Stability of Removable Media support in Linux?

Hey all, I'd previously thought support for removable media in linux was very good, and everthing I've used has been detected and mounted correctly and such, however I have experienced some corruption on them, especially on my microSD, as I've recently lost a few photos.
I'm wondering the current status of the support in linux, is it stable, are there any problems, or is it my configuration?
I use Thunar+Hal to manage my removable media.
Thanks

I have found one "odd" issue with Linux: sometimes it delays writing to some external usb card readers. It might be an issue with the reader but it seems absent in XP. I have a kingston multi card reader. I started using it to run my live Arch (Chakra-Live) because it was faster than an ide sd card adapter (odd); however, if I saved my overlay, the drive would show little activity while it was using squashfs on the overlay, and right at the end, the reader light would start flashing but the machine would shut down while the light was still going... and it always botched the save and lost data. It only happened with the external reader; if the card was mounted on the internal reader on my eee-box, or in the ide adapter, it was fine.
Do make sure you do unmount / safely remove the drive, and maybe wait a few seconds. I know my sandisk micromate has no light, so there is no way of telling if has stopped or not.

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Is there a 2D acceleration support on Linux?

Seriously. I just installed a newly bought graphics card from Nvidia, ASUS GeForce GT 610 (come on, I don't want games, just desktop), installed recent proprietary drivers from Nvidia and I still can't scroll stupid spreadsheet in LibreOffice without lags. Before I had Nvidia 7300GT and it was the same both on nouveau and proprietary driver.
Here's sample xls (don't worry, no malicious macros attached): http://upload.koci.net.pl/uploads/test.xls
If for someone it works as it is expected to work on modern system, please provide you configuration (CPU, GPU and driver).
Mine is AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5600+, Nvidia GT 610 and nvidia driver 346.35.
I'm also unhappy with my web browsing performance but this is for another topic. Anyway, believe me, I tried everything, finally changed the GPU and it is only a little bit better.

