#5633 NORM Never A: SD card does not automatically mount or show in journal

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#5633: SD card does not automatically mount or show in journal
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  Reporter:  Ninjakitten       |       Owner:  tomeu                
      Type:  defect            |      Status:  new                  
  Priority:  normal            |   Milestone:  Never Assigned       
 Component:  journal-activity  |     Version:                       
Resolution:                    |    Keywords:  sd card journal mount
  Verified:  0                 |    Blocking:                       
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Comment(by tomeu):

 Replying to [comment:4 davidpfarrell]:
 > I don't know what would/should happen if the mounted card does not have
 a volume name - Perhaps the mounter makes up a name?

 Yeah, some serial number read from the device is provided by HAL and we
 use that as the mount point.

 > I also don't know if the Journal polls /media for new mounts or if it
 receives notifications from an external program

 No, HAL notifies the Journal via D-Bus that a new device has been
 inserted. Then the journal requests HAL to mount the device. See if you
 wish VolumesManager.py in the journal-activity repository.

 Most probably the journal logs would tell what is failing there. I'm
 unfortunately unable to reproduce myself.

 > Sorry for sticking my nose into this ticket, but I'm actively
 contributing to #1802 and would like to find out as much about the SD
 mounting process as possible.

 That's awesome ;)

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