in the drive while boot are there all the time two mounts for the device in mounts (one subfs and one vfat)?
Yes there are all the time two mounts for the device and I can only access the media as root. With console it's the same. I only can see what is on the card but I have no authority to create anything.
I don't know what's going wrong here. Could you call 'lsof | grep MOUNTPOINT'? Replace MOUNTPOINT with the related mount or with 'media'. Looks as if a root process access maybe the device and submountd can't umount and remount for you.
Created attachment 79589 [details] output of lsof | grep media
In SuSE 10.1 the bug is fixed Thanks for your help
Okay, if this work now for you with 10.1, I close this as WONTFIX for 10.0
Closed.