hal doesn't mount removable usb storage device when plugged in (debian)

[Danny Kukawka]

On Wednesday 23 November 2005 22:08, Johannes Zellner wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I just tried hal (as it comes with debain unstable) but it doesn't mount
> my removable usb storage device automatically when plugged in. I'd have
> expected it to appear under /media/<label> but nothing is there. Hal
> doesn't even create the mount root /media as I would have expected from
> /usr/share/hal/fdi/90defaultpolicy/storage-policy.fdi. Everything else
> seems to be ok, after plugging in the storage device it appears corretly
> in hal-device-manager. Here's the relevant lshal output:

You need a helper application (as e.g. ivman or g-v-m) or a addon for HAL (as 
e.g. hald-subfs-mount on SUSE) to mount your volumes or sync your fstab (as 
e.g. fstab-sync). Is there any addon or callout at the related storage 
devices?

Cheers,

Danny