Re: pcmanfm won't mount USB stick on Jessie
----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve Litt" <slitt@troubleshooters.com>
> On Tue, 7 Oct 2014 14:57:07 -0400 (EDT)
> Rob Owens <rowens@ptd.net> wrote:
>
> > I've filed a bug, but haven't gotten any answers yet.
> > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=760397
> >
> > Is anybody else having trouble mounting a USB stick using pcmanfm?
> > When I try it, I get:
> >
> > "Not Authorized:
> > GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name
> > org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1 was not provided by any .service files"
> >
> > I am running fluxbox and systemd-shim. No desktop environments are
> > installed, such as gnome, lxde, etc.
> >
> > -Rob
>
> I've never been able to mount a USB stick with pcmanfm, on either
> Ubuntu or Debian (Wheezy). Only Thunar did it, and then only on Ubuntu.
It works for me on Wheezy, but not Jessie. But on my Wheezy system, I have Gnome and LXDE installed, so maybe one of those brought in some other package which makes it work.
> Fortunately, I installed something that automounts my thumb drives
> to /media/usb0, /media/usb1, etc, so I don't need my file manager to do
> it.
Well, don't keep it a secret! What are you using?
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