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From: Chris Stankevitz <chrisstankevitz@×××××.com>
To: "gentoo-user@l.g.o" <gentoo-user@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Automounting USB drives
Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2014 18:29:19
Message-Id: CAPi0psvoxGT1rW1u27VULp+3e-CgL5OrUVD_48JaPy_Y43qdmw@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Automounting USB drives by Walter Dnes
1 On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 8:09 AM, Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> wrote:
2 > It can be done with udev rules. See webpage
3 > http://www.tuxradar.com/answers/526#null The suggested udev rule is...
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5 Walter,
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7 Thank you for the link, that is great info!
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9 > Because this is done independantly of the GUI, I don't think it'll set
10 > up an icon automatically.
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12 Yes I agree. I am still curious what is the mechanism that causes
13 icons to "appear" on the "desktop" of popular GUIs. I suspect the
14 answer involves the magic of
15 policykit/consolekit/dbus/hal/gvfs/gnome-vfs/fuse/hotplug/udisks/etc.
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17 Thank you,
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19 Chris

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Re: [gentoo-user] Automounting USB drives Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>