Wow. I thought karol was asking me if card is properly detected. Okay, sorry for that. I doubt if there is anything wrong with my configuration (anyway I'm not sure why X loads nv driver as well). I also have some remainings after playing around with nouveau but they shouldn't really pose a problem (I'm not sure how about mesa libraries but AFAIK nvidia binary driver replaces some of these files when installed). I'm also confused about text-mode VGA console messages from NVRM but I guess they shouldn't cause performance penalty. Anyway, I would appreciate if you look at those:
Xorg.0.log:
http://wklej.org/id/1636978/
pacman -Qs nvidia
[mk@linux ~]$ pacman -Qs nvidia
local/lib32-libvdpau 0.9-1
Nvidia VDPAU library
local/libcl 1.1-4
OpenCL library and ICD loader from NVIDIA
local/libvdpau 0.9-1
Nvidia VDPAU library
local/nouveau-fw 325.15-1
This package provides video & pgraph firmwares for all NVIDIA chipsets that
need them
local/nvidia 346.35-6
NVIDIA drivers for linux
local/nvidia-libgl 346.35-2
NVIDIA drivers libraries symlinks
local/nvidia-utils 346.35-2
NVIDIA drivers utilities
pacman -Qs nouveau
[mk@linux ~]$ pacman -Qs nouveau
local/lib32-mesa 10.4.4-1
an open-source implementation of the OpenGL specification (32-bit)
local/mesa 10.4.4-1
an open-source implementation of the OpenGL specification
local/nouveau-fw 325.15-1
This package provides video & pgraph firmwares for all NVIDIA chipsets that
need them
pacman -Qs xorg
http://wklej.org/id/1636983/
journalctl -b
http://wklej.org/id/1636988/
journalctl -b | grep NVRM
[root@linux mk]# journalctl -b | grep NVRM
lut 16 11:36:13 linux kernel: NVRM: loading NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 346.35 Sat Jan 10 21:27:15 PST 2015
lut 16 11:36:28 linux kernel: NVRM: Your system is not currently configured to drive a VGA console
lut 16 11:36:28 linux kernel: NVRM: on the primary VGA device. The NVIDIA Linux graphics driver
lut 16 11:36:28 linux kernel: NVRM: requires the use of a text-mode VGA console. Use of other console
lut 16 11:36:28 linux kernel: NVRM: drivers including, but not limited to, vesafb, may result in
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ls /etc/X11
[mk@linux ~]$ ls /etc/X11/
xinit xorg.conf2 xorg.conf.backup xorg.conf.new
xorg.conf~ xorg.conf3 xorg.conf.d
I assume none of this files is parsed.
[mk@linux ~]$ ls /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/
10-evdev.conf~ 10-keyboard.conf 20-nvidia.conf.7300GT
10-evdev.conf.pacsave 20-nvidia.conf2 30-monitorsaver.conf
I assume that only files with .conf suffix are parsed. The only files I left from previous configuration are 10-keyboard.conf and 30-monitorsaver.conf.
10-keyboard.conf
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "system-keyboard"
Option "XkbLayout" "pl"
EndSection
30-monitorsaver.conf
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
Option "DPMS" "true"
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "ServerLayout0"
Option "StandbyTime" "20"
Option "SuspendTime" "30"
Option "OffTime" "60"
EndSection
~/.nvidia-settings-rc
http://wklej.org/id/1636998/
lspci
[root@linux mk]# lspci
00:00.0 RAM memory: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 Memory Controller (rev a1)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 LPC Bridge (rev a2)
00:01.1 SMBus: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 SMBus (rev a2)
00:01.2 RAM memory: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 Memory Controller (rev a2)
00:02.0 USB controller: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 USB 1.1 Controller (rev a2)
00:02.1 USB controller: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 USB 2.0 Controller (rev a2)
00:04.0 PCI bridge: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 PCI bridge (rev a1)
00:05.0 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 High Definition Audio (rev a2)
00:06.0 IDE interface: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 IDE (rev a2)
00:08.0 IDE interface: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 SATA Controller (rev a2)
00:08.1 IDE interface: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 SATA Controller (rev a2)
00:09.0 PCI bridge: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 PCI Express bridge (rev a2)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
01:08.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8100/8101L/8139 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter (rev 10)
01:09.0 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies Inc. VT1720/24 [Envy24PT/HT] PCI Multi-Channel Audio Controller (rev 01)
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GF119 [GeForce GT 610] (rev a1)
02:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation GF119 HDMI Audio Controller (rev a1)
modinfo nvidia
[root@linux mk]# modinfo nvidia
filename: /lib/modules/3.18.6-1-ARCH/extramodules/nvidia.ko.gz
alias: char-major-195-*
version: 346.35
supported: external
license: NVIDIA
alias: pci:v000010DEd00000E00sv*sd*bc04sc80i00*
alias: pci:v000010DEd00000AA3sv*sd*bc0Bsc40i00*
alias: pci:v000010DEd*sv*sd*bc03sc02i00*
alias: pci:v000010DEd*sv*sd*bc03sc00i00*
depends: drm,i2c-core
vermagic: 3.18.6-1-ARCH SMP preempt mod_unload modversions
parm: NVreg_Mobile:int
parm: NVreg_ResmanDebugLevel:int
parm: NVreg_RmLogonRC:int
parm: NVreg_ModifyDeviceFiles:int
parm: NVreg_DeviceFileUID:int
parm: NVreg_DeviceFileGID:int
parm: NVreg_DeviceFileMode:int
parm: NVreg_RemapLimit:int
parm: NVreg_UpdateMemoryTypes:int
parm: NVreg_InitializeSystemMemoryAllocations:int
parm: NVreg_UsePageAttributeTable:int
parm: NVreg_MapRegistersEarly:int
parm: NVreg_RegisterForACPIEvents:int
parm: NVreg_CheckPCIConfigSpace:int
parm: NVreg_EnablePCIeGen3:int
parm: NVreg_EnableMSI:int
parm: NVreg_MemoryPoolSize:int
parm: NVreg_RegistryDwords:charp
parm: NVreg_RmMsg:charp
parm: NVreg_AssignGpus:charp
dmesg
http://wklej.org/id/1637005/
gcc -v
http://wklej.org/id/1637007/
xset -q
http://wklej.org/id/1637010/
nvidia-settings -q all
http://wklej.org/id/1637024/
xrandr --verbose
http://wklej.org/id/1637028/
//edit
~/.xinitrc
[mk@linux ~]$ cat .xinitrc
#!/bin/sh
# ~/.xinitrc
# Executed by startx (run your window manager from here)
# nvidia-settings -a InitialPixmapPlacement=2
if [ -d /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d ]; then
for f in /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/*; do
[ -x "$f" ] && . "$f"
done
unset f
fi
# exec gnome-session
#exec startkde
exec startxfce4
# ...or the Window Manager of your choice
#exec twm
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.bashrc
[mk@linux ~]$ cat .bashrc
# Check for an interactive session
[ -z "$PS1" ] && return
alias ls='ls --color=auto'
PS1='[\u@\h \W]\$ '
// edit 2
I also forgot to mention that I was testing firefox with new profile as well (I just changed name of profile directory in ~/.mozilla/firefox/)
Last edited by mkkot (2015-02-16 12:43:25)

