KDM error

[oboedad55]

Hi, after typing in password, while KDM starts I get the following error:
"Device Notifier Could Not Mount the Following Devices:"
Then it list the partitins I have Sabayon installed on. KDE starts and runs fine, I'd like to get an idea of what this error could mean. Thius is KDE 4.8.2, x86_64.

[Fitzcarraldo]

Don't have the problem myself, but a post on 22 Dec. 2011 in a thread in the Gentoo Forums (KDE Device Notifier cannot mount drives [gone away]) by someone else experiencing the same error message as you in Sept. 2011 suggested modifying the file /usr/share/polkit-1/actions/org.freedesktop.udisks.policy "directly", without giving an example. Anyway, in case it's of any help to you, here are the contents of that file on my laptop running KDE 4.8.2 ~amd64:

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE policyconfig PUBLIC
 "-//freedesktop//DTD PolicyKit Policy Configuration 1.0//EN"
 "http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/PolicyKit/1.0/policyconfig.dtd">
<policyconfig>
  <vendor>The udisks Project</vendor>
  <vendor_url>http://udisks.freedesktop.org/</vendor_url>
  <icon_name>drive-removable-media</icon_name>

  <action id="org.freedesktop.udisks.filesystem-mount">
    <description>Mount a device</description>
    <message>Authentication is required to mount the device</message>
    <defaults>
      <allow_any>no</allow_any>
      <allow_inactive>no</allow_inactive>
      <allow_active>yes</allow_active>
    </defaults>
  </action>

  <action id="org.freedesktop.udisks.filesystem-mount-system-internal">
    <description>Mount a system-internal device</description>
    <message>Authentication is required to mount the device</message>
    <defaults>
      <allow_any>no</allow_any>
      <allow_inactive>no</allow_inactive>
      <allow_active>auth_admin_keep</allow_active>
    </defaults>
  </action>

  <action id="org.freedesktop.udisks.filesystem-check">
    <description>Check file system on a device</description>
    <message>Authentication is required to check the file system on the device</message>
    <defaults>
      <allow_any>no</allow_any>
      <allow_inactive>no</allow_inactive>
      <allow_active>yes</allow_active>
    </defaults>
  </action>

  <action id="org.freedesktop.udisks.filesystem-check-system-internal">
    <description>Check file system of a system-internal device</description>
    <message>Authentication is required to check the file system on the device</message>
    <defaults>
      <allow_any>no</allow_any>
      <allow_inactive>no</allow_inactive>
      <allow_active>auth_admin_keep</allow_active>
    </defaults>
  </action>

  <action id="org.freedesktop.udisks.filesystem-unmount-others">
    <description>Unmount a device mounted by another user</description>
    <message>Authentication is required to unmount devices mounted by another user</message>
    <defaults>
      <allow_any>no</allow_any>
      <allow_inactive>no</allow_inactive>
      <allow_active>auth_admin</allow_active>
    </defaults>
  </action>

  <action id="org.freedesktop.udisks.filesystem-lsof">
    <description>List open files</description>
    <message>Authentication is required to list open files on a mounted file system</message>
    <defaults>
      <allow_any>no</allow_any>
      <allow_inactive>no</allow_inactive>
      <allow_active>yes</allow_active>
    </defaults>
  </action>

  <action id="org.freedesktop.udisks.filesystem-lsof-system-internal">
    <description>List open files on a system-internal device</description>
    <message>Authentication is required to list open files on a mounted file system</message>
    <defaults>
      <allow_any>no</allow_any>
      <allow_inactive>no</allow_inactive>
      <allow_active>auth_admin_keep</allow_active>
    </defaults>
  </action>

  <action id="org.freedesktop.udisks.drive-eject">
    <description>Eject media from a device</description>
    <message>Authentication is required to eject media from the device</message>
    <defaults>
      <allow_any>no</allow_any>
      <allow_inactive>no</allow_inactive>
      <allow_active>yes</allow_active>
    </defaults>
  </action>

  <action id="org.freedesktop.udisks.drive-detach">
    <description>Detach a drive</description>
    <message>Authentication is required to detach the drive</message>
    <defaults>
      <allow_any>no</allow_any>
      <allow_inactive>no</allow_inactive>
      <allow_active>yes</allow_active>
    </defaults>
  </action>

