GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 555792
drive mount applet can not mount encrypted volumes
Last modified: 2008-10-20 08:49:24 UTC
the bug has been opened on https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-applets/+bug/273525 "Binary package hint: gnome-applets Starting with intrepid, the drive mount applet cannot mount luks-encrypted volumes. To reproduce: - insert encrypted usb stick - cancel the password dialog - click on the drivemount applet button for the drive and select the mount command from the menu Result: - nothing happens Expected: - password dialog Confirmed here. A quick check shows that the applet neither calls gnome-mount (which it should), nor issues d-bus calls. It doesn't work for internal drives either."
The patch in bug 553996 should handle this case. It was applied to trunk 20 days ago, but I wouldn't exactly call it tested. I've applied it to 2.24 for the 2.24.1 release. Hopefully this fixes more problems than it causes. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 553996 ***