Public bug reported: Binary package hint: hal
On Hardy updated from 7.10 (updated from 7.04, itself updated from 6.10...). When a first user logs in, they can automatically mount and unmount their USB keys. Everything is fine with them. When a second user logs in, they could use USB keys with 7.10 without any problem. They could not see the content of a key mounted by the other user, which was good. But they could mount and unmount their own keys. This mechanism completely broke during the upgrade to 8.04, whereby the second user cannot do anything related to (their) USB keys. They cannot mount them, they cannot unmount them. Here is what I see on my syslog when the first user mounts a USB key: May 4 19:43:03 pthome kernel: [ 295.291552] sd 6:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0 May 4 19:43:03 pthome NetworkManager: <debug> [1209922983.616470] nm_hal_device_added(): New device added (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_1307_163_0801123294221f_if0_scsi_host'). May 4 19:43:03 pthome NetworkManager: <debug> [1209922983.631502] nm_hal_device_added(): New device added (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_1307_163_0801123294221f_if0_scsi_host_scsi_device_lun0'). May 4 19:43:03 pthome NetworkManager: <debug> [1209922983.714986] nm_hal_device_added(): New device added (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_1307_163_0801123294221f_if0_scsi_host_scsi_device_lun0_scsi_generic'). May 4 19:43:04 pthome NetworkManager: <debug> [1209922984.228904] nm_hal_device_added(): New device added (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_serial_Ut163_USB2FlashStorage_0801123294221f_0_0'). May 4 19:43:04 pthome NetworkManager: <debug> [1209922984.366081] nm_hal_device_added(): New device added (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/volume_uuid_7C7B_44CC'). May 4 19:43:04 pthome hald: mounted /dev/sdc1 on behalf of uid 1001 The user unmounts the key, and give the physical device to the second user. Here is what happens if the other user tries to mount it (or tries to mount any other USB key for that matter): May 4 19:12:44 pthome kernel: [ 350.180983] sd 6:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg8 type 0 May 4 19:12:44 pthome NetworkManager: <debug> [1209921164.653938] nm_hal_device_added(): New device added (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_1307_163_0801123294221f_if0_scsi_host'). May 4 19:12:44 pthome NetworkManager: <debug> [1209921164.669274] nm_hal_device_added(): New device added (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_1307_163_0801123294221f_if0_scsi_host_scsi_device_lun0'). May 4 19:12:44 pthome NetworkManager: <debug> [1209921164.692992] nm_hal_device_added(): New device added (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_1307_163_0801123294221f_if0_scsi_host_scsi_device_lun0_scsi_generic'). May 4 19:12:45 pthome NetworkManager: <debug> [1209921165.447607] nm_hal_device_added(): New device added (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_serial_Ut163_USB2FlashStorage_0801123294221f_0_0'). May 4 19:12:45 pthome NetworkManager: <debug> [1209921165.508729] nm_hal_device_added(): New device added (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/volume_uuid_7C7B_44CC'). after a little while, the second user gets fed up and disconnects the USB key: May 4 19:13:57 pthome kernel: [ 423.234742] usb 5-6: USB disconnect, address 10 Following the recommendation from https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingRemovableDevices, here are more complete logs when key mounting does not work (log files are attached). [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ id uid=1000(rey) gid=1003(famille) groups=4(adm),8(mail),20(dialout),24(cdrom),25(floppy),29(audio),30(dip),40(src),44(video),46(plugdev),104(lpadmin),105(scanner),106(admin),1001(geneweb),1002(valerie),1003(famille) [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ id hal id: hal: No such user [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ id haldaemon uid=121(haldaemon) gid=121(haldaemon) groups=24(cdrom),25(floppy),46(plugdev),129(powerdev),121(haldaemon) [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ uname -a Linux pthome 2.6.24-17-generic #1 SMP Thu May 1 14:31:33 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 8.04 Release: 8.04 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ apt-cache policy hal hal: Installed: 0.5.11~rc2-1ubuntu8 Candidate: 0.5.11~rc2-1ubuntu8 Version table: *** 0.5.11~rc2-1ubuntu8 0 500 http://ftp.uninett.no hardy-proposed/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 0.5.11~rc2-1ubuntu7 0 500 http://ftp.uninett.no hardy/main Packages ** Affects: hal (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- USB key not mounted for second user https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/226585 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
