Re: gvfs: fails to mount certain removable devices

["Richard B. Kreckel" <kreckel ginac de>]

Hi,

On 11/13/2012 06:30 PM, David Zeuthen wrote:
> Also, you probably don't want to hear this, but the gdu/udisks1 bits 
> of GVfs are deprecated (as of GNOME 3.4, released spring 2012). Users 
> should instead be using the udisks2 bits in GVfs - this is also where 
> new development happens and where developers can help users with bugs. 
> IOW, you are not likely to find a lot of interest from upstream 
> developers in working on the GDU bugs. Yes, aspects of this reality 
> sucks but that's just the way it is.

I've upgraded and GVfs is now using GProxyVolumeMonitorUDisks2. But the 
problem remains.

> The good thing is that the udisks2 bits are simpler, more robust and 
> better documented. In particular, there's this useful document
>
> http://git.gnome.org/browse/gvfs/tree/monitor/udisks2/what-is-shown.txt
>
> explaining some aspects of what's going on and why.

Thanks a lot for this information! Still, I don't see what it could have 
to do with this, or with shadowing. The drives have filesystem labels 
and all. I even tried reformatting some of them (using the Gnome disk 
utility, among others.)

> In closing, you should probably use bugzilla to report the bugs.

Okay, done: <https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57112>

  -richy.
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Richard B. Kreckel
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