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borda

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Registered: 2007-04-15

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"failed to determine mount point for" whatever :(

debian testing
xfce 4.3.99.2
thunar 0.5.0rc2
(it's not a new problem btw)

if i connect a usb drive or if i put a cd in the drive, i get the icon on my desktop but i can't mount the device and i get that error. in my fstab everything is correct and i can mount everything with "mount /dev/whatever".

it's a debian related problem? it's already fixed in a newer release and i should wait for an update of the debian packages? or it's something fucked up in my system?

tnx anyway

Nick

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Re: "failed to determine mount point for" whatever :(

First upgrade to Thunar 0.8.0 and the latest exo, make sure hal is running (recent version) and remove the entry from the fstab file. Then thunar (and optionally thunar-volman) will manage the (u)mount stuff.

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borda

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Re: "failed to determine mount point for" whatever :(

hal 0.5.8.1-9
$ ps -A |grep hal
1832 ?        00:00:00 hald
1833 ?        00:00:00 hald-runner
1839 ?        00:00:00 hald-addon-acpi
1848 ?        00:00:00 hald-addon-keyb
1854 ?        00:00:00 hald-addon-stor
1856 ?        00:00:00 hald-addon-stor
1858 ?        00:00:00 hald-addon-stor

do you know where i can find a .deb package of the latest thunar? in the official debian repository the 0.5.0rc2 is the latest :\

and... exo?? O_o

weibullguy

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Re: "failed to determine mount point for" whatever :(

Does this work?

http://packages.debian.org/cgi-bin/down … &type=main

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borda

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Re: "failed to determine mount point for" whatever :(

Does this work?

dunno. i have some problems with the experimental repository. i'm investigating right now

borda

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Re: "failed to determine mount point for" whatever :(

shame on me. problem solved by adding the user borda to the plugdev group.