USB card reader working, but not showing up in removable media... why?

For some reason lately, my USB mounts, but doesn't show up in the Finder left-hand area with the other removable media, such as DVDs. I have to access it via My Computer, where it does show up. And I have to eject it in Disk Utility.
It does show up normally in iPhoto.
Any idea why this might happen?
Thanks,
doug

Welcome! ...I would try Apple's 'Troubleshooting Assistant' first : )
http://www.apple.com/support/ipod/five_rs/

[Forum FAQ] Removable media and external HDD

Scenario
There are two conceptions about which we would have confusion in some particular scenarios: removable media and external HDD. Here are two examples:
If you need to make a USB storage device perform AutoRun, the device must not be marked as a removable media device and the device must contain an Autorun.inf file and a startup application.
Answer File Search on removable read/write media.
Definition and Research
The definition of the removable media and external HDD is shown below:
The removable media device setting is a flag contained within the SCSI Inquiry Data response to the SCSI Inquiry command. Bit 7 of byte 1 (indexed from 0) is the Removable Media Bit (RMB). An RMB set to zero indicates that the device is not a removable
media device. An RMB of one indicates that the device is a removable media device. Drivers obtain this information by using the StorageDeviceProperty request.
External HDDs typically connect via USB; variants using USB interface generally have slower data transfer rates when compared to internally mounted hard drives connected through SATA.
That is, the removable media has a device property attach itself, from the results on Linux and Windows OS, we can see the difference between removable media and
generic external disk:
Here are the outputs of dmesg log on Linux OS:
sd 10:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI disk
(generic external disk)
sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
(USB flash drive)
Here is the output on Windows OS:
We use following command to get the media type of physical drive:
Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_DiskDrive | Format-Table Name,Model, MediaType
Conclusion
From the device’s property, we cannot say that external device is equal to removable media totally. Removable media is associated with the RMB flag, of course, RMB is embedded in device itself.
Now, back to our common issue, when you supply an answer file on a USB external HDD, it would not recognize your device as a removable media, because the StorageDeviceProperty gets value 0 of RMB to indicate this is not a removable media. In this situation,
supply an answer file on a USB flash drive (UFD) or floppy disk would fix this issue.
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Ive had it on my Ibook before and then moved it to the HDD because of Space Shortage, and then just added as ive aquired more music. Idon't Really Remeber but i think it worked before without any hiccups. oh well otherwise i can just delete those files because theyre only single files here and there. but its quite irritating because they don't seem to have any kind of corruption.

KDE - automatic mounting removable media broken?

