[solved]Yet Another "X won't start" thread

I get the black screen when i try to startx. i followed the wiki entry to set up X, but it doesn't work. Now, what i want to know is, how do i go back on a fresh install to an older version of X, that *doesn't* use HAL?
Last edited by GypsyJoker (2009-11-28 01:05:05)

It happened to me too. I use LXDE and everything was fine until last X.org update (prior to today's) when the blank screen started happening after every restart. I discovered that if I edit /etc/xdg/lxsessions/LXDE/autostart file as root and close it, even without changing anything, not resaving the file, not doing anything to it, then I was able to enter to X with startx as always. Weird, isn't it?
Afortunately, today I've updated my x.org server and seems everything is fine again.
Last edited by david.ptm56 (2009-11-21 18:33:22)

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Yet another 'iPhone won't sync' thread

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[SOLVED] PulseAudio Volume Control won't start anymore

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Last edited by StefanMu (2014-01-10 01:15:24)

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Last edited by miniclip22 (2013-12-28 18:42:12)

[Solved] Fresh install; HAL won't start?

So I just finished a fresh installation and now I can't start X because HAL won't start up at all.
I haven't messed around with anything except for installing everything and fixing up my config files.
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Can't find anything worthwhile in logs etc., and I can't think of anything that could be causing this?
I checked that the HAL user exists and has been added to the default groups, but that "???"-part is alarming.
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Networking and "lo" seem to be working fine as well, and I don't have iptables up.
Last edited by initbox (2011-07-05 16:59:36)

tomk wrote:Update your system - xorg does not depend on hal anymore. hal is obsolete.
Ah, haven't been up to date on all the changes, it seems...
In the past I've had problems with the nvidia driver + Xorg without HAL, I think?
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Another PSCS5 Won't Start/Scratch File/Permissions Thread

Win 7 x64, PS CS5 12.0.3. 12GB RAM, SSD for C:, HDD for D:, >900GB available on D:.
PS starts fine with only C:/ selected as scratch file location. But when I add a secondary scratch file location of D:/, I get the following errors on PS startup,
I have searched and read everything I can find about this problem but to no avail. In exploring this problem, I have set permissions for C: and D: to Full Control for my user account, administrator account, System, and authenticated users. No change in behavior. I have deleted the Preferences file, although as shown above, PS itself is deleting it. After the prefs file is deleted, whether by me or PS, PS starts fine, but with only C:/ as scratch. If I again add D:/ it again errors on next start.
I know of no problem with D:, no error messages except the one from PS. It is also used for a second Windows pagefile location and Windows TEMP/TMP files.
PS will start with D:/ selected as a scratch file location if I Run As Administrator.
I don't see any relevant error in Event Viewer, although I am incompetent and ignorant of that tool.
Any help will be appreciated.
Hold on, before hitting the Post button, I tried one more thing. I did the CTRL-ALT thing on PS startup and added D:/ as a scratch file location in that dialog. Then close PS, start it again. No problems. So it appears that PS just doesn't like to have a secondary scratch file location added from the running application by calling up the Edit/Preferences/Performance dialog.
I'll go ahead and make this post, hoping it might help someone else, and I will watch things for a while, maybe back off on some of the permissions, and report back with any findings.
Stan

