Newsgroups:  gmane.linux.debian.user
Date:        Thu, 5 Oct 2006 00:14:33 +0200

> I read the thread contributed by Florian e.al..
> I have the same/similar problem (etch/KDE3.5.4)
> Plugging in USB-device the automounter pops up with tree options:
> open in new window
> play with kaffeine
> do nothing
>
> Choosing new window I get an empty window /system/media/sda1 and the konqueror-Message:
>
> A security policy in place prevents this sender from sending this message
> to this recipient, see message bus configuration file
> (rejected message had interface "org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Volume"
> member "mount" error name "(unset)" destination "org.freedesktop.Hal")
>
> What can I do to let every user read its USB-stick?

The version of hal currently in Etch misses an entry for the plugdev group in /etc/dbus-1/system.d/hal.conf. This has been corrected in hal 0.5.8.1-1.

See bug report #377689 for details and a way to fix the problem, or use the file that John Schmidt attached to his message in this thread.