Comment 2 for bug 5460

It does indeed sound like similar issues.

I'm on Dapper, using g-v-m 1.5.3-0ubuntu2

lshal output for the device is:
udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_model_DK23DA_10'
  storage.policy.should_mount = true (bool)
  block.storage_device = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_model_DK23DA_10'
 (string)
  info.udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_model_DK23DA_10' (string)
  storage.requires_eject = true (bool)
  storage.hotpluggable = true (bool)
  info.capabilities = {'storage', 'block'} (string list)
  info.category = 'storage' (string)
  info.product = 'DK23DA-10' (string)
  info.vendor = 'HITACHI_' (string)
  storage.removable = false (bool)
  storage.physical_device = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_5ab_31_44C0207970A2FFBC_if0' (string)
  storage.lun = 0 (0x0) (int)
  storage.drive_type = 'disk' (string)
  storage.vendor = 'HITACHI_' (string)
  storage.model = 'DK23DA-10' (string)
  storage.automount_enabled_hint = true (bool)
  storage.media_check_enabled = false (bool)
  storage.no_partitions_hint = false (bool)
  storage.bus = 'usb' (string)
  block.is_volume = false (bool)
  block.minor = 0 (0x0) (int)
  block.major = 8 (0x8) (int)
  block.device = '/dev/sda' (string)
  linux.hotplug_type = 3 (0x3) (int)
  info.parent = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_5ab_31_44C0207970A2FFBC_if0_scsi_host_scsi_device_lun0' (string)
  linux.sysfs_path_device = '/sys/block/sda' (string)
  linux.sysfs_path = '/sys/block/sda' (string)