On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 02:58:43PM +0000, AG wrote: > On 16/02/11 08:37, Chris wrote: > >Hi everyone, > > > >Since I do a normal update, I can't mount my flash drive from > >nautilus. It works before. > >The error message is: > > > >Unable to mount [device] > >Not Authorized > > > >But if I manually mount using "sudo mount ...", it works fine. > > > >I found this post, > >http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2011/02/msg01022.html, but I can't > >go back to the previous version of consolekit because of dependencies. > >And I still don't understand the problem. > >I'm using debian testing. > >Could anyone provide any advice? Thanks. > > > > > I had a similar problem with my Seagate 500GB external flash drive > after a fresh installation to testing/ wheezy. The trick seemed to > be to create a specific directory in /media/ for it to be mounted > to: > > sudo mkdir /media/flash-drive > > Then edit your fstab file so that the device is specifically mounted > to that directory/ mount point. > > I also changed the settings for that entry to be "auto" rather than > "noauto". > > Finally, make sure that you have entered yourself as user into the > relevant groups - such as udev and hal and that you have permissions > to mount removable drives. > > I'm sorry that I don't have a clear recipe for this, but am > retracing my own steps to resolve the issue and it did work - I now > have the flash drive mounted by the time I logon. > > I hope that this helps you out. > > AG > > >
Thank you. But I don't want my flash drive mounted when I logon because that won't work when I have to mount a new flash drive. I just want to recover the function which worked before. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110221152535.GE2921@debian
