NTFS-config crashes on Maverick

[lady_freyja]

On beta of Ubuntu 10.10 NTFS-config crashes at start.
The shell return this:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/ntfs-config", line 102, in <module>
    main(args, opts)
  File "/usr/bin/ntfs-config", line 75, in main
    app = NtfsConfig()
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/NtfsConfig/NtfsConfig.py", line 56, in __init__
    os.mkdir(HAL_CONFIG_DIR)
OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/etc/hal/fdi/policy'

In fact, "/etc/hal" doesn't exist, but I have an "/usr/share/hal/fdi/policy".

[MD Ashraful Alam (md-ashraful-alam6)]

I tried the lucid package but it does not work.

[Florent Mertens (givre)]

Hello,
You should not need to use this tool in Lucid or Maverick, because NTFS should be read/write by default in this versions.

[MD Ashraful Alam (md-ashraful-alam6)]

ntfs-config was previously dependent on libhal. They removed hal dependency from lucid. But the dependency residue is still in the maverick package. You can either install libhal or you can just make an empty directory as "/etc/hal/fdi/policy". Then ntfs-config will work. well it worked for me.

[erik (zierka)]

@Florent Mertens okay, but Lucid and Maverick doesn't automount ntfs partitions as I know, which this tool does.

@MD Ashraful Alam thanks, it works!

[Farooq Hussain M (farooq-virgo)]

@ MD Ashraful Alam,

Thanks your suggestion works. Making an empty directory as "/etc/hal/fdi/policy" fixes ntfs-config starting issue.

[Mihai (mihaid)]

Please fix this! It should be as easy as checking for the directory and creating it if it doesn't exist.

The utility is useful since it allows for auto-mounting ntfs partitions. Also, confirming that making an empty directory as "/etc/hal/fdi/" also works, in Maverick.