  <action id="org.freedesktop.udisks.change">
    <description>Modify a device</description>
    <message>Authentication is required to modify the device</message>
    <defaults>
      <allow_any>no</allow_any>
      <allow_inactive>no</allow_inactive>
      <allow_active>yes</allow_active>
    </defaults>
  </action>

  <action id="org.freedesktop.udisks.change-system-internal">
    <description>Modify a system-internal device</description>
    <message>Authentication is required to modify the device</message>
    <defaults>
      <allow_any>no</allow_any>
      <allow_inactive>no</allow_inactive>
      <allow_active>auth_admin_keep</allow_active>
    </defaults>
  </action>

  <action id="org.freedesktop.udisks.drive-ata-smart-refresh">
    <description>Refresh ATA SMART data</description>
    <message>Authentication is required to refresh ATA SMART data</message>
    <defaults>
      <allow_any>no</allow_any>
      <allow_inactive>no</allow_inactive>
      <allow_active>yes</allow_active>
    </defaults>
  </action>

  <action id="org.freedesktop.udisks.drive-ata-smart-selftest">
    <description>Run ATA SMART Self Tests</description>
    <message>Authentication is required to run ATA SMART self tests</message>
    <defaults>
      <allow_any>no</allow_any>
      <allow_inactive>no</allow_inactive>
      <allow_active>auth_admin</allow_active>
    </defaults>
  </action>

  <action id="org.freedesktop.udisks.drive-ata-smart-retrieve-historical-data">
    <description>Retrieve historical ATA SMART data</description>
    <message>Authentication is required to retrieve historical ATA SMART data</message>
    <defaults>
      <allow_any>no</allow_any>
      <allow_inactive>no</allow_inactive>
      <allow_active>yes</allow_active>
    </defaults>
  </action>

  <action id="org.freedesktop.udisks.luks-unlock">
    <description>Unlock an encrypted device</description>
    <message>Authentication is required to unlock an encrypted device</message>
    <defaults>
      <allow_any>no</allow_any>
      <allow_inactive>no</allow_inactive>
      <allow_active>yes</allow_active>
    </defaults>
  </action>

  <action id="org.freedesktop.udisks.luks-lock-others">
    <description>Lock an encrypted device unlocked by another user</description>
    <message>Authentication is required to lock an encrypted device unlocked by another user</message>
    <defaults>
      <allow_any>no</allow_any>
      <allow_inactive>no</allow_inactive>
      <allow_active>auth_admin</allow_active>
    </defaults>
  </action>

  <action id="org.freedesktop.udisks.linux-md">
    <description>Configure Linux Software RAID</description>
    <message>Authentication is required to configure Linux Software RAID devices</message>
    <defaults>
      <allow_any>no</allow_any>
      <allow_inactive>no</allow_inactive>
      <allow_active>auth_admin_keep</allow_active>
    </defaults>
  </action>

  <action id="org.freedesktop.udisks.linux-lvm2">
    <description>Configure Linux LVM2</description>
    <message>Authentication is required to configure Linux LVM2</message>
    <defaults>
      <allow_any>no</allow_any>
      <allow_inactive>no</allow_inactive>
      <allow_active>auth_admin_keep</allow_active>
    </defaults>
  </action>

  <action id="org.freedesktop.udisks.cancel-job-others">
    <description>Cancel a job initiated by another user</description>
    <message>Authentication is required to cancel a job initiated by another user</message>
    <defaults>
      <allow_any>no</allow_any>
      <allow_inactive>no</allow_inactive>
      <allow_active>auth_admin</allow_active>
    </defaults>
  </action>

  <action id="org.freedesktop.udisks.inhibit-polling">
    <description>Inhibit media detection</description>
    <message>Authentication is required to inhibit media detection</message>
    <defaults>
      <allow_any>no</allow_any>
      <allow_inactive>no</allow_inactive>
      <allow_active>yes</allow_active>
    </defaults>
  </action>

  <action id="org.freedesktop.udisks.drive-set-spindown">
    <description>Set drive spindown timeout</description>
    <message>Authentication is required to configure drive spindown timeout</message>
    <defaults>
      <allow_any>no</allow_any>
      <allow_inactive>no</allow_inactive>
      <allow_active>yes</allow_active>
    </defaults>
  </action>

