GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 343900
gnome-volume-manager stopped running after distribution upgrade
Last modified: 2006-06-14 03:14:44 UTC
Please describe the problem: I'm using Ubuntu Linux (Dapper, i.e. 6.06 version). After upgrading from previous version (Breezy, 5.10), I noticed my auto-mounting stopped working---no more CD-ROM icon appeared after inserting CD. I checked hal is working OK, but g-v-m isn't running anymore. I tried to run it in foreground mode to see any error message using `gnome-volume-manager -n` but I had nothing. `strace gnome-volume-manager` also didn't add clarity. Steps to reproduce: 1. Log in to Gnome. 2. Run `ps aux|grep gnome-volume`. See nothing. 3. Run `gnome-volume-manager -n`. The program closes immediately. Actual results: I see no output at all. Expected results: g-v-m should be run as daemon and appear in the process list. CD automounting should also work. Does this happen every time? Yes. Other information: `lshal` shows hal works and updates information about my CD-ROM when I insert CD. Maybe it's significant---my user profile (/etc/passwd and /etc/group) is handled with LDAP, I'm using libnss-ldap for it.
what did strace say?
I completed removed all the packages related to gnome-volume-manager and installed them again---now this problem disappeared. Sorry to bother you, I think this bug can be closed now, because I have no additional information about it anymore.
Created attachment 67016 [details] strace of the failed run
Oops, it seems to me this happens to me again. :(
open("/var/run/console/", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK|O_LARGEFILE|O_DIRECTORY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) that's why. create /var/run/console and touch /var/run/console/<user> apparently you no longer have pam_console installed.
I did as you said. After re-login I found out the folder disappeared. Maybe it's because my user account is handled via LDAP (I have libpam-ldap installed for it)? Also, is lack of log messages intentional? It makes failure reason detection very difficult for mortal users. Maybe I should file this bug for Ubuntu maintainers?
yea, g-v-m should probably log somewhere (syslog?). I'll open a bug about that. the bug about the folder disappearing should probably go to the Ubuntu maintainers so they can prevent further users from having this problem.
Thanks for the help. I'll file the bug to Ubuntu.