first off the driver is working, available to anything that accesses the filesystem, I have full read/write access

when using "df" the ntfs-3g device is not listed

typing "mount" shows only a fuse control point, not the ntfs-3g mounted device

I can not even find where the mount point is generated from. I manually placed a ntfs-3g mount point in /etc/fstab about 12 months ago after a distro update in which the original mount point was no longer being used

I was still able to get disk free space with "df", even after hard coding the mount point in fstab

after a distro upgrade about a month ago, "df" no longer works, "mount" no longer shows the dev

process lists show "mount.ntfs-3g" but i have not been able to figure out where this is being called from.

the dev has not changed between any updates (still /dev/sdb1)
the mount point has not changed between any updates (still /mnt/Xenu)


How can I get /dev/sdb1 to show up under "df" again?
How can I get /dev/sdb1 to show up under "mount" again?
Is there any other way to get "disk free space" from fuse (ntfs-3g) devices that do not show up in regular places?
Where and how is /dev/sdb1 being mounted?
How do I find out what other devices are mounted with fuse (ntfs-3g)?

Any help with this would be appreciated, I am stumped, have tried many times over the past few months to figure this out, with no luck.

This is urgent as I use the 1Tb NTFS drive to mirror web sites, and it sits at around 96-99% full, so I can not automate updates without knowing "free disk space" first..

Cheers

Paul

ntfs-3g 2011.1.15 external FUSE 28

Hi,


But what do you get if you mention the device ?



Which kernel ?
Which ntfs-3g ? (ok, mentioned in a later post).
What kind of device (internal, USB, LV ?)
Your fstab entry ?
Is /etc/mtab a symlink ?
What are the "Cmdline options" and "Mount options" lines in your syslog ?


This looks more like a distribution choice for restricting the visibility of a device mounted by a user to other users than a ntfs-3g issue. Did you ask them ?

Regards

Jean-Pierre

Thanks, thats what I need to keep working, now for the other stuff:


current fstab:


previous fstab:




What are the "Cmdline options" and "Mount options" lines in your syslog ?
I can see nothing in /var/log/syslog, but:


If I read the fstab correctly, /dev/sdb1 does not show up in mount/df because the /dev/sdb1 is not explicitly specified? But how does "mount.ntfs-3g" know to use /dev/sdb1

why does "mount.ntfs-3g" dev not show up in mount? Because its not in /etc/mtab (which is not a link btw)?

Paul

Hi again,


So the device (Filesystem) is not shown... what is shown by :

Also is the device shown after unmounting and mounting manually ?

Note : as the device does not show in /etc/mtab, there is nothing preventing you from mounting the same device twice, but this is dangerous, this is why I suggest mounting read-only.

Maybe.

Each partition has some form of a signature, for ntfs-3g it is an 8-byte random number. When a device is plugged in, a symlink is inserted in /dev/disk/by-uuid and the signature is searched in /etc/fstab for mount parameters. This is very useful for external devices whose devids depend on the order in which they are plugged in.

If you have set a label on your partition, you may try using the label in /etc/fstab,
replacing "UUID=C60067FF0067F4B9" by "LABEL=your-label", also check whether the label is symlinked in /dev/disk/by-label

Otherwise you may have to revert to /dev/sdb1 in your /etc/fstab entry. The devid of an internal disk is unlikely to change... until the next kernel upgrade.

Regards

Jean-Pierre