-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Guy Fraser wrote: > I was not able to get FC7 to automatically mount any of the > USB hard drives I have been using for years. > > I Googled numerous times to find a solution, and the only thing > I could determine was that 'hald' was not working properly. I > checked and it was not running.:^( I Googled some more and was > not able to find anything, and the logs were not indicating why > 'hald' was not running. I perused the init scripts and > attempted to start it with them, but it kept inicating that it > failed, but with no reason. I started 'hald' manually and it ran > but still did not automount the drives. I decided to try to > disable SElinux from boot by appending selinux=0 to the grub > command, and that worked, 'hald' was running and when attaching > the USB drives they mounted as expected. I have greped the logs > and still can not find any errors, relating to 'hald'. I have > not run SElinux in enforcing mode since I installed FC5, and > that was a disaster until I set it to permissive. SElinux is > like black magic wizardry to me, and although I understand > why it is a good thing to have and use, I have not been able > to take the enormous amount of time it will take to figure out > how to manage or debug it. I am quite surprised that the problem > with 'hald' has not come up before. > > I have never had any luck with bugzilla, and do not intend to > waste my time again with it. If others are having the same problem > I am and they wish to file a bugzilla, all my best regards to them. > All I can offer at this time is a workaround to the problem, which > is to disable SElinux, but setting it to permissive may also work. > > Have you yum udpated to the latest selinux-policy? It is probably a good idea to "yum update" your entire system -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHGPtOrlYvE4MpobMRAgS1AKCEjNq4Aa9lZIFAmhivNosKFphh+QCdF+C2 6ClqElXo6FufizDsi/oYdYM= =gpoD -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
