New install - disk manager (udisks, udisks-glue) fails to start

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I just did a new install of OSMC (9-2) and on load the two services listed in the topic fail.

I tried the solution listed here:

But since that thread, udisks and udisks-glue are apparently no longer used, instead they have been replaced with armv7 osmc versions

osmc@osmc:/var/cache/apt/archives$ dpkg -l | grep udisks
ii  armv7-diskmount-osmc                 1.5.5                              armhf        Disk automounting for OSMC using udisks with standby support
ii  armv7-udisks-glue-osmc               1.3.5-7                            armhf        udisks for OSMC
ii  armv7-udisks-osmc                    1.0.5-9                            armhf        udisks for OSMC

trying to install udisks attempts to remove rbp2-device-osmc (1.4.4) which is not allowed.

osmc@osmc:/var/cache/apt/archives$ sudo systemctl status udisks.service
● udisks.service - Disk Manager (legacy version)
   Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/udisks.service; static)
   Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sun 2017-10-22 17:35:07 PDT; 23s ago
     Docs: man:udisks(7)
  Process: 1194 ExecStart=/usr/lib/udisks/udisks-daemon --no-debug (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
 Main PID: 1194 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

Oct 22 17:35:07 osmc systemd[1]: udisks.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Oct 22 17:35:07 osmc systemd[1]: Failed to start Disk Manager (legacy version).
Oct 22 17:35:07 osmc systemd[1]: Unit udisks.service entered failed state.
osmc@osmc:/var/cache/apt/archives$ sudo systemctl status udisks-glue.service
● udisks-glue.service - mount disks automatically with standby
   Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/udisks-glue.service; enabled)
   Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sun 2017-10-22 17:24:07 PDT; 13min ago
  Process: 1086 ExecStart=/usr/bin/udisks-glue --foreground (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
  Process: 1080 ExecStartPre=/bin/bash -c sudo rmdir /media/*/ 2>/dev/null; time udevadm settle; exit 0 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
 Main PID: 1086 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

Oct 22 17:23:42 osmc sudo[1081]: osmc : TTY=unknown ; PWD=/ ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/bin/rmdir /media/*/
Oct 22 17:23:42 osmc sudo[1081]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session opened for user root by (uid=0)
Oct 22 17:23:42 osmc sudo[1081]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session closed for user root
Oct 22 17:23:42 osmc bash[1080]: real        0m0.021s
Oct 22 17:23:42 osmc bash[1080]: user        0m0.000s
Oct 22 17:23:42 osmc bash[1080]: sys        0m0.010s
Oct 22 17:23:42 osmc systemd[1]: Started mount disks automatically with standby.
Oct 22 17:24:07 osmc udisks-glue[1086]: Unable to enumerate the devices: Activation of org.freedesktop.UDisks timed out
Oct 22 17:24:07 osmc systemd[1]: udisks-glue.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Oct 22 17:24:07 osmc systemd[1]: Unit udisks-glue.service entered failed state.
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Hi

I noticed this when testing OSMC on a fresh Stretch install today, but chalked it up to a stretch issue.
Can you let me know if the previous image works as expected?

A full set of logs will also be quite helpful

Cheers

Sam

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We’ve found the cause of this problem and it will be fixed in the update at the end of the month - in the meantime the following command run via ssh should fix it on your installation:

sudo mv /usr/etc/dbus-1/system.d/org.freedesktop.UDisks.conf /etc/dbus-1/system.d/org.freedesktop.UDisks.conf

(all one line)

Then reboot.

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Or (to test the update):

  1. Login via the command line
  2. Edit the file /etc/apt/sources.list
  3. Add the following line: deb http://apt.osmc.tv jessie-devel main
  4. Run the following commands to update: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade && reboot
  5. Your system should have have received the update.

Please see if the issue is resolved.

I also recommend you edit /etc/apt/sources.list again and remove the line that you added after updating. This will return you to the normal update channel.

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This fixed the issue. Thanks! I will keep an eye for the next update as well.

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