No, I haven't been unable to access the scratch folder. I have been unable to successfully have Photoshop use my D: drive as the location for a secondary scratch file if it has insufficient room on C:. Going into the Edit/Preferences/Performance dialog and telling Photoshop to add the D: drive as the secondary location for a scratch file does not work. It appears to work, and a new preferences files is written, but when Photoshop opens the next time, it says it encountered a disk error and that the preferences file is invalid and then it deletes the preferences file. Then I can open Photoshop and it will make a new preferences file and works OK, but with only C: as the scratch file location, per default. If instead, I press CTRL-ALT immediately after starting Photoshop, it opens a dialog to ask me where I want scratch files. I can tell it C: and D:, it makes a preferences file with that information, and then everything is fine. I just don't know why I can't accomplish that from within Photoshop using the Edit/Preferences dialog. As I said, this behavior does not depend on file permissions.
As to what I have been through, it is pretty much what I have described, elevating file permissions to Full Control for all user categories, resulting in no change in behavior, and then trying the CTRL-ALT procedure, which solves the problem, and then lowering the permissions to where they were before, and the CTRL-ALT procedure still works. Every time. And the Edit/Preferences dialog never works (for this purpose).
Uh, oh, there is more to this. Although the CTRL-ALT procedure solved the problem specifically for setting the secondary scratch file location, I just tried setting some more preferences from within Photoshop, and got the same behavior as before, namely that the two error messages appear the next time Photoshop tries to open. So it appears to be more general, occuring whenever Photoshop creates a preferences file from the Edit/Preferences dialog. [Note: not right, further experiment results later.]
Now what?
Noel, if you believe this is due to security settings, I am willing to try whatever you recommend, but I believe you think I should solve the problem by elevating file permissions (which I have already tried) and running on an administrator account, and dealing with security issues in Windows and with procedures. But does everyone else using two drives for scratch files have to do that? I think I have something messed up somewhere but I don't know what.
Here are three scenarios:
Scenario #1:
1. Delete preferences file.
2. Open PS running as user.
3. A prefs file is created, but with 0 bytes, as observed in Windows Explorer.
4. Using Edit/Preferences/Performances, add D: as a secondary scratch drive.
5. Close PS.
6. The prefs file now has 190 KB. .
7. Open PS running as user.
8. Error messages received, PS does not start. Prefs file is deleted.
Scenario #2:
1. Start PS using CTRL-ALT procedure.
2. In the Scratch Disk Preferences dialog that comes up before PS, set D: as a secondary scratch drive.
3. A prefs file is created, but with 0 bytes.
4. Close PS.
5. The prefs file now has 190 KB.
6. Start PS, running as user.
7. Look in Prefs, shows C: and D: as scratch drives.
8. Close PS.
9. Time stamp of prefs file is updated.
Scenario #3:
1. Delete prefs file.
2. Start PS, Run As Administrator.
3. Using Edit/Preferences/Performances, add D: as a secondary scratch drive.
4. A prefs file is created, but with 0 bytes.
5. Close PS.
6. The prefs file now has 190 KB.
7. Start PS, Run As Administrator.
8. Look in Prefs, shows C: and D: as scratch drives.
9. Close PS.
10. Time stamp of prefs file is updated.
11. Start PS, running as user.
12 Get errors, prefs file is deleted.
Note that I used scratch file locations in these scenarios. I do't think it has anything to do with scratch files, as it turns out. It seems to just be how the prefs file is created.
Further experiment.
Open PS as user, Edit/Preferences/Cursors, don't change anything, hit OK, close PS.
Open PS as user, opens OK. Edit/Preferences/Performance, don't change anything, hit OK, close PS.
Open PS as user, get errors.
Open PS as user, Edit/Preferences/Performance, don't hit OK, switch to Cursors dialog, no changes, hit OK, close PS.
Open PS as user, get errors.
Open PS as user, Edit/Preferences/Performance, don't change anything, Cancel, close PS.
Open PS as user, opens OK.
OK, so it doesn't have anything to do with scratch files, it just has to do with visiting the Preferences/Performance dialog. Unless the only action taken is to Cancel the dialog.
My head hurts.
Stan

[SOLVED] Yet another time issue...

