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On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 1:54 AM, Joseph <syscon780@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> On 12/15/14 18:17, Alexander Kapshuk wrote: |
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>> On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 3:33 PM, Joseph <[1]syscon780@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>> On 12/15/14 09:19, Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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>> On Sun, 14 Dec 2014 22:37:58 -0700, Joseph wrote: |
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>> I have a USB stick with FAT32 file system, but when I insert the |
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>> disk |
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>> it is not mounting on my desktop. No icon is showing up, why? |
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>> Which desktop are you using? Does it have an auto-mounter installed |
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>> by |
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>> default? |
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>> Neil Bothwick |
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>> Top Oxymorons Number 18: Taped live |
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>> I'm using XFCE4 and everytime I insert a USB with FAT or ext2/3/4 |
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>> the icon pops up on a desktop but I mount them manually. |
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>> Joseph |
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>> Â |
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>> I remember asking on this list for instructions on how to auto-mount |
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>> removable drives some time ago as well. |
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>> Here's a copy of the rely I got. Hope this helps. |
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>> From: Samuli Suominen <[2]ssuominen@g.o> |
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>> Date: Tue, Oct 8, 2013 at 9:21 PM |
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>> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] re: automounting removable drives |
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>> To: [3]gentoo-user@l.g.o |
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>> xfce-base/thunar needs to have USE="udev" enabled and |
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>> xfce-extra/thunar-volman must be installed |
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>> i don't see thunar-volman in your list there |
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>> futhermore authorization from polkit/consolekit must be working, so you |
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>> must see 'active = TRUE' line when you run `ck-list-sessions` in your |
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>> Xfce's Terminal as a normal user, see this thread (first post of it): |
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>> [4]http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-858965-start-0.html |
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>> and like said, xfce4-mount-plugin is irrelevant, and `mount` command |
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>> shouldn't be used at all for udisks maintained removable devices, |
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>> instead `udisksctl mount` should be used as a normal user if you really |
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>> want to mount from commandline |
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> I'm not after auto mounting, I just want the USB icon to appear on XFCE |
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> desktop when I insert USB stick. |
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> I mount them USB by right clicking on the icon and select "mount" |
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> But for some reason or another the FAT32 is not showing up. |
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> Joseph |
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> By following the instructions given at the link I specified in my last |
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email, I had the USB icon as well as icons for other types of removable |
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devices appear on my XFCE desktop. You may want to go over those |
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instructions to eliminate something you might have overlooked. |
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