On Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:17:11 -0500 "Mark C. Allman" <mcallman@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Thu, 2008-01-31 at 13:07 -0500, Mark C. Allman wrote: > > On Thu, 2008-01-31 at 18:31 +0100, François Patte wrote: > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > > Le 31.01.2008 18:10, Mark C. Allman a écrit : > > > > On Thu, 2008-01-31 at 11:56 -0500, Joe(theWordy)Philbrook wrote: > > > > I use mc from a konsole to do my file browsing. I'm quite comfortable > > > > with using mount & umount from the command line as needed. I really > > > > dislike finding filesystems already mounted when I expressly set them up > > > > with the noauto option in my /etc/fstab. How can I stop it from > > > > happening? > > > > > > > > I'd actually prefer a root command line solution that will > > > > make it impossible for kde to turn automounting back on. > > > > > > > > In case it matters, I boot to runlevel 3 and start kde via startx as > > > > needed. > > > > > > > > > > > I ran into the exact same thing last night. A file system marked > > > > "noauto" was mounted at boot time. I had to comment out the line > > > > in /etc/fstab and hack around the problem (put something in rc.local) > > > > but it's a royal hack, not a solution. > > > > > > The culprit is gnome or kde... for kde, I don't know, but for gnome you > > > have a System>Preferences>Removable medias (something like that) where > > > you can choose what you want. > > > > > > Anyway there is some problem there: as cd/dvd devices are no more > > > mentionned in fstab, I think that if you don't use auto-mount, you will > > > be unable to mount your cd/dvd if you are not root.... > > > > > > This is boring: same happens if you want to format a cd/dvd/usb-key... > > > whatever, you cannot unmount them to perform the operation if you are > > > not root... > > > > > > - -- > > > François Patte > > > > The problem is definitely not gnome or kde. The mount happens at boot > > time, right after udev. Also, the line I had in fstab was mounting a > > usb 250GB external hard drive. No CD or DVD drives involved. > > > > I see the LVM find my logical volume (VolGrp00/LogVol00, or something > > similar), I see udev "start" (I can't remember the line in the > > start-up--I think it says "starting udev"), then I see an error saying > > the drive with a specific label can't be found. I can then provide the > > root password to get in and fix the problem. The drive with the label > > that can't be found is marked "noauto" in fstab. I've had it marked > > "auto" and everthing's worked for the past three months, but suddenly > > last night it stopped working so I tried "noauto" to skip the mount at > > boot time. The disk has the same, correct label--I checked. I switched > > back to "auto" and just commented out the whole line in fstab, rebooted > > the system to run level 3, uncommented the line in fstab and ran "mount > > -a" with no errors, so I know it's not the disk label. I suspect it's > > something with the disk device (/dev/sdb1, I believe) not being found. > > But why "noauto" doesn't prevent the device from being mounted at boot > > time is a mystery. > > > > As I type this an idea to test just occurred to me, so I'll try it > > tonight when I get back to my office. > > > > -- Mark C. Allman, PMP > > -- Allman Professional Consulting, Inc. > > -- www.allmanpc.com, 617-947-4263 > > > > BusinessMsg -- the secure, managed, J2EE/AJAX Enterprise IM/IC solution > > > > > Also, this is with kernels 2.6.23.9-85.fc8 and 2.6.23.14-107.fc8 (the > latest kernel). > > -- Mark C. Allman, PMP > -- Allman Professional Consulting, Inc. > -- www.allmanpc.com, 617-947-4263 > > BusinessMsg -- the secure, managed, J2EE/AJAX Enterprise IM/IC solution > > > > > http://home.att.net/~Tom.Horsley/linux-tidbits.html Look at Hide Backup Disk Best regards, Bob
