Re: xfce4 and automount usb stick icons on desktop
On Wed, 27 Sep 2006, H.S. wrote:
> I was wondering if automounting of USB sticks works in xfce4 in Debian�
> Etch. I tried it yesterday and couldn't figure out how to do this.�
> Automounting of a CD works when inserted in the drive though.
It's been working for me (etch, same kernel version).
I would check the following:
- watch /var/log/messages (I think) to see if udev is actually
recognizing your usb stick when it's plugged in,
- that 'hald' is running,
- that 'gnome-volume-manager' is running, and
- that the appropriate "auto-mount" boxes are checked in the
'gnome-volume-properties' program.
'hald' runs as the system-user 'hal' and should start when you boot.
'gnome-volume-manager' runs as the logged in user and should start with
your X session. Under earlier versions of xfce4 I had to manually start
gnome-volume-manager when I logged in (autostart script). With the current
version (4.3.90.2) it is started without my script. I'm not sure what
mechanism is starting it now (session manager maybe?).
> A little google search hinted that xffm file manager may be needed for�
> usb automounting but the package appears not be present in Etch.
xffm shouldn't have anything to do with it (but it might be automagically
starting gnome-volume-manager if it isn't already running).
-- Brad
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