David C. Rankin wrote:
(3) new kernel also did something to Hal/d-bus/PolicyKit, so I can't access my usb drives again with the brute force approach. Any thoughts?
I'm able to mount my iPod via USB with my /etc/PolicyKit/PolicyKit.conf set as follows: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!-- -*- XML -*- --> <!DOCTYPE pkconfig PUBLIC "-//freedesktop//DTD PolicyKit Configuration 1.0//EN" "http://hal.freedesktop.org/releases/PolicyKit/1.0/config.dtd"> <!-- See the manual page PolicyKit.conf(5) for file format --> <config version="0.1"> <!-- DAR --> <!-- <define_admin_auth group="wheel"/> --> <match action="org.freedesktop.hal.storage.mount-removable"> <return result="yes"/> </match> <!-- <match action="org.freedesktop.hal.storage.eject-removable"> <return result="yes"/> </match> --> </config> HTH, DR