On 09.12.2013 22:11, Paul Allen Newell wrote: > On 12/9/13 8:15 AM, poma wrote: >> On 09.12.2013 05:07, Paul Allen Newell wrote: >>> Hello: >>> >>> I am running F19 xfce on a 32bit box (fully updated at the time of this >>> test) >>> >>> I have "Applications Menu -> Settings -> Removable Drives and Media" open >>> >>> Under "Removable Storage": >>> [checked] Mount removable drives when hot-plugged >>> [checked] Mount removable drives when inserted >>> [checked] Browse removable media when inserted >>> [not checked] Auto-run programs on new drives and media >>> [not checked] Auto-open files on new drives and media >>> >>> Nothing else is checked on this or all the other tabs. >>> >>> Whether I hot-plug a memory stick into the computer or plug it in before >>> powering on, it never mounts the volume until I manually go to the icon >>> on the desktop and tell it to "please go mount yourself" >>> >>> Am I not understanding the options under "Settings -> Removable Storage"? >>> >>> I first encountered this in F16 under xfce but figured I wasn't >>> understanding something as I had just switched from F14 gnome where I >>> could hot-plug >>> >>> I have three Linux boxes and it doesn't auto mount on any of them, so I >>> am not thinking it is a hardware problem to a particular machine. >>> >>> This also happens with cd/dvd when inserted ... have to manually "please >>> go mount yourself" (and, yes, the phraseology is intentional as I am >>> rather frustrated by this) >>> >>> Thanks in advance for any advice >>> Paul >>> >> http://docs.xfce.org/xfce/thunar/preferences#advanced_preferences >> - Volume Management >> $ xfconf-query -c thunar -p /misc-volume-management >> $ xfconf-query -c thunar -p /misc-volume-management -s true >> >> >> poma >> >> > Poma: > > Thanks for reply. > > Volume management is checked on as the link you provided shows > > Running the command "xfconf-query -c thunar -p /misc-volume-management" > returns the following: > > Property "misc-volume-management" does not exist on channel "thunar". > > The package thunar-volman is already installed on my machine (0.8.0-4.fc19). > > The only other thing I can spot in your link is reference to HAL. When I > hunt around to find out information, I come across the following on the > xfce site for thunar-volman: " HAL is undergoing deprecation at the > moment. All major distributions push for the removal of HAL in favor of > DeviceKit-disks/udisk, DeviceKit-power/upower and udev" > (http://wiki.xfce.org/dev/thunar-volman-udev). Everything I can see on > this implies the transition as 2009 to 2010 range. :) The requirement part is outdated, anyway the emphasis was on http://docs.xfce.org/_media/xfce/thunar/preferences-advanced.png $ grep Required -A13 /usr/share/doc/thunar-volman-0.8.0/README > The other response from Dale suggested that I take it to the xfce > general discussion site (which I intend to do after seeing if I get any > more info here). > > Any suggestions on what I should be looking for to better understand the > problem? Just play with it. i.e. Re-enable Volume Managment(checkbox) or "Create a new property if it does not already exist"[1], $ xfconf-query -c thunar -p /misc-volume-management -n -t bool -s true poma [1] $ xfconf-query -h -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
