Auto-mount not working as intended on image_2026-01-11-distiller-PROD-bigPPbuild.img

[Nischal2017]

USB storage devices are not being automatically mounted despite udiskie being installed and configured.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Boot the system with a USB drive connected (e.g., 128GB exFAT drive)
2. Check mounted filesystems with df -h
3. Observe that the USB drive is detected (lsblk shows /dev/sda1) but not mounted

Expected Behavior

USB drives should be automatically mounted by udiskie when connected or on boot.

Actual Behavior

USB drives remain unmounted. Manual mounting with udisksctl mount -b /dev/sda1 works correctly.

Root Cause

The udiskie systemd user service exists at /etc/systemd/user/udiskie.service but cannot run because:

1. No D-Bus session bus is available in the headless environment
2. $DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS and $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR are not defined
3. systemd user services require a D-Bus session to function

$ systemctl --user status udiskie
Failed to connect to user scope bus via local transport: $DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS and $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR not defined

Configuration Status

• udiskie installed: Yes (/usr/bin/udiskie)
• polkit rules configured: Yes (/etc/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d/ allows plugdev group)
• User in plugdev group: Yes
• systemd service file: Yes (/etc/systemd/user/udiskie.service)
• D-Bus session: No

Suggested Fix

Either:

1. Configure D-Bus session for the distiller user on boot
2. Use a system-level udev rule with mount script instead of user-level udiskie service

[UtsavBalar1231]

udevil FTW https://ignorantguru.github.io/udevil/

[vewe-richard]

Still exist on

$ cat /etc/distiller-platform-info 
DISTILLER_PLATFORM_VERSION=2.1.0
DISTILLER_INSTALL_DATE=2026-01-19T15:53:28-05:00

[vewe-richard]

Still exist on

$ cat /etc/distiller-platform-info
DISTILLER_PLATFORM_VERSION=2.1.0                            
DISTILLER_INSTALL_DATE=2026-01-26T15:32:37-05:00