#9828 NORM 1.5-sof: Sugar can't mount disks as inactive user (was: Sugar Journal sometimes fails to mount ext disk)

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#9828: Sugar can't mount disks as inactive user
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           Reporter:  martin.langhoff  |       Owner:  dsd                              
               Type:  defect           |      Status:  new                              
           Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:  1.5-software-final               
          Component:  sugar            |     Version:  Development build as of this date
         Resolution:                   |    Keywords:                                   
        Next_action:  reproduce        |    Verified:  0                                
Deployment_affected:                   |   Blockedby:                                   
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Comment(by dsd):

 I'm going to assume this was because you were on a VT at the time, so
 policykit decided that sugar isn't the active user and hence isn't allowed
 to mount disks.

 We were trying to loosen this security with PolicyKit-olpc but it isn't
 working. I'll fix.

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/9828#comment:2>
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