[SOLVED] HAL is broken again...

[Mark Weaver]

Mark Weaver wrote:
> Aaron Gaudio wrote:
> 
>> On Sun, 2005-03-27 at 08:47 -0500, Mark Weaver wrote:
>>
>>
>>> mount: block device /dev/hdd is write-protected, mounting read-only
>>> mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hdd,
>>>        or too many mounted file systems
>>
>>
>>
>> I don't know about HAL, but those messages are from mount (probably
>> called from hald). It usually means wrong fs type (what is in fstab
>> for /dev/hdd and what is the filesystem on the CD? if you put 'auto' in
>> fstab it usually works for both iso and udf filesystems), that the CD is
>> blank, or that it is otherwise corrupted.
>>
>> Have you tried mounting /dev/hdd manually?
>>
> 
> well... fstab looks like this:
> /dev/hdd                /media/cdrecorder       auto 
> pamconsole,exec,noauto,fscontext=system_u:object_r:removable_t,managed 0 0
> /dev/hdc                /media/cdrom            auto 
> pamconsole,exec,noauto,fscontext=system_u:object_r:removable_t,managed 0 0
> 
> mounting manually as root user returns this:
> [root at ws1 mdw1982]# mount /dev/hdd
> mount: block device /dev/hdd is write-protected, mounting read-only
> mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hdd,
>        or too many mounted file systems
> 
> what bugs me most is that it "had" been working correctly as a normal 
> user when media was inserted into either device. Problem is I don't know 
> which update broke the darn thing.
> 

reinstalled HAL and its all better now.

-- 
Mark
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