SUMMARY I have configured Device Notifier to "automatically mount all removable media at login", but for some reason, it is still asking me to mount a NTFS partition from my hard disk, every time I login. The offending partition resides on /dev/sdb, which is a 1 TB hard disk: # fdisk -l /dev/sdb Disk /dev/sdb: 931,53 GiB, 1000204886016 bytes, 1953525168 sectors Disk model: ST1000DM003-1CH1 Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes Disklabel type: gpt Device Start End Sectors Size Type /dev/sdb1 208904 976976909 976768006 465,8G Microsoft basic data /dev/sdb2 976977920 1953523711 976545792 465,7G Linux LVM As you can see, there is actually two partitions in that disk, but Device Notifier only tries to mount the first one - I know because it prompts me for my root password every time I log in. SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Operating System: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20200630 KDE Plasma Version: 5.19.2 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.71.0 Qt Version: 5.15.0 Kernel Version: 5.7.5-1-default OS Type: 64-bit ADDITIONAL INFORMATION The time I was using Arch Linux I was also experiencing this, but I didn't actually report to you guys because I thought I was messing something up. But this openSUSE installation is fresh, so it wasn't actually me.
Created attachment 129850 [details] My settings for Device Notifier
Created attachment 129851 [details] Device Notifier trying to mount NTFS partition from hard drive at login
Same thing here. The hard disk where my system is installed has an additional EXT4 partition to store personal data and 2 NTFS partitions, Plasma only tries to mount the ETX4 one after login. This EXT4 partition is already mounted on boot (I edited fstab file to it) but Plasma tries to mount it again after login and asks for my password. I use other 2 hard disks, but Plasma only tries to mount the additional EXT4 partition of the hard disk where my system is installed. This behavior only occurs on my system if "Enable automatic mounting of removable media" option is checked in System Settings > Removable Storage > Removable Devices. In my case Plasma tries to mount sda4 partition Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type /dev/sda1 2048 206846 204799 100M 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT /dev/sda2 206848 315870028 315663181 150.5G 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT /dev/sda3 * 315871232 630444031 314572800 150G 83 Linux /dev/sda4 630444032 1953519615 1323075584 630.9G 83 Linux Operating System: Arch Linux KDE Plasma Version: 5.19.3 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.72.0 Qt Version: 5.15.0
possibly related to bug 407192
Are any of these partitions encrypted? If so, this may be an openSUSE bug: https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1171215 Otherwise, yeah, it might be Bug 407192. Either way, it's not an issue in the Device Notifier, which isn't responsible for these kinds of mounting decisions. Moving to Solid for now.
I do not use any encrypted partition.
Did you use Partition Manager or the Calamares installer (which does use Partition Manager under the hood) to create the affected partition? If so, it's probably Bug 407192. If not, I guess we have to keep looking.
I did not use Calamares installer. Possibly I created my affected ext4 partition with KDE Partition Manager, I'm not sure.
Al right, well let's take the path of least resistance and assume so. :) *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 407192 ***
I know this has been marked as duplicate, but I'm not sure about it. Pardon my ignorance, but why does the Device Notifier is trying to mount a hard disk in the first place? Because I've configured it to only mount removable devices.