disk needs write permissions to be scanned

[arturj]

Binary package hint: gnomecatalog

When trying to scan my usb-harddisk I get the following errors on commandline. My usb-harddrive has a read-only root directory, so the normal user (me included) cannot create files/dirs in the root-folder.

Montando file:///media/Aja320GB
label: Aja320GB
Exception in thread Thread-1:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/threading.py", line 532, in __bootstrap_inner
    self.run()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/threading.py", line 484, in run
    self.__target(*self.__args, **self.__kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/gnomecatalog/data.py", line 50, in import_disk
    disk = self.reader.read(path, self.app.progress_bar)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/gnomecatalog/reader.py", line 45, in read
    self.count_files = self.dir_count(uri)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/gnomecatalog/reader.py", line 21, in dir_count
    if info.type and info.type == 2: count += self.dir_count(uri + "/" + urllib.quote (info.name)) # Patch from Tom Lees
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/gnomecatalog/reader.py", line 21, in dir_count
    if info.type and info.type == 2: count += self.dir_count(uri + "/" + urllib.quote (info.name)) # Patch from Tom Lees
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/gnomecatalog/reader.py", line 19, in dir_count
    for info in gnomevfs.DirectoryHandle(uri):
AccessDeniedError: Zugriff verweigert

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: gnomecatalog 0.3.4.2-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.33-generic 2.6.35.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Oct 4 15:37:08 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=de_DE.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnomecatalog