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A while ago I created a /etc/udev/rules.d/99-hide-disks.rules file on Ubuntu which worked fine. At some point, the hidden disks started reappearing in Dolphin and other file managers.

The file hasn't changed, it still contains the following

KERNEL=="sda1", ENV{UDISKS_PRESENTATION_HIDE}="1"
KERNEL=="sda2", ENV{UDISKS_PRESENTATION_HIDE}="1"
KERNEL=="sda3", ENV{UDISKS_PRESENTATION_HIDE}="1"
KERNEL=="sda4", ENV{UDISKS_PRESENTATION_HIDE}="1"

but sda1 and sda4 (only) are no longer hidden. How can this be?

I am using Ubuntu 13.10.

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udisks v2 has removed the "hide" option (although "ignore" may be sort of similar), and renamed the others. According to the udisks(8) manual page:

DEVICE INFORMATION
       udisks relies on recent versions of udev(7) and the Linux kernel.
       Influential device properties in the udev database include:

       UDISKS_SYSTEM
           If set, this overrides the value of the HintSystem property.

       UDISKS_IGNORE
           If set, this overrides the value of the HintIgnore property.

       UDISKS_AUTO
           If set, this overrides the value of the HintAuto property.

       UDISKS_CAN_POWER_OFF
           If set, this overrides the value of the CanPowerOff property.

       UDISKS_NAME
           The name to use for the device when presenting it in an user
           interface. This corresponds to the HintName property.

       UDISKS_ICON_NAME
           The icon to use for the device when presenting it in an user
           interface. If set, the name must adhere to the freedesktop.org icon
           theme specification[5]. This corresponds to the HintIconName
           property.

       UDISKS_SYMBOLIC_ICON_NAME
           The icon to use for the device when presenting it in an user
           interface using a symbolic icon. If set, the name must adhere to
           the freedesktop.org icon theme specification[5]. This corresponds
           to the HintSymbolicIconName property.

       UDISKS_FILESYSTEM_SHARED
           If set to 1, the filesystem on the device will be mounted in a
           shared directory (e.g.  /media/VolumeName) instead of a private
           directory (e.g.  /run/media/$USER/VolumeName) when the
           Filesystem.Mount() method is handled.
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  • Okay so changing the name worked. Apart from making life more difficult, what's the difference?
    – spraff
    Jan 2, 2014 at 19:49
  • Just to name it in simple terms, UDISKS_IGNORE is the right option.
    – Ini
    Jan 8, 2019 at 15:19

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