View Full Version : [xubuntu] Help! Can't access data on mounted partition after upgrade to 10.04
zoomiest
May 4th, 2010, 04:22 PM
Yesterday, I upgraded to the 10.04 verion of xubuntu. Looks fine.
However, I keep my data on an NTFS partition of my dual boot laptop, and am finding that I can't access it.
I have a symbolic link to that mounted partition, and when I click on it, I can see the first level of folders, but I can't execute them (even though they seem to be set to 777) and I can't open anything...
Help! I have a lot of work to do today!
Any thoughts?
Jose Catre-Vandis
May 4th, 2010, 04:35 PM
How do you mount it? I usually fresh install and have to create a new mount point and entry in fstab. Something like:
sudo mkdir /media/DATA
sudo mount /dev/sda2 /media/DATA
Should do it manually and an entry such as:
UUID=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX ntfs-3g /media/DATA defaults 0 0
in fstab
To get the UUID:
sudo blkid
(Doing this from memory so hopefully got the syntax right!)
sunk8
May 4th, 2010, 04:38 PM
You might find the 'mount-manager' app very useful...
Do let us know...
zoomiest
May 4th, 2010, 08:51 PM
"mountmanager" looks like an easy tool to use. I got creative with the settings at first, so, I couldn't mount my drives. Only when I set it back to defaults, would it then work... (would it mount the drives)
I still can't ready my data on the NTFS partition, so I had to boot to windows, to get something done today...
Let me know if there is a resolution to this problem...
Jose Catre-Vandis
May 4th, 2010, 11:19 PM
"mountmanager" looks like an easy tool to use. I got creative with the settings at first, so, I couldn't mount my drives. Only when I set it back to defaults, would it then work... (would it mount the drives)
I still can't ready my data on the NTFS partition, so I had to boot to windows, to get something done today...
Let me know if there is a resolution to this problem...
Did you try the command line options I suggested? If so still no good?
zflyer
May 5th, 2010, 09:23 AM
From your description you may experiencing the following TWO bugs that Xubuntu 10.04 has:
thunar select freezes after using mouse to select folders ("detailed view" mode)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunar/+bug/520118
Xubuntu 10.04 USB, CD and DVD automount fails if autologin is on
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunar/+bug/546992
no fix released yet.
zoomiest
May 12th, 2010, 04:23 PM
Jose,
I did try the settings you suggested, but I think that the bug mentioned above, (only the top thunar one) is what we are dealing with...
I will see if I can load another file manager...
Thanks all...
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