Thread: Can't mount USB stick automatically

I've looked all over the forum to solve the same issue. None of my USB drives will mount, all with the same 'cant obtain lock on /media/.hal....' error I've tried most of the fixes suggested (deleting directories, autofs, panels.xml) etc.. with no joy so reading your post (kevin) and answering your questions... the output of DMESG is below Adding 1052248k swap on /dev/sda2. Priority:-1 extents:1 across:1052248k usb 1-3: new...

knareweb wrote: I've looked all over the forum to solve the same issue. None of my USB drives will mount, all with the same 'cant obtain lock on /media/.hal....' error What is the output of: Code: Select all ls -la /media ?

Well, I just enable xfce-setting-show , mmm then i was looking my system, ... i realized that the permissions of /home/user have changed to 'root', i had to change to 'user' again, actually i didn't know why this happened ... anyway I have watch /etc/dbus-1/system.d/hal.conf, it seems be OK, but i cant't found exactly what happened,, maybe something related to permissions ... I hope your help patiently, THNX

knareweb wrote: thanks, I downloaded and copied over the policykit conf file - still no joy. looks like somehing I have done when "playing" with Linpus (I'm a simple windows guy ). Guess I'll rebuild from fresh and try again - especially if t only takes 20 minutes thanks for all your help Might be the best option. Just bear in mind that if your One is SSD based you'd better be careful the next time so you...

Ok thanks. So I've probably changed something further down the line, and denied myself access to my own usb. Do you think any of this could be related to the fact that my One nearly always thinks it is running on mains only. I have booted puppy linux from a usb and it reads battery ok. I have also tried a command line readin and it is ok. Cheers Carrotts

rodocisco wrote: I need to know the original permissions on Linpus folders like /home, /mount /media and related to them, i think that I could changed persmissions for mistake, .... Thnx for your time,wait for your help .. cheerss!! /home, /mnt, and /media should all be owned by root, permissions 755. With all due respect, it's impossible the help you because you aren't describing the problem in enough detail, nor providing any...

/dev/sda2 is your swap partition. It certainly shouldn't be formatted FAT32! Cheers.

Lets get the basics out of the way... what have you changed? are you on a standard acer linpus build or are you customised. and if so... what packages have you updated or upgraded? There are several components/options that may affect auto-mounting, and the fix will depend on whats broken.