Reading HFS+ volumes

[liberalist]

Hi everyone,

I have looked through the forums, but couldn't really find a solution. My problem is related to volume formatting, specifically the HFS+ format. In Ubuntu, I could read HFS+ (Apple/Mac formatted) volumes out-of-the-box. However - in Kubuntu 7.10 - I get the following error:

hal-storage-fixed-mount-all-options refused uid 1000

I have installed hfsplus and libhfsp0. How can I read my Mac OS X volume and iPod nano volume (which is HFS+ formatted as well) in Kubuntu? Moreover, when Kubuntu is able to read HFS+ volumes, how can I get my iPod to work with Amarok?

Thank you very much in advance.

PS: Read and write support would be nice, but is not required.

[jankushka]

Re: Reading HFS+ volumes

i don't have experience with apple's hfs file system...
it's not clear to me whether or not you are able to mount your drives
or if it's just an ownership/permission issue...
can you clarify that, pls?
as for amarok, it should be enough to go into settings -> configure amarok -> media devices

[liberalist]

Re: Reading HFS+ volumes

I can mount the drives as root, so it is probably a permission issue. However, after mounting the drive as root, I get an error in Dolphin when I close the window. It would be preferred if I can mount the drive as a normal user.

[jankushka]

Re: Reading HFS+ volumes

I can mount the drives as root, so it is probably a permission issue.

think it's rather an ownership issue.

However, after mounting the drive as root, I get an error in Dolphin when I close the window.

wild guessing.
depending on what you do, dolphin will try to write its .dolphinview file in the directory you're viewing.
if the directory is owned by root, and you run dolphin as a normal user, i expect you'll get a complaint...
if you can, pls post the error message.

It would be preferred if I can mount the drive as a normal user.

since you use the volume on both mac-os and linux
you'll likely need to get your uid and gid in sync on the two systems.

could you please mount your volume on mac-os and check the numeric uid and gid like so:

ls -lan /path_to_removable_volume_mount_point

the -n option will print out the numeric (rather than alpha) values of owner and group.
check the mac-os ls man page to see if -n works the same as in linux.
it should.
post back the result.

then check what the uid and the gid you get correspond to on you linux.
you can see that in "user manager" or directly in /etc/passwd and /etc/group.

let's see...

[liberalist]

Re: Reading HFS+ volumes

It seems that this is fixed in Kubuntu 8.04 beta Without being root, I can mount my Mac OS X volume.

[jankushka]

Re: Reading HFS+ volumes

good.
case closed, then...