mount/umount as non-root

[ArcherB]

I just installed and seem to have everything working, but something is frustrating me.

When I insert a CDROM in KDE, the icon shows up on my desktop as it should. When I double click on it, it tells me it's not mounted... because it's not unless I'm logged on as root. What I want to be able to do is mount and umount devices without having to su from a console to mount or eject devices everytime I'm swapping media.

Is there a way where I can simply right click on the icon and click "eject", "mount", or "unmount" when I'm loggin in as a non-root user?

Thanx!

[lxnay]

I just installed and seem to have everything working, but something is frustrating me.

When I insert a CDROM in KDE, the icon shows up on my desktop as it should. When I double click on it, it tells me it's not mounted... because it's not unless I'm logged on as root. What I want to be able to do is mount and umount devices without having to su from a console to mount or eject devices everytime I'm swapping media.

Is there a way where I can simply right click on the icon and click "eject", "mount", or "unmount" when I'm loggin in as a non-root user?

Thanx!

Try, as root to re-emerge pmount:

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emerge --sync && emerge pmount

[ArcherB]

Try, as root to re-emerge pmount:

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emerge --sync && emerge pmount

When I try to emerge pmount, I get the following:

rr4linux bryan # emerge pmount
Calculating dependencies... done!
>>> Emerging (1 of 1) sys-apps/pmount-0.9.6 to /
>>> checksums files pmount-0.9.6.ebuild
>>> checksums files files/digest-pmount-0.9.6
>>> checksums src_uri pmount-0.9.6.tar.gz
>>> Unpacking source...
>>> Unpacking pmount-0.9.6.tar.gz to /v.ar/tmp/portage/pmount-0.9.6/work
>>> Source unpacked.
>>> Compiling source in /v.ar/tmp/portage/pmount-0.9.6/work/pmount-0.9.6 ...
* econf: updating pmount-0.9.6/config.guess with /usr/share/gnuconfig/config.guess
* econf: updating pmount-0.9.6/config.sub with /usr/share/gnuconfig/config.sub
./configure --prefix=/usr --host=i586-pc-linux-gnu --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info --datadir=/usr/share --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/v.ar/lib --build=i586-pc-linux-gnu
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking for intltool >= 0.21... 0.34.1 found
checking for pearl... /usr/bin/pearl
checking for XML::Parser... configure: error: XML::Parser pearl module is required for intltool

!!! Please attach the following file when filing a report to bugs.gentoo.org:
!!! /v.ar/tmp/portage/pmount-0.9.6/work/pmount-0.9.6/config.log

!!! ERROR: sys-apps/pmount-0.9.6 failed.
Call stack:
ebuild.sh, line 1532: Called dyn_compile
ebuild.sh, line 929: Called src_compile
ebuild.sh, line 592: Called econf
ebuild.sh, line 527: Called die

!!! econf failed
!!! If you need support

I'd posted the whole log, which is short for emerge, but the page keeps reporting 404 when I try to post it without renaming a couple of key words. (I think it does not like the work p.e.r.l and v.ar, which errors whenever I use them)

Thanx again.

[ArcherB]

I emerged XML-Parser and that allowed pmount to be merged. I'll try the mount thing later.

[ArcherB]

Try, as root to re-emerge pmount:

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emerge --sync && emerge pmount

That worked like a champ after a reboot. Thanx again for the help!

[lxnay]

Perfect... will be fixed for the next release