Hi,
I have just installed Arch Linux, along with KDE unstable.
The last time I used Arch and KDE (this was several months back, I think), I remember removable media working out of the box.
However, this time when I insert a USB drive, nothing seems to happen.
I have the udisks2 package installed, but udisks is not installed.
I have not added myself to the storage group (or any other special groups) as per the recommendation on the wiki regarding systemd (https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Users_and_Groups).
When I insert the USB drive, I see the following in dmesg:
[ 7849.682638] usb 2-2: new high-speed USB device number 3 using ehci_hcd
[ 7849.809054] scsi5 : usb-storage 2-2:1.0
[ 7850.813229] scsi 5:0:0:0: Direct-Access SanDisk Cruzer Blade 8.02 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS
[ 7850.816230] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] 7856127 512-byte logical blocks: (4.02 GB/3.74 GiB)
[ 7850.816971] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
[ 7850.816975] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 45 00 00 08
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Cheers,
Victor

Hi,
I have similar problem after major system upgrade. I can no longer mount removable drives as regular user. Only root can do that.
How can I allow any user (or at least my user) to mount/umount any media with any file system?
I would like to be able to mount in KDE extrernal usb dvd with UDF media, or /dev/sdh5 with NTFS or SD card with FAT32 in usb card reader.
I used to work in KDE before upgrade. Now i'm not authorized..
[11106.331210] usb 1-1.3: new high-speed USB device number 5 using ehci_hcd
[11106.419120] usb-storage 1-1.3:1.0: Quirks match for vid 13fe pid 3600: 4000
[11106.419140] scsi7 : usb-storage 1-1.3:1.0
[11107.443529] scsi 7:0:0:0: Direct-Access USB DISK 2.0 PMAP PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS
[11107.900172] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] 62521344 512-byte logical blocks: (32.0 GB/29.8 GiB)
[11107.901916] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
[11107.901920] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 03 41 00 00
[11107.903720] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] No Caching mode page present
[11107.903729] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[11107.909408] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] No Caching mode page present
[11107.909412] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[11107.928787] sdb: sdb1
[11107.933764] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] No Caching mode page present
[11107.933768] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[11107.933771] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk

Installing: Locating the software to update - check removable media

When updating our 10.4.6 Xserve to 10.4.7, Software Update seemed to hang indefinitely at about 85% complete with this message:
"Installing: Locating the software to update..."
SU would respond to nothing. Quit not available, et cetera. So, in desperation, I forced quit and hoped for the best. Machine restarted fine, but still at 10.4.6. So, ran Software Update again and began 10.4.7 install once more. Same error.
I was just about to open a service call on this when I heard the familiar "whirr, whirr" of our CD/DVD jukebox off in the background.
We have a PowerFile C200 with a recently installed beta driver (for Tiger). Well, it seems that Software Update wants to search all drives, including removable media, during the update process.
This means that SU was mounting and searching each of the 200 CD's and DVD's we had online in the C200.
I could force quit again, but have instead elected to allow things to follow their natural progression over time and see what the outcome is.
Advice: BEFORE OS X updates via Software Update, disable removable media sources other than the system drive whenever possible.
XServe G4 Mac OS X (10.4.7) with CD DVD Changer

Hi All
Same problem this morning but now resoloved.
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Indexing removable media

Is it possible to use Spotlight to index removable media (CD's, DVD's) in a way that will allow you to search their contents even if they aren't mounted? Back in the days of OS9 I used an app called 'Catlogue' to do this but it seems obvious that Spotlight would incorporate this type of functionality either by default or via a plugin? If not can anyone recommend another way of doing this?
Mac OS X (10.4.3)

Hi, robotos.
You may want to define your requirements more precisely. For example:
1. Are you interested in simply being able to index the file names on the backup CDs/DVDs so you can find them by name?
2. Or are you interested in performing content-based searches to find a given CD, e.g. find the files on CDs/DVDs that contain "apple."
3. Both.
You might want to look at digital media asset-management solutions, such as Extensis Portfolio, Canto Cumulus, or iView Media and iView Media Pro. I suspect Portfolio might be the way to go once they add their promised support for indexing MS Office documents.
Until Spotlight, there was only one true, third-party solution for content-based text retrieval on Mac OS X besides the built-in content indexing and Find under Mac OS X, i.e. items 2 and 3 above: Virginia Systems Sonar and Sonar Professional.
Another thing you may want to consider is the following: backup your work to both FireWire drives and CD/DVD. Use the former for fast access and search — via Spotlight — of recent projects, the latter for archiving projects. For advice on the backup and recovery solution I employ, see my "Backup and Recovery" FAQ.
Note: When looking for new applications, I recommend searching MacUpdate or Version Tracker. The user-submitted reviews accompanying the listings are helpful in sorting the wheat from the chaff.
Good luck!
Dr. Smoke
Author: Troubleshooting Mac® OS X
Note: The information provided in the link(s) above is freely available. However, because I own The X Lab™, a commercial Web site to which some of these links point, the Apple Discussions Terms of Use require I include the following disclosure statement with this post:
I may receive some form of compensation, financial or otherwise, from my recommendation or link.

