The hard disk reported by hal-device-manager is: block.storage_device: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_serial_WD_WMAM9M151771
And volume.label srtlist says: }*/ } I took a look at cfdisk and this partition does not have any Label. My fstab is something like this: # /etc/fstab: static file system information. # # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass> proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/hda3 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1 /dev/hda5 none swap sw 0 0 /dev/hdc /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0 /dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto 0 0 /dev/hda1 /media/CE ntfs auto,ro,exec,users,dmask=000,fmask=111,nls=utf8 0 0 /dev/hda2 /media/OME vfat auto,rw,exec,users,dmask=000,fmask=111 0 0 And finaly, the /dev/hda2 partition (Vfat) was formated using mkfs.vfat -- Corrupted name in Partition listings.. https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/36943 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs