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Bug 511531 - Improve error message for unsupported mount options
Improve error message for unsupported mount options
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Product: gnome-mount
Classification: Deprecated
Component: programs
unspecified
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: David Zeuthen (not reading bugmail)
gnome[unmaintained]
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2008-01-23 12:58 UTC by Johan (not receiving bugmail) Dahlin
Modified: 2012-02-28 12:29 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
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Description Johan (not receiving bugmail) Dahlin 2008-01-23 12:58:55 UTC 
I recently had to modify hal-info to support add support for a mount option.
It took much longer time than it should because the error messages displayed
by gnome-mount is rather confusing. 

The error message displayed when trying to use an unknown mount option is:

  Cannot mount volume.
  Invalid mount option when attempting to mount the volume.

A better error message would include in it's description:

 * the option which is not known ('gid')
 * the file system this is not known for ('vfat')
 * that the validation check is done in HAL and not in gnome-mount itself.

See also https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14206 and
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-mount/+bug/114815
Comment 1 André Klapper 2012-02-28 12:29:46 UTC 
"gnome-mount" will not see active development anymore according to its developers (as HAL is also dead).
Closing this report as WONTFIX - Please feel free to reopen this bug report in
the future if anyone takes the responsibility for active development again.