Hi there,
I'm having some crazy, hair pulling, head banging UTC time issues on both my dual boot (Arch & Windows 8) desktop and single boot laptop.
I've been searching and following a mulitude of old threads and the official Wiki guide, however, I simply cannot get UTC time to stay correct between reboots. I've installed Arch a fair few times now, both before and after the switch to systemd and in dual and single boot setups and have never had time related issues like this before...
Here's a run down of the whole sorry story....
Fresh install - set time with hwclock --systohw utc as suggested in the beginners guide.
First boot - time an hour out - huh? cat /etc/adjtime and ls -l /etc/localtime - everything as it should be... UTC and symlink to /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/London. Nonetheless I duly follow the Time guide on the wiki, get to know timedatectl a bit, and soon after, time is set to be correct. Great.
Reboot. Time an hour out. Whaaaa??. Start googling, finding a plethora of bbs links to others with similar issues, decide to use NTP. Install, ntpd -qg. All good again. Time right. Phew...
Reboot. Nope. Arrrrgggghhhh. (Bare in mind - at this point I haven't even booted the Windows 8 disc, and I went through the exact same process on my Arch only laptop...)
More googling, thread reading. Find out that hwclock and ntp might be in conflict. Delete /etc/adjtime, reinstall tzdata, re-follow Time article to the letter and reenable NTP to start at boot.
Reboot - time is foward an hour yet again. Bang head repeatedly on desk. Then suddenly - 10 mins or so after boot - NTP kicks in, and time is magically goes back an hour to the correct time! Surely NTP should be doing this early in the boot process, not 10 minutes after? But OK, at least something is happening...
Next I dare to boot into Windows, and yup, time an hour out. Expected, but frustrating nonetheless. Add the registry tweak as suggested in the guide, and turn off the Windows time synchronisation. During which I noticed that Windows 8 time is set to UTC by default, not localtime, which is what the wiki says. Is this a Windows 8 thing?
I can't help thinking, that if this is the case, and the Wiki advise is written under the assumption that Windows time is always localtime, that perhaps this is the route of my problem....
Anyway, Windows time all good now, reboot Arch, time again wrong untill NTP finally kicks in - sigh. Reboot to Windows. Time an hour back. Gaaaahhhh - WTF?!! reset it to be correct. Try again. Same thing. Oops, forgot to mention that on each reboot, I check the BIOS clock, which remains persistently correct during the whole debarkle...
Ok, so I try without the registry hack and turn Windows sync back on. Still fucked. I try various combinations of the two, I try resetting Arch time over and over again. With NTP - late sync. With hwclock only, or both hwclock & NTP - totally fucked! Eventually, I give up on UTC in Arch, set it localtime, delete registry key, turn Windows time sync back on, and thus far all good......
TL;DR - couldn't get hwclock to set UTC time correctly across reboots. NTP worked (sort of), but after each reboot it would take ten minutes for the time to sync and the clock to move back an hour to the correct time. Localtime just works...
My question is - why is the wiki (and the timedatectl status output for that matter) - so adamant that we should use UTC? From what I can gather, as long as I boot Windows around the DST time. or manually move the clock forward or back an hour - all should be well, no? Or are there other issues that I may run into that I've missed? The thing I'm most concerned about is data corruption due to timestamp issues...
Also, why does the wiki repeatedly say that Windows uses localtime, when this doesn't appear to be the case in Eight? Does the wiki need updating or is Windows lying to me? I know which I'd put my money on ;-)
Finally can anyone explain why my time was always an hour forward after a reboot, even when the time was set correctly before, the BIOS showed the correct time, and NTP was in use?
Sorry for the crazy long posting, but this issue has been driving me totally batty!! Any light-shedding greatfully appreciated :-)
Last edited by knowayhack (2013-08-10 15:24:09)

