Comment 2 for bug 217412

This problem doesn't affect optical disks for me, but it affects both my removable hard drive and my NTFS partition. I suspect that in my case, the problem is occurring whenever a partition is not unmounted cleanly--- i.e. when my housemates microwave popcorn and the breaker blows.

$ lsb_release -cdr
Description: Ubuntu hardy (development branch)
Release: 8.04
Codename: hardy

$ sudo dpkg -s gnome-volume-manager
Package: gnome-volume-manager
Status: install ok installed
Priority: optional
Section: gnome
Installed-Size: 3160
Maintainer: Martin Pitt <email address hidden>
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.22.1-1ubuntu5
Depends: gconf2 (>= 2.10.1-2), gnome-mount, hal (>= 0.5.5.1), libart-2.0-2 (>= 2.3.18), libatk1.0-0 (>= 1.20.0), libbonobo2-0 (>= 2.15.0), libbonoboui2-0 (>= 2.15.1), libc6 (>= 2.4), libcairo2 (>= 1.5.14), libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.1.1), libdbus-glib-1-2 (>= 0.74), libgconf2-4 (>= 2.13.5), libglade2-0 (>= 1:2.6.1), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.16.0), libgnome2-0 (>= 2.17.3), libgnomecanvas2-0 (>= 2.11.1), libgnomeui-0 (>= 2.17.1), libgnomevfs2-0 (>= 1:2.17.90), libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.12.0), libhal1 (>= 0.5.8.1), libice6 (>= 1:1.0.0), libnotify1 (>= 0.4.4), libnotify1-gtk2.10, liborbit2 (>= 1:2.14.10), libpango1.0-0 (>= 1.20.0), libpopt0 (>= 1.10), libsm6, libx11-6, libxml2
Recommends: nautilus-cd-burner, sound-juicer, totem
Suggests: rhythmbox, wine, xsane
Conflicts: magicdev
Conffiles:
 /etc/xdg/autostart/gnome-volume-manager.desktop 69c88b0de8769697df812d1b1db8e67f
Description: GNOME daemon to auto-mount and manage media devices
 gnome-volume-manager is a GNOME daemon that acts as a policy agent on
 top of the kernel, udev, D-Bus and HAL. It listens to HAL events and
 reacts with user-configurable actions. Currently it supports automount
 of new media and hot-plugged devices, autorun, autoplay for CDs and
 DVDs, and automatic camera management. It is expected to be simple and
 free of polling and other evil hacks.
Original-Maintainer: Sjoerd Simons <email address hidden>