How to mount all volumes

HI,

I type "umount -all" by mistake. Cause the desktop can't access "My Documents", "My downloads", "Network".... ALL GONE Could you tell me how to remount all of volumes.

Thanks in advance,

 

AFAIK there's only one volume to mount - My Documents etc are directories on that volume.

Try:

Code:

sudo mount -a

Usually this would mount any unmounted device which was in the 'fstab' file (which describes all the devices the machine expects to find); although Acer have done something distinctly odd with the mounting process at startup, I think it should still work once the machine is running.

Alternatively a reboot should just mount the devices as part of the startup process.

 

Thanks daldred,

However, it doesn't work.

It always shows"Internal error" failed to initialize HAL!" after reboot, normally try to connect network.

The impact is serious, the "action button" (buttom right hand corner) not working too. Now I understand if not familiar the command, cause trouble.

Any ideas? Thanks in advance,

 

HAL errors can be troublesome!

Lets' start by seeing what services are actually running; HAL may have either taken something else with it, or failed becase something else wasn't running. Can you get a terminal, and type this:

Code:

sudo service --status-all

and post the results back here?

Incidentally, you've been a victim here of Acer's "simplification" of Linux; normally a user shouldn't be able to unmount devices without becoming root.

 

Thanks David,

Due to my Aspire one can't communicate with network and also USB, I have to type the result of (sudo service --status-all)....

acpid is stopped
Avahi daemon is not running
console-kit-demon is stopped
crond (pid 2403) is running...
cupsd (pid 2322) is running...
cups-config-daemon is obsolete
Checking fuse filesystem not available.
gpm is stopped
hald (pid 1867) is running...
JAVA_EXECUTABLE or HSQLB_JAR_PATH in '/etc/sysconfig/hsqldb' is set to a non-file.
lircmd is stopped
lircd is stopped
dbus-daemon (pid 748 643) is running...
rndc: connect failed: 127.0.0.1#953: connection refused
named is stopped
nasd is stopped
netconsole module not loaded
netplugd is stopped
Configured devices:
lo wifi0 ato0
NetworkManager dead but pid file exists
NetworkManagerDispatcher is stopped
nmbd is stopped
ntpd is stopped
openvpn:service not started
rdisc is stopped
rsyslogd is stopped
rklogd is stopped
smbd is stopped
Usage: /etc/init.d/udev-post {start}
winbindd is stopped
Wine binary format handlers are not registered.
wpa_supplicant is stopped


I may check the forum on tomorrow. Thanks for your help

 

Comparing that with the output of mine, there are a few relevant differences:

acpid is not running on yours; this is probably why the 'action button' doesn't work (acpid manages the power control side).
NetworkManager and its Despatcher aren't running: this would be why the network systems aren't functioning.

Try restarting again (it's not unknown for the One to recover things after a few reboots, strangely!), and if you still have the problems:

- repeat what you just did, and see if the list looks the same;
- if it does, try starting the missing services manually:

Code:

sudo service acpid start
sudo service NetworkManager start
sudo service NetworkManagerDispatcher start

Let me know if this works!

 

Hi David,

I tried to reboot the Aspire one many times. No difference.

And also tried to start all of these services manually. No difference occur.

Perhaps you need to tell me how to mount USB manually, in order to post the result.

Or you professional guys have more clue :?:

That's heavy :!:

PS: I don't know how to make the post with "CODE: SELECT ALL", what kind of export file you have?

 

I don't know quite what is going on here! I had the 'failed to initialise HAL' message recently; manually starting the missing services sorted things out. The only other thing I can see worth trying is to restart the HAL daemon itself (though your output said it was already running). The terminal command for that is:

Code:

sudo service hald restart

(To get a 'code' box in the forum, enter what you want to be in the box, then highlight it and click on the 'Code' button at the top of the message input box).

 

Hi David,

I done it. However, I still have to use recovery disk. Anyway, the forum provide many info and idea to me to fix problems.

Thanks