Ok, so I set the clock back an hour in the BIOS, booted Windows - time right - YAY.
Rebooted Arch - time right. OMFG - pure joy!!!
I have to say, I still find it odd that this is how it works, and would like to confirm that things are looking as they should in the output from the following commands....
toby@archy ~ > timedatectl status
Local time: Sat 2013-08-10 15:42:56 BST
Universal time: Sat 2013-08-10 14:42:56 UTC
Timezone: Europe/London (BST, +0100)
NTP enabled: n/a
NTP synchronized: no
RTC in local TZ: no
DST active: yes
Last DST change: DST began at
Sun 2013-03-31 00:59:59 GMT
Sun 2013-03-31 02:00:00 BST
Next DST change: DST ends (the clock jumps one hour backwards) at
Sun 2013-10-27 01:59:59 BST
Sun 2013-10-27 01:00:00 GMT
toby@archy ~ > sudo hwclock --debug
sudo: timestamp too far in the future: Aug 10 16:39:24 2013
We trust you have received the usual lecture from the local System
Administrator. It usually boils down to these three things:
#1) Respect the privacy of others.
#2) Think before you type.
#3) With great power comes great responsibility.
[sudo] password for toby:
hwclock from util-linux 2.23.2
Using /dev interface to clock.
Last drift adjustment done at 1376148264 seconds after 1969
Last calibration done at 1376148264 seconds after 1969
Hardware clock is on UTC time
Assuming hardware clock is kept in UTC time.
Waiting for clock tick...
...got clock tick
Time read from Hardware Clock: 2013/08/10 14:43:20
Hw clock time : 2013/08/10 14:43:20 = 1376145800 seconds since 1969
Sat 10 Aug 2013 15:43:20 BST -0.953640 seconds
Is it OK to now reinstall NTP to keep the clock in sync on Arch, and are the Windows reg tweaks still necessary on Windows 8?
Thank you guys SOOO much for all the unbelievabley speedy help on this issue - you have no idea how much this has been stressing me out!!
Last edited by knowayhack (2013-08-10 14:54:31)

[SOLVED] Gnome 3 : Nautilus won't start from other application

Hi everyone!
Ok I search everywhere and I found nothing. I have this problem for a long time for now. My interface is in french so I'll try to translate the message but they could be differente in an english gnome.
I can start nautilus directly from the console or from the menu, no problem. But when I connect a usb drive or any external drive it pop me : "Impossible to open a folder for 'usbName'. No application are register to execute this file".
Another exemple is when a download a file from internet and then from the browser I click "open the containing folder" it do nothing.
If a open Baobab and I right click a folder and "open folder" it pop me : "Impossible to open the folder 'folderName'. No viewer are install"
So well.... I really don't know what to do... Maybe it is in a kind of default application editor but well.. I find something that was kind of this but there was no option for the default system explorer.
Help me please!!
Thank you ! Hope someone know what to do! :-(
Last edited by mooviies (2011-07-30 02:13:16)

mooviies wrote:
Hi everyone!
I can start nautilus directly from the console or from the menu, no problem. But when I connect a usb drive or any external drive it pop me : "Impossible to open a folder for 'usbName'. No application are register to execute this file".
Another exemple is when a download a file from internet and then from the browser I click "open the containing folder" it do nothing.
If a open Baobab and I right click a folder and "open folder" it pop me : "Impossible to open the folder 'folderName'. No viewer are install"
So well.... I really don't know what to do... Maybe it is in a kind of default application editor but well.. I find something that was kind of this but there was no option for the default system explorer.
right-click on a file / file-type that has no registered application, then click 'properties' and then navigate to the 'open with' tab ~ if there are no applications listed then click 'show other applications'... after that find the proper application to open a given file, then click 'set as default'.
this should solve your problem. The only one i am not sure about is the USB thing, but the rest are easily solved. Gnome by default will not automatically associate all mime-types to applications. you need to do some of this yourself.
for example; in order for .html files to open in gedit by default, I first had to associate .html to gedit, and 'set as default' ~ otherwise, all html (local files) automatically would open in Firefox.
hope this helps
Last edited by triplesquarednine (2011-07-29 16:05:02)

