diff -pruN gparted-0.3.3.orig/debian/changelog gparted-0.3.3/debian/changelog
--- gparted-0.3.3.orig/debian/changelog	2007-09-24 23:13:45.000000000 +0300
+++ gparted-0.3.3/debian/changelog	2007-09-24 23:12:54.000000000 +0300
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+gparted (0.3.3-3ubuntu1) gutsy; urgency=low
+
+  * debian/patches/02_strip-fdi-hackery.patch:
+    - remove logic that prevents hal from mounting fixed drives automatically
+      while gparted is running; this not necessary any more (LP: #134712)
+
+ -- Matti Lindell <mlind@cs.joensuu.fi>  Mon, 24 Sep 2007 20:06:39 +0300
+
 gparted (0.3.3-3) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * Resynchronized with Ubuntu.
diff -pruN gparted-0.3.3.orig/debian/patches/02_strip-fdi-hackery.patch gparted-0.3.3/debian/patches/02_strip-fdi-hackery.patch
--- gparted-0.3.3.orig/debian/patches/02_strip-fdi-hackery.patch	1970-01-01 02:00:00.000000000 +0200
+++ gparted-0.3.3/debian/patches/02_strip-fdi-hackery.patch	2007-09-24 23:07:37.000000000 +0300
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+diff -pruN gparted-0.3.3.orig/src/GParted_Core.cc gparted-0.3.3/src/GParted_Core.cc
+--- gparted-0.3.3.orig/src/GParted_Core.cc	2006-12-05 21:39:31.000000000 +0200
++++ gparted-0.3.3/src/GParted_Core.cc	2007-09-24 22:22:26.000000000 +0300
+@@ -54,21 +54,6 @@ GParted_Core::GParted_Core() 
+ 
+ 	ped_exception_set_handler( ped_exception_handler ) ; 
+ 	
+-	//disable automount //FIXME: temporary hack, till i find a better solution...
+-	std::ofstream fdi_file( "/usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/gparted-disable-automount.fdi" ) ;
+-	if ( fdi_file )
+-	{
+-		fdi_file << "<deviceinfo version='0.2'>" ;
+-		fdi_file << "<device>" ;
+-		fdi_file << "<match key='@block.storage_device:storage.hotpluggable' bool='true'>" ;
+-		fdi_file << "<merge key='volume.ignore' type='bool'>true</merge>" ;
+-		fdi_file << "</match>" ;
+-		fdi_file << "</device>" ;
+-		fdi_file << "</deviceinfo>" ;
+-
+-		fdi_file .close() ;
+-	}	
+-
+ 	//get valid flags ...
+ 	for ( PedPartitionFlag flag = ped_partition_flag_next( static_cast<PedPartitionFlag>( NULL ) ) ;
+ 	      flag ;
+@@ -2286,9 +2271,6 @@ GParted_Core::~GParted_Core() 
+ {
+ 	if ( p_filesystem )
+ 		delete p_filesystem ;
+-
+-	//remove .fdi file..
+-	remove( "/usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/gparted-disable-automount.fdi" ) ;
+ }
+ 	
+ } //GParted