Unable to mount usbstick since upgrade (gvfs?)

[red.iceman]

Hi,

since thursday I cannot mount usbsticks anymore: "not authorized to perform operation"
In happens in all gvfs based filemanagers like nemo, thunar, pcmanfm, nautilus..., while dolphin works fine.

System: Lenovo X240
Desktop: Budgie, XFCE

Any idea?

Jens

[pavroo]

Make sure you have installed 'policykit-1-gnome' package and 'polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1' is enabled to start with the system starts.

[red.iceman]

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# sudo aptitude search policykit-1
i A policykit-1                                                             - Rahmen für die Verwaltung von Privilegien und administrativen Verfahren         
p   policykit-1:i386                                                        - Rahmen für die Verwaltung von Privilegien und administrativen Verfahren         
p   policykit-1-doc                                                         - Dokumentation für PolicyKit-1                                                   
i A policykit-1-gnome                                                       - XFCE and Unity authentication agent for PolicyKit-1                             
p   policykit-1-gnome:i386                                                  - XFCE and Unity authentication agent for PolicyKit-1


Make sure you have [...] 'polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1' is enabled to start with the system starts.

How can I verify this?

Jens

[Dai_trying]

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apt-cache policy policykit-1
if you have a line that says Installed <version> then it is installed, if it says Installed: (none) then it is not installed.

[red.iceman]

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# apt-cache policy policykit-1

policykit-1:
  Installiert:           0.112-5.3.1~really-0.105-8
  Installationskandidat: 0.112-5.3.1~really-0.105-8
  Versionstabelle:
*** 0.112-5.3.1~really-0.105-8 100
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     0.105-17 500
        500 http://ftp.debian.org/debian testing/main amd64 Packages


As far as I understand it doesn't mean that 'polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1' is enabled.

[pavroo]

Check does it work now:

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pidof polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1

[red.iceman]

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# pidof polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1
#

Okay, it is not running.

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# ls /etc/xdg/autostart/polkit*
/etc/xdg/autostart/polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1.desktop /etc/xdg/autostart/polkit-mate-authentication-agent-1.desktop
/etc/xdg/autostart/polkit-kde-authentication-agent-1.desktop


So it should be started, shouldn't it?

[pavroo]

Copy polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1.desktop to home dir:

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~HOME/.config/autostart/polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1.desktop
Then reboot.

And make sure the exec line is:

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Exec=/usr/lib/polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1

[red.iceman]

Sorry, still the same error.

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# pidof polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1
# ps ax | grep polkit
  930 ?        Ssl    0:00 /usr/lib/policykit-1/polkitd --no-debug
2145 ?        Sl     0:00 budgie-polkit-dialog
2553 pts/0    S+     0:00 grep polkit


[red.iceman]

I have tried the following:

create a simple .xinitrc

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if [ -d /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d ] ; then
    for f in /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/?*.sh ; do
        [ -x "$f" ] && . "$f"
    done
    unset f
fi

exec budgie-desktop


reboot to init 3.

Now I can mount usb sticks.

So maybe the display manager (lightdm, but I tried slim, too) is the problem.

[red.iceman]

If I start without X (multiuser.target), I can mount USB sticks.
If I start with X (graphical.target), it does not work.

This is not a solution but a workaround.

Further ideas?

Jens

[piker]

I upgraded the other day and also have this problem. I cant access anything on a usb flash drive at all. Has anyone got an update on this?

[piker]

..also just realised that my auto mounts (fstab) disappeared when a usb flash is inserted.

[red.iceman]

No solution so far.

[pavroo]

Connect the usb drive and show what parted says:

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sudo parted -l