Yet another Superdrive Won't Work Post

Hello...
I tried to restart or update the FIRMWARE by starting the computer and going through a process of holding down keys.
That didn't work.
I them opened up the eMac and pushed the reset button (PMU or PMI, I think it's called).
That didn't work.
I am just wondering what I need to do to fix this because, granted my eMac is 5 years old, but now it won't recognize any DVDs or CDs, and it did before I started all this. Well, it recognized CDs.
At first the only DVDs it didn't recognize where ones I'd burned from home movies. Now it's all DVDs.
I am in Mac OS 10.3.9. I have 1 GB of Ram. It's an 800mhz Power PC.
I am open to any ideas at this point.
I thank you kindly in advance for reading helping with this.
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www.anhedeniafilms.com

First thing to do is run your system through basic maintenance routines. Here is a good page detailing many of the free ones you can download and what they do...
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http://www.macattorney.com/ts.html
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If that doesn't help, next thing you might try is to create a new user account then log onto that one and see if the drive acts any differently. If it works, then the problem isn't the drive, but something with the settings of the other user account.
Still another test is to whip out your old Restore/Install discs that came with the computer and see if you can boot off of those (hold down the C key while booting). If you can, then you know the drive works at least. If you can't, maybe the drive really is dead.
Also I ran across this completely crazy fix that there are multiple reports it actually works to get a Superdrive working again...
* Open system preferences.
* Go to international
* Under languages: drag any of the other languages to the top, then drag english back to the top.
* Make sure "order for sorted lists" is set to enlish
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* Restart the computer
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[SOLVED] K Display Manager won't start up at boot

EDIT: I'm retarded. I hadn't even checked to see xorg-server was installed. It wasn't.
Hi,
I just installed package group kde-meta for a full KDE installation including KDM, installed xf86-video-ati for video card drivers, and then ran:
systemctl enable kdm.service
systemctl disable getty@tty1
Now, when I start up, I just get the messages "Starting K Display Manager..." and "Started K Display Manager." but the X server doesn't start up at all. Those messages are left on the screen. Using 'systemctl start kdm.service' does nothing. Literally no output or anything.
What should I do? Also, I know there's not much information, but if you give me some commands I can get some logs. I just don't know where to look for them...
Thanks in advance.
Last edited by Archimaredes (2013-01-25 19:06:33)

I've just been experiencing a similar issue. The local Apple Store just replaced my logic board (was overheating without secondary cooling when processor was under a full load, and the fans weren't kicking) for a little more trivial problem. Now that I just got it back, it ran for about 5 minutes before it spontaneously shutdown. I started it back immediately after that, and it went for only another couple minutes before it gave up yet again. After that, it just plain old wouldn't boot. Tried to reset the PRAM...wouldn't even get that far. Tried to reset the PMU...saw no change.
Whenever I try to boot it, I can hear the fan on the left start up and the hard drive attempt to spin up. Shortly after, it makes a subtle chirp-like noise and promptly shuts off. Mind you, I'm getting no display or anything 'cept these noises. I'm trying to get it to the point that I can run the diagnostics program from the OS X disc, but I think I'm going to be lucky to even get that far.
I'm thinking twice before taking my MacBook Pro to get serviced for something that isn't work-impairing now!

Help please!! -- Another iTunes won't work thread.

My iTunes has suddenly stopped working, here are the details:
-Windows XP Home Edition
-Norton System Works
There are some VERY strange 'symptoms':
When I run iTunes, the task manager shows it in the PROCESSES list (itunes.exe), yet not on the APPLICATIONS list.
ALSO, when I try to end the process, it doesn't end. NO error messages, no nothing. The confirmation comes up, I hit ok, and the process just stays there.
Another problem is that after I run iTunes, I can no longer launch any other application. Even things that were once running (ie firefox.exe), once closed, can not be opened. (By this, I mean they become like iTunes, and appear only in the processes list). I am forced into completely restarting the computer to use any program that is not open.
-Steps already tried-
1. Scanned for Spyware/Adware using fully updated Spybot S&D, Adaware, and SpywareBlaster.
2. Full System Scan with fully updated Norton System Works (Norton Anti Virus)
3. Disabled every part of Norton, then uninstalled and reinstalled iTunes.
-same exact problems still arise-
Quicktime works fine, just the iTunes which causes problems, all other applications open and close fine.
-Thank you in advance for any support and suggestions-

