Tuesday, March 16, 2010

xbmc 9.11 usb does not automount after gnome-core is installed

I have this very annoying probklem that I have not been able to solve. when I install gnome-core usb disks does not mount anymore. I get "not authorized".
Generally if I use gdm it works but if I use xbmc or startx it does not work.

I think the problem could be that the policykit is upgraded to polictkit-1 and any settings that are done for xbmc does not work anymore.

I have now found this: EDIT: This does not fix the usb mount problem. It fixes some other permission problems though. I have given up on xbmc and gnome for the moment. I use lxde with xfce and kde components instead.
http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?t=70394

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(sudo apt-get install policykit-1 devicekit-power)

sudo nano /var/lib/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d/custom-actions.pkla
add:

[Actions for xbmc user]
Identity=unix-user:xbmc
Action=org.freedesktop.devicekit.disks.*;org.freedesktop.devicekit.power.*;org.freedesktop.consolekit.system.*;org.freedesktop.hal.storage.mount-removable;org.freedesktop.hal.device.volume
ResultActive=yes
ResultAny=auth_admin
ResultInactive=yes

4 comments:

  1. this solution work?

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  2. No, I have tested and it does not work. It fixes problem with shutdown/suspend but not usv mount.

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  3. read this
    http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?t=70394

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