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    HAL running but not functioning properly

    I have Kubuntu 7.10 upgraded to 8.04 (apparently. don't know why it doesn't go up to 8.10) as shown by /etc/issue:

    Code:
    $ cat /etc/issue
Ubuntu 8.04.2 \n \l
    my usb flashdrives mounted fine after a safe upgrade, but then I finally preformed the full upgrade and they are no longer automounting.

    the device appears in /dev, I got sudo blkid and sudo fdisk -l from another thread, and they look fine to me (/dev/sdc1 is the flashdrive)
    Code:
    $ sudo blkid
/dev/sda1: UUID="36d6b9e2-4892-4e06-b6ac-265eade82f97" SEC_TYPE="ext2" TYPE="ext
3"
/dev/sda2: UUID="6afa3cd6-603c-421c-8824-e1d776be1f3f" SEC_TYPE="ext2" TYPE="ext
3"
/dev/sda3: TYPE="swap" UUID="06c299f4-afe6-4881-9e53-0bf7b4be0e30"
/dev/sdb2: UUID="a314fda2-7446-4925-a38d-83ecb744356a" SEC_TYPE="ext2" TYPE="ext
3"
/dev/sdc1: SEC_TYPE="msdos" UUID="C2F8-E4F2" TYPE="vfat"
    Code:
    $ sudo fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 250.0 GB, 250059350016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000c1457

 Device Boot   Start    End   Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 *     1    9118  73240303+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda2      9119   30276 169951635 83 Linux
/dev/sda3     30277   30401  1004062+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris

Disk /dev/sdb: 250.0 GB, 250059350016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000ac16c

 Device Boot   Start    End   Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb2 *     1   30276 243191938+ 83 Linux

Disk /dev/sdc: 1006 MB, 1006632960 bytes
65 heads, 32 sectors/track, 945 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 2080 * 512 = 1064960 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xc3072e18

 Device Boot   Start    End   Blocks Id System
/dev/sdc1 *     1    946   983024  6 FAT16
Partition 1 has different physical/logical endings:
  phys=(960, 64, 32) logical=(945, 14, 32)
    I tried using the following command to mount manually
    (directory created):
    Code:
    sudo mount -t vfat /dev/sdc /home/robert/usbtemp
    and got the following results (dmesg)
    Code:
    [433509.676251] usb 6-6: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 8
[433710.982584] FAT: invalid media value (0xb9)
[433710.982589] VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev sdc.
[433772.995066] usb 6-7: USB disconnect, address 9
[434066.197864] usb 6-7: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 10
[434066.370878] usb 6-7: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[434066.400231] scsi9 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
[434066.402632] usb-storage: device found at 10
[434066.402636] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
[434071.398351] usb-storage: device scan complete
[434071.399441] scsi 9:0:0:0: Direct-Access  Sony  Storage Media  0100 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS
[434071.401802] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdc] 1966080 512-byte hardware sectors (1007 MB)
[434071.402544] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off
[434071.402548] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdc] Mode Sense: 43 00 00 00
[434071.402550] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through
[434071.413169] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdc] 1966080 512-byte hardware sectors (1007 MB)
[434071.413914] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off
[434071.413919] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdc] Mode Sense: 43 00 00 00
[434071.413921] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through
[434071.413930] sdc: sdc1
[434071.414770] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI removable disk
[434071.414820] sd 9:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
[434091.194087] FAT: invalid media value (0xb9)
[434091.194094] VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev sdc.
[434117.962023] usb 6-7: USB disconnect, address 10
[434124.513161] usb 6-7: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 11
[434124.648405] usb 6-7: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[434124.667546] scsi10 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
[434124.667830] usb-storage: device found at 11
[434124.667835] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
[434129.679474] usb-storage: device scan complete
[434129.680440] scsi 10:0:0:0: Direct-Access  I0MEGA UMni64MB*IOM2C4   PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
[434129.681802] sd 10:0:0:0: [sdc] 126976 512-byte hardware sectors (65 MB)
[434129.682424] sd 10:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off
[434129.682431] sd 10:0:0:0: [sdc] Mode Sense: 03 00 00 00
[434129.682433] sd 10:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through
[434129.692543] sd 10:0:0:0: [sdc] 126976 512-byte hardware sectors (65 MB)
[434129.693167] sd 10:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off
[434129.693174] sd 10:0:0:0: [sdc] Mode Sense: 03 00 00 00
[434129.693176] sd 10:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through
[434129.693185] sdc: sdc1
[434129.695123] sd 10:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI removable disk
[434129.695170] sd 10:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
[434136.281363] FAT: invalid media value (0x01)
[434136.281370] VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev sdc.
    The flash drive is FAT - tested on a windows computer. Also, i tried two separate flashdrives, no go.

    fdisk -l output:
    Code:
    Disk /dev/sdc: 1006 MB, 1006632960 bytes
65 heads, 32 sectors/track, 945 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 2080 * 512 = 1064960 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xc3072e18

 Device Boot   Start    End   Blocks Id System
/dev/sdc1 *     1    946   983024  6 FAT16
Partition 1 has different physical/logical endings:
  phys=(960, 64, 32) logical=(945, 14, 32)
    I think the problem is something wrong with hal, but it could be where the issue is just presenting itself. the hal service claims not to be running in system settings -> services, but if I try to start it, it gives the error it's already running. My media shows devices it should not be, and if I click on the CD, for example, it says that I need to have HAL running to use the feature. If I browse to system:/media/ in dolphin (or media:/), and try to get into anything, even my hard drives, I get "Feature only available with Hal"


    Code:
    $ ps -ef | grep hal
107   8379  1 0 01:30 ?    00:00:00 /usr/sbin/hald
root   8380 8379 0 01:30 ?    00:00:00 hald-runner
107   8406 8380 0 01:30 ?    00:00:00 hald-addon-acpi: listening on acpid socket /var/run/acpid.socket
root   8426 8380 0 01:30 ?    00:00:00 hald-addon-input: Listening on /dev/input/event3 /dev/input/event2 /dev/input/event1
root   8451 8380 0 01:30 ?    00:00:00 hald-addon-storage: polling /dev/hda (every 2 sec)
root  10523 8380 0 01:50 ?    00:00:00 hald-addon-storage: polling /dev/sdc (every 2 sec)
robert 11143 10920 0 02:07 pts/3  00:00:00 grep hal

    I'm at my limit - I need help.
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    #2
    Re: HAL running but not functioning properly

    Hi,

    I had a similar problem and solved it by replacing every uuid entry in fstab to /dev/xxx accordingly (eg. /dev/sda1). Remember to backup your fstab before changing.

    Good luck
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      #3
      Re: HAL running but not functioning properly

      Your problem is that you tried to mount /dev/sdc. That is an entire device, not a partition with a filesystem that is mountable. You want to mount /dev/sdc1.

      As to your question about 8.04 instead of 8.10, upgrades need to go 1 distribution at a time ot they will almost certainly fail. I suggest that before you spend a lot of time getting everything back to where you want it, you upgrade to the distribution you want to be at.
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        #4
        Re: HAL running but not functioning properly [CLOSED]

        neither was the issue (I actually mounted if correctly, the above is a typo). the Reason for the lack of upgrade is that 8.04 is a long term support release - those aren't auto-upgraded to the next newest version.

        I have finally found out what my issue was

        http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php...2&postcount=11

        polkit-auth --user user --grant org.freedesktop.hal.storage.mount-removable wasn't the problem, though, it was org.freedesktop.hal.storage.mount-fixed that needed to be added. i have no idea how this got changes, or what USB flashdrives are fixed, but adding this permission solved my problem.
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