Norton System Works consists of Norton Protection Center:
One Button Checkup
Norton Utilities
Norton Antivirus
and Norton Ghost
There is no firewall, as in no "personal firewall" feature.
When I disabled Norton to try and reinstall, I completely disabled every feature including "Internet worm protection" and "Spyware Protection" (which is a part of Norton Antivrus)
Product:
http://www.symantec.com/home_homeoffice/products/overview.jsp?pcid=sp&pvid=nswp2 006

Yet Another Exchange won't sync Calendar

This is not a question but an answer, most appropriate to add to thread 7713558 but that is closed.
I had my Outlook email, calendar and contacts sync'd and of course made the mistake to also sync it with itunes getting double entries. Removing the contacts and calendar on the iTouch however would leave all birthday events still in the calendar. Since it is easier for me to work on Unix than on iTunes I jailbroke the Touch and following an available instruction SSH'd in and copied /private/var/mobile/Library/Calendar/Calendar.sqlitedb to my PC and edited it with sql to remove the birthdays and placed the calendar back on the iTouch. Now since then it wouldnt sync my calendar. Still would have the contacts and the email. However when trying to fix it, I removed the account and recreated it, rebooted the iTouch - no email no contacts no calendar.
Then I SSH'd back into the Touch and copied the old calendar file in - be it with another name. I then tried to delete the existing calendar.sqlitedb which it wouldnt let me do and then I renamed it. To my big surprise I suddenly saw 3 calendars: the renamed, the backup from the PC and a brand new calendar.sqlitedb with a lot more bytes!! Suddenly als email came in and contacts were there.
I must admit that in the meantime I also switched local syncing off and on with itunes but that only resulted in outlook sync crashes. When I reconnected the iTouch to itunes I immediately stopped the syncing and unchecked the local contacts, calendar and email. I rebooted the Touch. It is all a bit messy in terms of procedure but I dont want to take away the reality of problem finding and dont know exactly what the right procedure is. But I think renaming the calendar was the trick that did it.
One more thing about Exchange syncing. Even when having all the username domain etc fields inputted right then in my case it was still necessary to send an email to my Exchange admin to request enabling mobile access!! You can imagine how many times I tried different settings! D**n it!
I like the iTouch because it is such a lovely Unix computer but it hasnt been one bit easier learning to squeeze this device into my day to day needs than exploring Ubuntu for the first time.

Reset sync history. On a mac open isync then choose preferences and reset sync history. Be sure to back up your iPhone also before this happens. Are you sure that you don't have manually manage music and video checked underneath the options page when you first open iTunes? This could also possibly hinder your ability to sync over music.

[SOLVED][ati catalyst]amdcccle won't start anymore

Hey all,
I spent all the day working on my MSI GX60 equiped with
[jledun@io0 ~]$ lspci | grep VGA
00:01.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Richland [Radeon HD 8650G]
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Neptune [Radeon HD 8970M] (rev ff)
Everything was running fine until today.
To show something to my son, I tried to run a VirtualBox machine but it couldn't because :
'Your machine tries to run 3D acceleration but 3D is not defined on your host' or something like that.
So I tried to run 'sudo amdcccle' or 'kdesu amdcccle', no way, it doesn't start.
I don't have any error displaying in my cli.
I just can kill it after a few minutes.
I've read somewhere on an ubuntu forum that it was necessary to install qt, so I did but it changed nothing.
I really need my virtual machines, that's windows 7 and XP clients, if I deactivate 3D acceleration in configuration, I guess windows won't like it...
Help !
Last edited by dun32 (2013-12-21 13:22:28)