</policyconfig>

[oboedad55]

Don't have the problem myself, but a post on 22 Dec. 2011 in a thread in the Gentoo Forums (KDE Device Notifier cannot mount drives [gone away]) by someone else experiencing the same error message as you in Sept. 2011 suggested modifying the file /usr/share/polkit-1/actions/org.freedesktop.udisks.policy "directly", without giving an example. Anyway, in case it's of any help to you, here are the contents of that file on my laptop running KDE 4.8.2 ~amd64:

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE policyconfig PUBLIC
 "-//freedesktop//DTD PolicyKit Policy Configuration 1.0//EN"
 "http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/PolicyKit/1.0/policyconfig.dtd">
<policyconfig>
  <vendor>The udisks Project</vendor>
  <vendor_url>http://udisks.freedesktop.org/</vendor_url>
  <icon_name>drive-removable-media</icon_name>

  <action id="org.freedesktop.udisks.filesystem-mount">
    <description>Mount a device</description>
    <message>Authentication is required to mount the device</message>
    <defaults>
      <allow_any>no</allow_any>
      <allow_inactive>no</allow_inactive>
      <allow_active>yes</allow_active>
    </defaults>
  </action>

  <action id="org.freedesktop.udisks.filesystem-mount-system-internal">
    <description>Mount a system-internal device</description>
    <message>Authentication is required to mount the device</message>
    <defaults>
      <allow_any>no</allow_any>
      <allow_inactive>no</allow_inactive>
      <allow_active>auth_admin_keep</allow_active>
    </defaults>
  </action>

  <action id="org.freedesktop.udisks.filesystem-check">
    <description>Check file system on a device</description>
    <message>Authentication is required to check the file system on the device</message>
    <defaults>
      <allow_any>no</allow_any>
      <allow_inactive>no</allow_inactive>
      <allow_active>yes</allow_active>
    </defaults>
  </action>

  <action id="org.freedesktop.udisks.filesystem-check-system-internal">
    <description>Check file system of a system-internal device</description>
    <message>Authentication is required to check the file system on the device</message>
    <defaults>
      <allow_any>no</allow_any>
      <allow_inactive>no</allow_inactive>
      <allow_active>auth_admin_keep</allow_active>
    </defaults>
  </action>

  <action id="org.freedesktop.udisks.filesystem-unmount-others">
    <description>Unmount a device mounted by another user</description>
    <message>Authentication is required to unmount devices mounted by another user</message>
    <defaults>
      <allow_any>no</allow_any>
      <allow_inactive>no</allow_inactive>
      <allow_active>auth_admin</allow_active>
    </defaults>
  </action>

  <action id="org.freedesktop.udisks.filesystem-lsof">
    <description>List open files</description>
    <message>Authentication is required to list open files on a mounted file system</message>
    <defaults>
      <allow_any>no</allow_any>
      <allow_inactive>no</allow_inactive>
      <allow_active>yes</allow_active>
    </defaults>
  </action>

  <action id="org.freedesktop.udisks.filesystem-lsof-system-internal">
    <description>List open files on a system-internal device</description>
    <message>Authentication is required to list open files on a mounted file system</message>
    <defaults>
      <allow_any>no</allow_any>
      <allow_inactive>no</allow_inactive>
      <allow_active>auth_admin_keep</allow_active>
    </defaults>
  </action>

  <action id="org.freedesktop.udisks.drive-eject">
    <description>Eject media from a device</description>
    <message>Authentication is required to eject media from the device</message>
    <defaults>
      <allow_any>no</allow_any>
      <allow_inactive>no</allow_inactive>
      <allow_active>yes</allow_active>
    </defaults>
  </action>

  <action id="org.freedesktop.udisks.drive-detach">
    <description>Detach a drive</description>
    <message>Authentication is required to detach the drive</message>
    <defaults>
      <allow_any>no</allow_any>
      <allow_inactive>no</allow_inactive>
      <allow_active>yes</allow_active>
    </defaults>
  </action>

  <action id="org.freedesktop.udisks.change">
    <description>Modify a device</description>
    <message>Authentication is required to modify the device</message>
    <defaults>
      <allow_any>no</allow_any>
      <allow_inactive>no</allow_inactive>
      <allow_active>yes</allow_active>
    </defaults>
  </action>

