On 02/06/2017 11:49 AM, Mick wrote:
> On Monday 06 Feb 2017 07:33:07 Daniel Frey wrote:
>> On 02/05/2017 10:56 PM, Mick wrote:
>>> Ha!  I just upgraded to 4.9.6-r1 gentoo kernel sources and I can no
>>> longer mount USB sticks!  I can still mount them using pmount on the
>>> CLI, but the desktop click-to-mount function does not work in Plasma,
>>> KDE applications or enlightenment.
>>
>> I am using gentoo-sources-4.9.6-r1 on my Surface, and I just plugged in
>> a USB stick and Dolphin mounted it with no issues.
>>
>> Dan
> 
> OK, I had a closer look.  Kernel 4.9.6-r1 is not the problem on at least two 
> boxen I just checked - I also tried a Macbook which keeps crashing at boot 
> time with this kernel, but that's for another post.
> 
> The USB problem is related to the latest updates I ran, which also coincided 
> with the kernel upgrade and this put me off the scent.  I booted into 4.4.39 
> and the problem was still there on two different PCs.
> 
> I also booted into two different desktop managers, Plasma and Enlightenment.  
> The problem remained with both of them, whether I used KDE apps to mount the 
> USB stick or not.
> 
> As I mentioned, when I use pmount on the CLI I can mount the device.  
> However, 
> when I used udisksctl, I got this:
> 
> $ udisksctl mount -b /dev/sdb
> ==== AUTHENTICATING FOR org.freedesktop.udisks2.filesystem-mount ===
> Authentication is required to mount Crucial Gizmo! overdrive (/dev/sdb)
> Authenticating as: root
> Password: 
> 
> What?!  This comes up with plain users, and users in the wheel group.  This 
> makes me think the problem may be polkit related.  These are the packages I 
> emerged last weekend:
> 
> # genlop --list --date last Saturday
>  * packages merged:
> 
>      Sat Feb  4 08:25:45 2017 >>> sys-libs/efivar-30
>      Sat Feb  4 08:28:27 2017 >>> sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-4.9.6-r1
>      Sat Feb  4 08:29:25 2017 >>> sys-apps/portage-2.3.3
>      Sat Feb  4 08:30:23 2017 >>> net-misc/youtube-dl-2017.02.01
>      Sat Feb  4 08:30:46 2017 >>> x11-misc/util-macros-1.19.1
>      Sat Feb  4 08:31:27 2017 >>> kde-plasma/plasma-workspace-wallpapers-5.8.5
>      Sat Feb  4 08:32:00 2017 >>> kde-plasma/kwallet-pam-5.8.5
>      Sat Feb  4 08:32:20 2017 >>> sys-boot/efibootmgr-14
>      Sat Feb  4 08:33:10 2017 >>> net-analyzer/tcpdump-4.9.0
>      Sat Feb  4 08:33:52 2017 >>> kde-plasma/kdecoration-5.8.5
>      Sat Feb  4 08:34:39 2017 >>> net-misc/tigervnc-1.7.1
>      Sat Feb  4 08:36:00 2017 >>> kde-plasma/libkscreen-5.8.5
>      Sat Feb  4 08:36:34 2017 >>> kde-plasma/kwayland-integration-5.8.5
>      Sat Feb  4 08:37:51 2017 >>> x11-misc/sddm-0.14.0-r2
>      Sat Feb  4 08:38:27 2017 >>> kde-plasma/polkit-kde-agent-5.8.5
>      Sat Feb  4 14:39:34 2017 >>> www-client/chromium-56.0.2924.76-r1
>      Sat Feb  4 15:22:06 2017 >>> www-client/firefox-45.7.0
>      Sat Feb  4 15:22:44 2017 >>> kde-plasma/kwrited-5.8.5
>      Sat Feb  4 15:23:13 2017 >>> kde-plasma/ksshaskpass-5.8.5
>      Sat Feb  4 15:24:29 2017 >>> kde-plasma/kactivitymanagerd-5.8.5
>      Sat Feb  4 15:25:20 2017 >>> kde-plasma/systemsettings-5.8.5
>      Sat Feb  4 15:26:32 2017 >>> kde-plasma/kde-cli-tools-5.8.5
>      Sat Feb  4 15:27:34 2017 >>> kde-plasma/libksysguard-5.8.5
>      Sat Feb  4 15:28:34 2017 >>> kde-plasma/plasma-pa-5.8.5
>      Sat Feb  4 15:29:20 2017 >>> kde-plasma/user-manager-5.8.5
>      Sat Feb  4 15:29:56 2017 >>> kde-plasma/kgamma-5.8.5
>      Sat Feb  4 15:31:01 2017 >>> kde-plasma/kscreenlocker-5.8.5
>      Sat Feb  4 15:31:41 2017 >>> kde-plasma/milou-5.8.5
>      Sat Feb  4 15:32:43 2017 >>> kde-plasma/ksysguard-5.8.5
>      Sat Feb  4 15:33:27 2017 >>> kde-plasma/sddm-kcm-5.8.5
>      Sat Feb  4 15:34:55 2017 >>> kde-plasma/kinfocenter-5.8.5
>      Sat Feb  4 15:36:32 2017 >>> kde-plasma/bluedevil-5.8.5
>      Sat Feb  4 15:37:40 2017 >>> kde-plasma/kscreen-5.8.5
>      Sat Feb  4 15:40:12 2017 >>> kde-plasma/breeze-5.8.5
>      Sat Feb  4 15:43:48 2017 >>> kde-plasma/oxygen-5.8.5
>      Sat Feb  4 15:52:22 2017 >>> kde-plasma/kwin-5.8.5
>      Sat Feb  4 15:53:04 2017 >>> kde-plasma/plasma-integration-5.8.5-r1
>      Sat Feb  4 16:01:35 2017 >>> kde-plasma/plasma-workspace-5.8.5
>      Sat Feb  4 16:03:16 2017 >>> kde-plasma/khotkeys-5.8.5
>      Sat Feb  4 16:14:04 2017 >>> kde-plasma/plasma-desktop-5.8.5-r1
>      Sat Feb  4 16:16:23 2017 >>> kde-plasma/kdeplasma-addons-5.8.5
>      Sat Feb  4 16:18:23 2017 >>> kde-plasma/powerdevil-5.8.5
>      Sat Feb  4 16:19:08 2017 >>> kde-plasma/kmenuedit-5.8.5
>      Sat Feb  4 16:19:26 2017 >>> kde-plasma/plasma-meta-5.8.5
>      Sun Feb  5 09:52:45 2017 >>> sys-apps/sandbox-2.10-r3
>      Sun Feb  5 09:53:13 2017 >>> dev-perl/Net-SSLeay-1.800.0
>      Sun Feb  5 09:54:08 2017 >>> sys-fs/ntfs3g-2016.2.22-r2
>      Sun Feb  5 09:54:35 2017 >>> sys-apps/ifplugd-0.28-r10
>      Sun Feb  5 09:55:47 2017 >>> net-wireless/bluez-5.43-r1
> 
> 
> What do you think?
> 

Stupid question: does an entry exist for /dev/sdb in /etc/fstab?

Dan

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