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util-linux package

blkid returns label in uppercase

Bug #448693 reported by John McCabe-Dansted
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: gnome-mount

My USB stick is mounted at "/media/Kingston_8GB" in Jaunty, but is mounted as "/media/KINGSTON_8GB" in Karmic. Unless there is a reason for this change, I would recommend that this be changed back so as:
1) To Allow non-uppercase volume names, and
2) To be consistent with Jaunty.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
CheckboxSubmission: 404bd18599e0899eb2769ef0d7f6c695
CheckboxSystem: 6944d89cd962d3dec0d4098e584fb8ff
Date: Sun Oct 11 21:15:37 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
Package: gnome-mount 0.8-2ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-11.36-generic
SourcePackage: gnome-mount
Tags: ubuntu-unr
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-11-generic i686

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John McCabe-Dansted (gmatht) wrote :
Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson)
affects: gnome-mount (Ubuntu) → devicekit-disks (Ubuntu)
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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote :

This works fine for me, so I need further information from you. Please do

  devkit-disks --dump > /tmp/dkd.txt

attach /tmp/dkd.txt here, and copy&paste the output of

  sudo blkid

(all with the stick being plugged in and mounted, please). Thanks!

Changed in devicekit-disks (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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John McCabe-Dansted (gmatht) wrote :

Here is the output of "sudo blkid" on Karmic.

/dev/sda2: TYPE="swap"
/dev/sda5: UUID="935c65b7-3b63-4d34-9a67-c35ba38d4915" TYPE="ext4"
/dev/sdc1: LABEL="KINGSTON_8G" UUID="4A4C-DD52" TYPE="vfat"

The KINGSTON_8G line is the same in jaunty.

I noticed an error in my original bug report. There is no "B" at the end of the Volume names. This doesn't seem to be relevant though. I changed the label to "LaTeX_8GB". It was then mounted as /media/LaTeX_8GB on Jaunty, but /media/LATEX_8GB on Karmic. Hence this does not seem dependent on the name.

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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote : Re: [Bug 448693] Re: Removable media mounted as uppercase

John McCabe-Dansted [2009-10-11 18:18 -0000]:
> Here is the output of "sudo blkid" on Karmic.
>
> /dev/sda2: TYPE="swap"
> /dev/sda5: UUID="935c65b7-3b63-4d34-9a67-c35ba38d4915" TYPE="ext4"
> /dev/sdc1: LABEL="KINGSTON_8G" UUID="4A4C-DD52" TYPE="vfat"
>
> The KINGSTON_8G line is the same in jaunty.

Using vol_id? That's curious, I wonder where hal got the "Kingston"
capitalization from then.

> I noticed an error in my original bug report. There is no "B" at the end
> of the Volume names. This doesn't seem to be relevant though. I changed
> the label to "LaTeX_8GB". It was then mounted as /media/LaTeX_8GB on
> Jaunty, but /media/LATEX_8GB on Karmic. Hence this does not seem
> dependent on the name.

Is that change reflected in the output of blkid/vol_id?

Martin
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John McCabe-Dansted (gmatht) wrote : Re: Removable media mounted as uppercase

I now get

/dev/sdc1: LABEL="LATEX_8GB" UUID="4A4C-DD52" TYPE="vfat"

from blkid In both Jaunty and Karmic. I do not have a vol_id command. If this helps, I used gparted on Jauny to changed the partition label.

John McCabe-Dansted (gmatht)
Changed in devicekit-disks (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → New
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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote : Re: [Bug 448693] Re: Removable media mounted as uppercase

John McCabe-Dansted [2009-10-11 19:00 -0000]:
> I now get
>
> /dev/sdc1: LABEL="LATEX_8GB" UUID="4A4C-DD52" TYPE="vfat"
>
> from blkid In both Jaunty and Karmic. I do not have a vol_id command. If
> this helps, I used gparted on Jauny to changed the partition label.

vol_id only exists in Jaunty. Can you please check again in Jaunty
(live system will work fine)?

Martin Pitt (pitti)
Changed in devicekit-disks (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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John McCabe-Dansted (gmatht) wrote : Re: Removable media mounted as uppercase

I am not rebooting, my Desktop is Jaunty and Netbook is Karmic.

On Jaunty:
$ sudo vol_id /dev/sdc1
ID_FS_USAGE=filesystem
ID_FS_TYPE=vfat
ID_FS_VERSION=FAT32
ID_FS_UUID=4A4C-DD52
ID_FS_UUID_ENC=4A4C-DD52
ID_FS_LABEL=LaTeX_8GB
ID_FS_LABEL_ENC=LaTeX_8GB

Changed in devicekit-disks (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → New
Revision history for this message
Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote :

Thanks! So it appears that the label is really "Kingston_8GB", and vol_id in Jaunty detects that correctly, but blkid in Karmic returns it as all uppercase.

summary: - Removable media mounted as uppercase
+ blkid returns label in uppercase
affects: devicekit-disks (Ubuntu) → util-linux (Ubuntu)
Changed in util-linux (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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