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Hi, What log would i look in for this error: "You are not privileged to eject this volume." I have been trying to track down where this is coming from ...
  1. 02-26-2010 #1
    Dave-Oregon
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    Drive Eject Problem...

    Hi,

    What log would i look in for this error:

    "You are not privileged to eject this volume."

    I have been trying to track down where this is coming from for about three weeks now... I get it a lot... It is a dialog box with an OK. Running Debian, and Gnome.

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    I suspect that your user account is not allowed to unmount the drive.
    Let's say your CD drive is /dev/hdb, do you get an error if you "unmount /dev/hdb"?
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    Hi,

    THanks for the info... I do get that error, but I am trying to find out what is causing this problem... I get the dialog box a lot, and it comes from what looks like nowhere! I have looked all over the logs, and can not find anything attempting to umount a drive... I would like to be able to see what is actually trying to umount a drive, and look into why it is trying, or failing...

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    I recommend to create a temporary new user account. See if it happens with that user too.
    If not, it's maybe something you autostart when login to Gnome.
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    I'll do that right now... Not sure why I did not think of that...
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    Also, if you insert the device before you login, then it is "owned" by root and you will not be able to eject it. Try waiting until you are logged in before inserting the disc/device.
    Sometimes, real fast is almost as good as real time.
    Just remember, Semper Gumbi - always be flexible!
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    The funny part about this is that I am not mounting anything... Whatever is mounting, is happening on boot, but for the life of me I can't find out what it is...
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    post your /etc/fstab
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    # /etc/fstab: static file system information.
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    # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>

    proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
    /dev/sdb1 / ext3 errors=remount-ro 0 1
    /dev/sda1 /media/sda1 ntfs-3g defaults,locale=en_US.UTF-8,force 0 0
    /dev/sdb5 none swap sw 0 0
    /dev/hda /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0

    sda contains windows, and GRUB
    sdb1 is linux
    sdb5 is swap
    hda is the cd rom which I blieve has some issues with the hardware...
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  10. 02-27-2010 #10
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    Oh yes...

    I have remed out both hda, and sda1, and the problem continues...
    They are back to mounting at boot...
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