  <action id="org.freedesktop.udisks.change-system-internal">
    <description>Modify a system-internal device</description>
    <message>Authentication is required to modify the device</message>
    <defaults>
      <allow_any>no</allow_any>
      <allow_inactive>no</allow_inactive>
      <allow_active>auth_admin_keep</allow_active>
    </defaults>
  </action>

  <action id="org.freedesktop.udisks.drive-ata-smart-refresh">
    <description>Refresh ATA SMART data</description>
    <message>Authentication is required to refresh ATA SMART data</message>
    <defaults>
      <allow_any>no</allow_any>
      <allow_inactive>no</allow_inactive>
      <allow_active>yes</allow_active>
    </defaults>
  </action>

  <action id="org.freedesktop.udisks.drive-ata-smart-selftest">
    <description>Run ATA SMART Self Tests</description>
    <message>Authentication is required to run ATA SMART self tests</message>
    <defaults>
      <allow_any>no</allow_any>
      <allow_inactive>no</allow_inactive>
      <allow_active>auth_admin</allow_active>
    </defaults>
  </action>

  <action id="org.freedesktop.udisks.drive-ata-smart-retrieve-historical-data">
    <description>Retrieve historical ATA SMART data</description>
    <message>Authentication is required to retrieve historical ATA SMART data</message>
    <defaults>
      <allow_any>no</allow_any>
      <allow_inactive>no</allow_inactive>
      <allow_active>yes</allow_active>
    </defaults>
  </action>

  <action id="org.freedesktop.udisks.luks-unlock">
    <description>Unlock an encrypted device</description>
    <message>Authentication is required to unlock an encrypted device</message>
    <defaults>
      <allow_any>no</allow_any>
      <allow_inactive>no</allow_inactive>
      <allow_active>yes</allow_active>
    </defaults>
  </action>

  <action id="org.freedesktop.udisks.luks-lock-others">
    <description>Lock an encrypted device unlocked by another user</description>
    <message>Authentication is required to lock an encrypted device unlocked by another user</message>
    <defaults>
      <allow_any>no</allow_any>
      <allow_inactive>no</allow_inactive>
      <allow_active>auth_admin</allow_active>
    </defaults>
  </action>

  <action id="org.freedesktop.udisks.linux-md">
    <description>Configure Linux Software RAID</description>
    <message>Authentication is required to configure Linux Software RAID devices</message>
    <defaults>
      <allow_any>no</allow_any>
      <allow_inactive>no</allow_inactive>
      <allow_active>auth_admin_keep</allow_active>
    </defaults>
  </action>

  <action id="org.freedesktop.udisks.linux-lvm2">
    <description>Configure Linux LVM2</description>
    <message>Authentication is required to configure Linux LVM2</message>
    <defaults>
      <allow_any>no</allow_any>
      <allow_inactive>no</allow_inactive>
      <allow_active>auth_admin_keep</allow_active>
    </defaults>
  </action>

  <action id="org.freedesktop.udisks.cancel-job-others">
    <description>Cancel a job initiated by another user</description>
    <message>Authentication is required to cancel a job initiated by another user</message>
    <defaults>
      <allow_any>no</allow_any>
      <allow_inactive>no</allow_inactive>
      <allow_active>auth_admin</allow_active>
    </defaults>
  </action>

  <action id="org.freedesktop.udisks.inhibit-polling">
    <description>Inhibit media detection</description>
    <message>Authentication is required to inhibit media detection</message>
    <defaults>
      <allow_any>no</allow_any>
      <allow_inactive>no</allow_inactive>
      <allow_active>yes</allow_active>
    </defaults>
  </action>

  <action id="org.freedesktop.udisks.drive-set-spindown">
    <description>Set drive spindown timeout</description>
    <message>Authentication is required to configure drive spindown timeout</message>
    <defaults>
      <allow_any>no</allow_any>
      <allow_inactive>no</allow_inactive>
      <allow_active>yes</allow_active>
    </defaults>
  </action>

</policyconfig>

Thanks for the reply. I think I know what he meant by editing the file directly as I had already done that to make sure I could mount internal drives without the root password. In any case, I tried replacing the file with yours, my original, then my edited file. Makes no difference. Everything works OK, it's just kind of annoying.