Weblogic (10.3.2) support on Linux 64 bit?

Hi ,
Does weblogic 10.3.2 (11gR1) supported on Linux x86_64 ? We are using JRockit version BEA JRockit(R) (build R27.6.5-32_o-121899-1.6.0_14-20091001-2113-linux-x86_64, compiled mode)
Can soem body confirm.
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The link Tom shared goes up to 10.3.0, but for WLS 10.3.1 - also known as 11gR1 11.1.1.1, please check here:
http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/products/ias/files/oracle%20fusion%20middleware%2011gR1%20(11.1.1.x)%20certification%20matrix.xls
If the full link doesn't show up - go here:
http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/products/ias/files/fusion_certification.html
Note that 10.3.2 of WLS is in FMW 11.1.1.2, which is covered by the FMW 11.1.1.1+ sections of the spreadsheet.
There is a special note in the spreadsheet for 11.1.1.2 minimum JVM requirements:
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Oracle Fusion Middleware 11gR1 (11.1.1.2+) requires a minimum JDK version. The following minimum JDK versions apply:
Sun JDK 1.6.0_14+ (32-bit, 64-bit).
Oracle JRockit 6 Update 14 R27.6.5+ (32-bit, 64-bit).
HP JDK 6.0.05+ (32-bit, 64-bit).
IBM JDK 1.6.0 SR6+ (32-bit, 64-bit). Note: IBM JDK 1.6.0 SR6+ can be downloaded from http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/jdk/aix/service.html"
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Why Apple does not offer support for linux?

We all know the history of Apple. It clearly shows a trend to be open source, excepting for the licenses they share with Microsoft. In my personal case, I love open source because it has solved several of my problems. Just to share this with everyone, I am the network manager of a educational institution and I used to have my servers running on windows platform. Since we used to buy it all from Microsoft, they would give us free software for or labs, software like Visual Studio. They even assigned us engineers to plan everything for our servers, free of cost. Guess what? It was a disaster. We had our database destroyed by an external attack. We were “lucky” to have Microsoft in our servers and in our firewalls.
We had to take action, so I decided to switch to Debian, and to use IPCOP (a great dedicated firewall, if there is anyone interested, the link is: http://ipcop.org/ , please note, I am NOT affiliated with them, and I will receive no compensation or benefit if you chose to access it or not ). Both open source. The result, no external attack has been able to pass trough. After that, we switched most* of our e-learning platforms to open source, and guess what? We are saving over 60,000 yearly just in software. So for those who are looking for a good way to get good security without loosing an eye, try open source.
Now back to the point, I do not fully support any operative system. They all have their good features, or at least they should. The ones I know, are because I use them. My home network is composed by computers running in five different versions of Linux, two running in Mac OS X Tiger, and some others running in XP pro. My main computer is running in Ubuntu, and is really sad to see that there is no software from apple available for Linux. That is honestly the worst part of Linux, having no iTunes or QuickTime available. No way to see multimedia in the web, etc. A suggestion for apple would be, give support for Linux, there are a lot of us wanting the same.

Apple makes software and hardware. Therefore they
offer a total solution. Now they even can have
windows xp running on their hardware. Making a
version of mac os to run on linix isn't practically.
Under a mac is unix and you can run unix software
with the mac so you could do ever thing you are
doing with a mac.
I did not know Linux was one type of computer, like Mac...
Next topic, If I was willing to pay for it, this thread would not exist, because I can actually use a commercial software to adapt the windows web plug ins to Linux... If I was in charge of Apple, I would propose to develop free software support of my products, - plug ins and so - to other operative systems... But of course, even if I did, it would not be up to me. It would have to pass trough several layers of bureaucracy, and it would take a lot of time to be approved or rejected.
Anyway, the main issue is, the three most important OS's are Windows, Linux, and Mac. And that can't be denied. Now you can even run Windows in a Mac PC, and vice versa... besides being fancy, what else could I do with a Mac PC using Windows, when I can build a machine able to run Windows for less than 300 bucks? OK if you want to try a Mac in a i386 or a x86... but I still rather to be the proud owner of a PowerMac G5 than the owner of a Pentium 4 / AMD using Mac OS.
Also, I thought it would be fun to see the reactions and opinions of other people with this topic, hence, I was not expecting anyone from Mac to read it, and really do something about it, because I know they won't.