I followed wiki for uninstall catalyst, reboot, then clean install of catalyst, reboot, it's the same.
But I've found a way to make it work : disable lxdm and reboot.
Then I remove /etc/ati/amdpcsdb at each boot, before running startx. Then I'm able to open amdcccle, check configuration, fglrxinfo gives :
[jledun@io0 ~]$ fglrxinfo
display: :0 screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: AMD Radeon HD 8650G
OpenGL version string: 4.3.12614 Compatibility Profile Context 13.25.18
If I reboot again, the problem appears again, then I kill X, remove /etc/ati/amdpcsdb again and it works.
I'm going to see if the problem is the same with razor-qt.

[Solved]Yet Another HAL / Mounting issue....

My issue can be avoided by manually mounting a device, just to get that out there.
Whenever I transfer a larger file ( > 200mb) onto a removable USB device formated in either FAT or any non-journaled filesystem, Thunar will *pretend* like its unmounting the device but after about 20 seconds it states:
Failed to unmount "<device name>".
Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply,
the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired,
or the network connection was broken.
On top of the message, my data written is mostly corrupt.
What I know:
** Thunar uses exo-unmount to unmount devices given a HAL uuid. Maybe this is failing? Any clue how to debug this?
** 20-storage-methods.fdi states that all vfat mounted devices have 'flush' and 'async' mount options... could this be an issue?
** I'm part of the 'storage' and 'power' groups.
** i start XFCE using ck-launch-session startxfce4
I've made sure that the device has no other handles and is not open in any window. My system(s) all have new and updated HAL and DBUS, as well as every other package. Running 'sync' after writing the files sometimes fixes the issue. Does anyone have a fix for why removable drives aren't "sending a reply" ? Thanks!
--Anthony
Last edited by anthonyclark (2010-09-22 17:48:13)

Alright ... well. I managed to solve this kind of. As per my last post regarding the same exact issue, I must've missed a reply from Inxsible telling me to use the FIRST suggest UDEV rule from the arch udev wiki.
The result of this is basically...
*Device inserted
*Mounted in /media/<device name> automatically
*(No access via Thunar sidepane since it gets mounted with `mount`)
*No need to manually unmount
*just unplug or power off the device and it gets "lazy" unmounted via `unmount`
Downside:
*Mounting a drive via TrueCrypt creates a directory in /media that doesn't get automatically deleted.
*Not a solution to Thunar having response issues with unmounting.
/etc/udev/rules.d/11-media-by-label-auto-mount.rules
KERNEL!="sd[a-z][0-9]", GOTO="media_by_label_auto_mount_end"
# Import FS infos
IMPORT{program}="/sbin/blkid -o udev -p %N"
# Get a label if present, otherwise specify one
ENV{ID_FS_LABEL}!="", ENV{dir_name}="%E{ID_FS_LABEL}"
ENV{ID_FS_LABEL}=="", ENV{dir_name}="usbhd-%k"
# Global mount options
ACTION=="add", ENV{mount_options}="relatime"
# Filesystem-specific mount options
ACTION=="add", ENV{ID_FS_TYPE}=="vfat|ntfs", ENV{mount_options}="$env{mount_options},utf8,gid=100,umask=002"
# Mount the device
ACTION=="add", RUN+="/bin/mkdir -p /media/%E{dir_name}", RUN+="/bin/mount -o $env{mount_options} /dev/%k /media/%E{dir_name}"
# Clean up after removal
ACTION=="remove", ENV{dir_name}!="", RUN+="/bin/umount -l /media/%E{dir_name}", RUN+="/bin/rmdir /media/%E{dir_name}"
# Exit
LABEL="media_by_label_auto_mount_end"
Last edited by anthonyclark (2010-09-22 03:50:00)

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