You should either unmount removable storage devices before logging out (else these devices are locked to your previous session) or you should configure them in /etc/fstab. If you want the latter, I'll move this topic to a better location.
On Cinnamon I think the path is: Menu > Preferences > Details > Removable Media > check "Never prompt or start programs on media insertion"Brahim wrote:If you you ever get this message "Error mounting:.............. Device /dev/sdc1 is already mounted at `/media/... " while booting your system with an external media inserted on Linux Mint 14 Nadia Mate edition simply open your home folder and navigate to "Edit-Preferences-Media " and check "Never prompt or start programs on media insertion". That's it bros!!
I'm now retired and really haven't develed deep into this stuff since the time I was working. I used to play around with the automount stuff, mainly for NFS /home directories. Try reading the man pages for automounting. If I remember correctly, it takes a certain amount of time (usually measured in minutes) of inactivitiy before the automounter will unmount a filesystem. All the error message is telling you is it can't do what you asked (automount that particular filesystem) because its already been done. In otherwords, nothings broke.So not a mount issue per say but how it is reported with error dialogs.
Again everything works fine just get those pesky dialogs can't mount because already mounted error dialogs.
Because that seems to clear up no devices tree shown in nemo. Logout and back in and bingo the devices tree is there with all my ntfs & usb drives ready to one click mount and use.Can I ask a couple of "dumb" questions, this being the first? Why are you logging out, only to have the system autolog you back in 10 seconds later?
I was not talking about programs that start automatically. I was talking about the drives being mounted automatically. The programs you've shut down auto starting have nothing to do with mounting the drives.I disabled all my startup programs. ... So thinking a startup program(s) is interfering with the system and how nemo fetches devices info and populates it's tree.
I'm pretty sure the "allow_other" setting means any user on the system has access to this resource, so just because "you" logout, dosen't mean "I" logged out, I could still be logged in and need to use that drive./dev/sdc1 on /media/orbmiser/320GB TOSHIBA type fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,default_permissions,blksize=4096)
Yep waited 90 seconds or more. And Nemo & Term mount shows them there.billmc wrote:OK, I'm begining to get a better understanding, but I still believe there is an issue with the, if you'll allow me to use the phrase, "auto mounting stuff".orbmiser@Winterfell ~ $ mountHere's some things I'd like you to try for me.
Let's start with the computer shut off. Disconect the USB cable leading to the external drive, from the box. Turn the compuetr on. After it boots up, open nemo and open a terminal window along side the nemo window, so that you can see both at the same time. In the terminal widow, enter the mount command -> mount
/dev/sda5 on / type ext4 (rw,errors=remount-ro)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
none on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl (rw)
none on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw)
none on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw)
udev on /dev type devtmpfs (rw,mode=0755)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,noexec,nosuid,gid=5,mode=0620)
tmpfs on /run type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,size=10%,mode=0755)
none on /run/lock type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,size=5242880)
none on /run/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev)
none on /run/user type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,size=104857600,mode=0755)
/dev/sda6 on /home type ext4 (rw)
binfmt_misc on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
gvfsd-fuse on /run/user/orbmiser/gvfs type fuse.gvfsd-fuse (rw,nosuid,nodev,user=orbmiser)
And correct both usb do not and are unconnected but nemo shows the Ntfs partitions as it should being internal drive.
Correct!Because the external drive is not connected, it should not show up in either nemo or the the output of mount.
orbmiser@Winterfell ~ $ mountNext, connect the usb cable. The system should recognize the external drive being attached, you should see it appear in nemo. Depending upon whether or not it automounts, the mount command output may or may not show the now connected external drives. If executing mount a second time does not show the external drives then, one at a time, in nemo click on a drive to have it mount, verify it is mounted with the mount command, then click on the next drive and verify that also gets mounted.
/dev/sda6 on /home type ext4 (rw)
binfmt_misc on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
gvfsd-fuse on /run/user/orbmiser/gvfs type fuse.gvfsd-fuse (rw,nosuid,nodev,user=orbmiser)
/dev/sdg1 on /media/orbmiser/320GB TOSHIBA type fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,default_permissions,blksize=4096)
/dev/sdh1 on /media/orbmiser/697GB Drive type fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,default_permissions,blksize=4096)
Yes they appeared in Nemo.
Assuming you've disabled the autologin, log out. Wait a minute or so, log back in and bring up nemo and the terminal window again. When you've gotten back in, I want to know if nemo still sees the drives and if the mount command still shows them being mounted or not, and if you saw the error messages indicating the drives are already mounted.
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/dev/sdg1 on /media/orbmiser/320GB TOSHIBA type fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,default_permissions,blksize=4096)
/dev/sdh1 on /media/orbmiser/697GB Drive type fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,default_permissions,blksize=4096)
gvfsd-fuse on /run/user/orbmiser/gvfs type fuse.gvfsd-fuse (rw,nosuid,nodev,user=orbmiser)