Re: Debian Wheezy - HP Pavilion dm1

[Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf@alice-dsl.net>]

On Sun, 2013-10-20 at 14:39 -0400, Sureyya Sahin wrote:
> I will try to compile hamster and qalculate from sources. If I can't, 
> probably I will reinstall them as well.

You don't need to compile them, you can install the binaries.

> Given that I won't be able to use usb devices from gui, is there an 
> alternative to Thunar that I can use to mount and use my devices? I
> have plenty of space in my root directory. Thus, I wouldn't mind using
> extra software which would make life easier for me.

I guess there is, but I don't know it. You likely can do it using udev
or something similar, but I never wrote an udev rule myself.

I'm using scripts:

#!/bin/sh

# /usr/local/sbin/lmount

case $1 in
      -r|-w) mkdir -p /mnt/$2
             if [ -e "/media/$2" ] ; then :
             else
               ln -s /mnt/$2 /media/$2
             fi
             case $1 in
               -r) mount -rL$2 /mnt/$2;; 
               -w) mount -wL$2 /mnt/$2 -o noatime;;
             esac ;;
         -u) umount "$(blkid -L$2)"
             rm /media/$2; rmdir /mnt/$2;;
  --help|-h) echo
             echo "Usage of /usr/local/sbin/lmount"
             echo
             echo "mount read-only"
             echo "  lmount -r <label>"
             echo "mount read/write noatime"
             echo "  lmount -w <label>"
             echo "unmount"
             echo "  lmount -u <label>"
             echo ;;
esac
exit




#!/bin/bash

# /usr/local/sbin/mount.o
mkdir -p                 /media/optical
chown    root:optical    /media/optical
mount -t auto /dev/cdrom /media/optical 
exit





#!/bin/bash

# /usr/local/sbin/umount.o
umount /dev/cdrom
rmdir /media/optical
exit

#!/bin/sh
# /usr/local/bin/llmount
exec sudo lmount $*





#!/bin/sh

# /usr/local/bin/tmount

case $1 in
  --help|-h) echo
             echo "Usage of /usr/local/bin/tmount"
             echo
             echo "mount read-only"
             echo "  tmount -r <label>"
             echo "mount read/write noatime"
             echo "  tmount -w <label>"
             echo "unmount"
             echo "  tmount -u <label>"
             echo; exit;;
         -u) gksudo "lmount $*";;
          *) gksudo "lmount $*"; thunar /mnt/$2; gksudo "lmount -u $2";;
esac
exit


No script for USB yet.