Attempted repair of 3.5.1 database yields message that it may "...remove data supported only in newer versions..."

After starting Aperture with Command+Option keys, and being presented Photo Library First Aid, then choosing Repair Database radio button, then clicking on Repair --- I am presented with a dailogue:
"This library has been opened with a newer version of Aperture.
Repairing the library using this version of Aperture may remove data supported only in newer versions of Aperture."
This does not add up, as I am running 3.5.1, which is the newest version.
So, I am concerned about running the repair.
Thoughts?
Richard

Richard, I am seeing the same. For some libraries Aperture seems to be confused about the version:
My Aperture version is 3.5.1, the library is version 3.5.1, but still I am getting this message when trying to repair, even after repeated repairs.
The repair does not seem to cause any harm, however, but I cannot recommend it as safe, as long as we do not know, what is causing this.
I am seeing this only for libraries, that have been opened by the latest iPhoto 9.5.1. Is that the same for your Aperture libraries?
-- Léonie
Added: Repeated "Repair" does not help, but after one "rebuild", the version number will revert to normal and stick, and the warning is gone. But don't try to "rebuild" without first updating your backup of the Aperture library.

How to catalogue "old" removable media

Hi, I shoot photos, download them from my SD memory into my hard disk, and import them using LR 1.3.
Soon my hard disk gets full and so I can export them burning them onto dvds, retaining all related metadata.
But, what if I want to import from optical media I burned 1 year ago? I have tens of dvd plenty of photos I wished to import in LR, so that in future I could find what I search for using LR good filters.
I don't want to spend time telling LR where the orphan photos are, I simply want LR to answer me 'this photo was on a removable media named "PHOTOS_13".' when I search for a particular keyword.
If I don't go wrong, simpler applications like ACDSee or ThumbsPlus allow this...
Nino

There isn't a way to do this yet in LR, but it sure has been discussed a lot in this forum. Do a forum search for "offline" to find some of what people have been asking for.

Removable media

For some reason I cannot unmount removable media (in my case a USB flash drive) from Thunar using HAL. I believe it is saying that I do not have permission to unmount it. I've tried putting my user in the groups "hal" and "storage". I can't seem to find a solution.
What's strange to me is the fact that it unmounts sometimes but other times not...
Anyone got an idea?

That sounds right! I feel so stupid, it's just when I seen the word "permission" in the error dialog I thought I didn't have sufficient privelages to unmount the media.
Thanks.

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<match user="$USER">
<match action="org.freedesktop.hal.storage.*">
<return result="yes"/>
</match>
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<return result="yes" />
</match>
<match action="hal-storage-mount-removable-extra-options">
<return result="yes" />
</match>
</match>
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I remembered seeing this thread some time ago. Maybe it will give you what you need. The answer is from Hin@Cisco Systems;
http://forum.cisco.com/eforum/servlet/NetProf?page=netprof&forum=Unified%20Communications%20and%20Video&topic=Unified%20Communications%20Applications&CommCmd=MB%3Fcmd%3Dpass_through%26location%3Doutline%40%5E1%40%40.1dd9cedd/3#selected_message
Hope this helps!
Rob

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Now, Mac Help says to "Copy your keychain to a location... or copy it to your removable media."
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V.K.:
Many Thanks for the reply. I should have thought it would be as easy as that. Although you are absolutely right that removable media is no better than a TM back-up, considering I will still need a Mac to access Keychain, it is more useful to me. It is easier to travel with the iPod (Classic) and have the info available than to carry a TM, even if I will need to locate a Mac to access.
Many thanks again,
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