[gentoo-user] Automounting USB drives

[Chris Stankevitz]

Hello,

Which package(s) do I need that allow:

1. A USB drive is inserted

2. The drive is mounted in some location automatically (e.g. /media/usbstick)

3. (2) happens even when the drive is an NTFS or FAT32 drive.

4. (1)-(3) happens even if I am not running a "GUI"

5. (1)-(3) happens even if I am running the "GUI" called "TWM"

6. (1)-(3) happens even if I am running the "GUI" called "xfce4"

7. (1)-(3) happens even if I am running the "GUI" called "gnome"

8. (1)-(3) happens even if I am running the "GUI" called "kde"

9. Bonus: if a GUI is runing, an icon appears on the desktop.  This
icon can be used to umount or to quickly navigate to the mounted
directory.

10. Bonus: if you use words like dbus/policykit/consolekit/COM/DDE/OLE
that allow me to get a technical understanding of the mechanisms in
play.

Thank you,

Chris