Bug 204101

* The problem:

  after installing SUSE 10.1 from DVD, I had a problem (unrelated to this bug report) which I tried to fix by doing an installation in "Repair" mode.  In the "repair" process, the software stated that /etc/fstab needed repair, mentioning the mount point /media/cdrecorder (I can't remember the exact message).

  After that, if I inserted a data CD/DVDs in my laptop (a Dell Inspiron 8600), and choose to open it in a new Konqueror window (using of course KDE), Konqueror starts up trying to access system:/media/hdc, but then issues the message:

    Permission Denied

  Even if I manually start Konqueror from a terminal in super-user mode, I get:

    phoebe:/etc # kded: ERROR: mount failed for /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/volume_label_SU1010_001: org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Volume.PermissionDenied - /etc/fstab configuration does not allow unprivileged operation
    kded: ERROR: mounting /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/volume_label_SU1010_001 returned Permissions denied
    kded: ERROR: mount failed for /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/volume_label_SU1010_001: org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Volume.PermissionDenied - /etc/fstab configuration does not allow unprivileged operation
    kded: ERROR: mounting /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/volume_label_SU1010_001 returned Permissions denied
    Cannot open client
    akode: Guessed format: xiph
    KNotify::playTimeout
    KNotify::playTimeout

  (Here, the test DVD is the installation DVD for SUSE 10.1).

  However, I was able to mount the DVD manually. Also: audio CDs worked fine.

  The relevant /etc/fstab entry is:

    /dev/hdc             /media/cdrecorder    subfs      noauto,fs=cdfss,ro,procuid,nosuid,nodev,exec,iocharset=utf8 0 0

* The fix

  After posting this problem on a SUSE Linux user's forum (http://forums.suselinuxsupport.de/index.php?s=&showtopic=43082&view=findpost&p=189681), I got the suggestion to delete that line from /etc/fstab.

  That solved the problem.

* A test on the origin of the problem

  As a test, I re-started the installation in repair mode, and once more I was notified that /etc/fstab needed to be "repaired".  Agreeing on the "repair" proposal, the above /dev/hdc line is again introduced in /etc/fstab.  And once more I am not able to automount data DVD/CDs, until I deleted the /dev/hdc entry in /etc/fstab.

* Summary

  In short, it seems that the Install/Repair procedure introduces a problem in the automount system via a useless and/or malformed /etc/fstab entry.