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From: Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Automounting USB drives
Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2014 05:37:20
Message-Id: 53E1BECF.4050109@gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Automounting USB drives by Chris Stankevitz
1 On 06/08/2014 03:18, Chris Stankevitz wrote:
2 > Hello,
3 >
4 > Which package(s) do I need that allow:
5 >
6 > 1. A USB drive is inserted
7 >
8 > 2. The drive is mounted in some location automatically (e.g. /media/usbstick)
9 >
10 > 3. (2) happens even when the drive is an NTFS or FAT32 drive.
11 >
12 > 4. (1)-(3) happens even if I am not running a "GUI"
13 >
14 > 5. (1)-(3) happens even if I am running the "GUI" called "TWM"
15 >
16 > 6. (1)-(3) happens even if I am running the "GUI" called "xfce4"
17 >
18 > 7. (1)-(3) happens even if I am running the "GUI" called "gnome"
19 >
20 > 8. (1)-(3) happens even if I am running the "GUI" called "kde"
21 >
22 > 9. Bonus: if a GUI is runing, an icon appears on the desktop. This
23 > icon can be used to umount or to quickly navigate to the mounted
24 > directory.
25 >
26 > 10. Bonus: if you use words like dbus/policykit/consolekit/COM/DDE/OLE
27 > that allow me to get a technical understanding of the mechanisms in
28 > play.
29
30
31 udisks
32
33 Google knows enough about it to lead you to the nirvana state of
34 increased understanding.
35
36
37 --
38 Alan McKinnon
39 alan.mckinnon@×××××.com

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