Latest hal update breaks USB stick mounting in kubuntu dapper kde 3.5.5

[Harm van Bakel]

After updating to the latest HAL version (0.5.7-1ubuntu18.2) in kubuntu dapper with kde 3.5.5 installed it is no longer possible to mount USB sticks. Unfortunately this seems to be a very recurrent problem and occurs every time that there is either a KDE or a HAL update. Once again the descriptive error message reads: "An unknown error has occurred" when trying to double-click the USB icon when "media:/" is selected in konqueror. Again, mounting as root works. Please find additional detailed descriptions of this problem in bug # 65662.

[Harm van Bakel (hvbakel)]

None of the workarounds listed in bug # 65662 fix the problem in the latest update for me, only downgrading restores normal functionality.

[Marco Antonucci (marco-antonucci)]

Same thing here. Downgrading hal packages fixed it.

[Kaldamor (newsassi)]

Same problem, i will check workaround tomorrow

[Kaldamor (newsassi)]

No workaround works for me...

How to downgrade?

[Marco Antonucci (marco-antonucci)]

I did it this way:

sudo apt-get install hal=0.5.7-1ubuntu18.1 libhal-dev=0.5.7-1ubuntu18.1 libhal-storage1=0.5.7-1ubuntu18.1 libhal1=0.5.7-1ubuntu18.1

If you don't have the libhal-dev package already installed, you can omit it

[Toby Dickenson (toby-tarind)]

Problem confirmed here too. I have been using the /etc/dbus-1/system.d/hal.conf workaround since upgrading to kde 355.

I can also confirm the downgrade fixes the problem.

[Kaldamor (newsassi)]

I can also confirm the downgrade fixes the problem.

[Ollan (beatleboy2001)]

I can confirm the bug.

[Mekanix (kubuntu-mekanix)]

Just a "me too". Haven't tried the downgrade.

[Venkat Raghavan (venkatraghavan)]

I can also confirm the same. Automounting fails with kde 3.5.5 and works when downgraded.

[Venkat Raghavan (venkatraghavan)]

Confirming bug

[Mekanix (kubuntu-mekanix)]

I'm not sure this is a dupe of bug #65662.

This bug is about the latest HAL-update breaks usb-mounting in KDE 3.5.5

Bug #65662 is about upgrading to KDE 3.5.5 breaks usb-mounting with the back then "current" version af HAL.

I've been using KDE 3.5.5 since the release, and hadn't had any usb-mounting-issue until the lastest release of HAL.

[Harm van Bakel (hvbakel)]

Having submitted both bugs, I can definately say that they are not duplicates of each other.

[Vincenzo Di Massa (hawk-it)]

The problem can be resolved applying this patch to the debian source package and rebuilding it.

diff -ru hal-0.5.7-2/debian/hal.install hal-0.5.7-1/debian/hal.install
--- hal-0.5.7-2/debian/hal.install 2006-12-08 22:18:55.000000000 +0100
+++ hal-0.5.7-1/debian/hal.install 2006-12-08 21:56:08.000000000 +0100
@@ -10,5 +10,6 @@
 debian/tmp/usr/share/hal/fdi
 debian/tmp/usr/share/hal/scripts/hal-system-power-*
 debian/tmp/usr/share/hal/scripts/hal-system-lcd-*
+debian/tmp/usr/share/hal/scripts/hal-system-storage-*
 debian/preferences.fdi etc/hal/fdi/policy
 debian/10-storage-policy.fdi /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/10osvendor

[steph_Z (polariscorp)]

bug confirmed, with a downgrade it works again. [dapper KDE 3.5.5]

[Daniel Eckl (daniel-eckl)]

FYI:

I get these updates today which fixes the problem for me

upgrade libhal1 0.5.7-1ubuntu18.2 0.5.7-1ubuntu18.2kubuntu1
upgrade hal 0.5.7-1ubuntu18.2 0.5.7-1ubuntu18.2kubuntu1
upgrade libhal-storage1 0.5.7-1ubuntu18.2 0.5.7-1ubuntu18.2kubuntu1

Can anyone confirm?

[Harm van Bakel (hvbakel)]

I can confirm that these new updates also work for me

[Kaldamor (newsassi)]

Kubuntu Dapper, KDE 3.5.5

Update works fine

[Ulrich Lukas (ulrich-lukas)]

Hi Daniel,

where did you get those udated packages? Did you build them yourself, or are these (semi-)official upgrades which should be tested (although just two lines have changed in the source) before being distributed?

[Daniel Eckl (daniel-eckl)]

Hi Ulrich!

You should get them automatically, because they are in the same repository as KDE 3.5.5 which causes the problem in first place.

deb http://kubuntu.org/packages/kde-latest/ dapper main

[Ulrich Lukas (ulrich-lukas)]

OK, thanks!

I was using a different mirror which wasn't up-to-date.

But now, the updated packages work for me, too.

[Sarah Kowalik (hobbsee-deactivatedaccount)]

appears to be fixed, per users comments.

[Konrad Materka (kmaterka)]

Sarah Hobbs napisał(a):
> appears to be fixed, per users comments.
>
> ** Changed in: kdebase (Ubuntu)
> Status: Confirmed => Fix Released

It is. Fixed Hal package in latest KDE's repository.

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Z uszanowaniem:
Konrad Materka

[Mark Matienzo (anarchivist)]

The edgy repositories are not up to date; I'm having the same problem still. I'm using the packages from the dapper repository for the time being.

[kszys (ksocha)]

It seems that the problem has reapeard... I have dapper, kubuntu, hal packages version 8.3, and the problem seems to have reapeard - after clicking on the USB icon on the desktop ""An unknown error has occured""...

[icyfeet (icyfeet)]

I confirm kszys.
Bug is here again.

[ikeaboy (nicolas-perret)]

Hi, I use a Kubuntu dapper with kde 3.5.5

I keep it up to date using this repository
deb http://kubuntu.org/packages/kde-355 dapper main

the package 0.5.7-1ubuntu18.2 broke the automatic mounting for usb drives
I still had a prompt from kde to open the drive in a new window but the drive would not appear on the desktop and was not mounted.

I tried the package 0.5.7-1ubuntu18.3 but it did not fix the problem

the package 0.5.7-1ubuntu18.1 is currently working perfectly on my system

[Jonathan Jesse (jjesse)]

Good afternoon,

I see there were several people who had this bug fixed by updates, but there is one reference to a person having problems with edgy still. Are you still having problems wit USB stick mount in KDE 3.5.5? There should be updates that have fixed this.
Please update this bug if you are still having problems in Edgy.

THanks,

Jonathan

[Toby Dickenson (toby-tarind)]

I think this was once fixed by an update, but a subsequent hal update means dapper is still suffering from this bug. Workaround on dapper is downgrading hal.

No idea about edgy...

[Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman)]

This seems to work fine in Intrepid, and Dapper has reached the end of it's lifespan... (R.I.P. Dapper)
So! I'm going to close this bug as fixed released.
Thank you all involved for your contribution to Kubuntu.