Index: exo-mount/exo-mount-hal.c
===================================================================
--- exo-mount/exo-mount-hal.c	(revision 28760)
+++ exo-mount/exo-mount-hal.c	(working copy)
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
   /* file system options */
   gchar           **fsoptions;
   const gchar      *fstype;
+  const gchar      *altfstype;
   LibHalVolumeUsage fsusage;
 };
 
@@ -243,6 +244,7 @@
 
           /* setup the file system internals */
           device->fstype = libhal_volume_get_fstype (device->volume);
+          device->altfstype = libhal_device_get_property_string (hal_context, udi, "volume.fstype.alternative.preferred", NULL);
           device->fsusage = libhal_volume_get_fsusage (device->volume);
         }
     }
@@ -263,8 +265,16 @@
     }
 
   /* determine the valid mount options from the UDI */
-  device->fsoptions = libhal_device_get_property_strlist (hal_context, udi, "volume.mount.valid_options", &derror);
-
+  if (device->altfstype)
+    {
+      char key[128];
+      sprintf(key, "volume.mount.%s.valid_options", device->altfstype);
+      device->fsoptions = libhal_device_get_property_strlist (hal_context, udi, key, &derror);
+    }
+  else
+    {
+      device->fsoptions = libhal_device_get_property_strlist (hal_context, udi, "volume.mount.valid_options", &derror);
+    }
   /* sanity checking */
   if (G_UNLIKELY (device->file == NULL || device->name == NULL))
     {
@@ -663,6 +673,7 @@
           /* this is currently mostly Linux specific noise */
           if (strcmp (device->fsoptions[m], "uid=") == 0
               && (strcmp (device->fstype, "vfat") == 0
+               || strcmp (device->altfstype, "ntfs-3g") == 0
                || strcmp (device->fstype, "iso9660") == 0
                || strcmp (device->fstype, "udf") == 0
                || device->volume == NULL))
@@ -706,10 +717,16 @@
               ? exo_str_replace (mount_point, G_DIR_SEPARATOR_S, "_") 
               : g_strdup ("");
 
-  /* let HAL guess the fstype */
-  fstype = g_strdup ("");
-
-  /* setup the D-Bus error */
+  if (G_UNLIKELY (device->altfstype != NULL))
+    {
+      fstype = g_strdup (device->altfstype);
+    }
+  else
+    {
+      /* let HAL guess the fstype */
+      fstype = g_strdup (""); 
+    } 
+   /* setup the D-Bus error */
   dbus_error_init (&derror);
 
   /* now several times... */