Axilleas P [2011-08-09T15:29 CEST]: > On Aug 9, 2011 11:23 AM, "Ionut Biru" <ibiru@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > On 08/09/2011 11:15 AM, F.Gr. wrote: > >> > >> Hi, > >> I'm using Xfce and Thunar. My USB stick is mounted without write > >> access. > >> > >> I've set the hints for PolicyKit > >> (https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/PolicyKit), > >> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Thunar#Thunar_Volume_Manager, > >> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Thunar#udev_Automounting, > >> > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Udev#Mount_under_.2Fmedia.3B_use_partition_label_if_present.3B_support_user_un-mounting > >> > >> TIA > >> > > > > none of them have a connection with your problem. > > > > i guess the usb filesystem is ntfs and you forgot to install > > ntfs-3g > Make sure u have thunar volman installed and also check at > your .xinitrc same as instructed here > http://bbs.archbang.org/viewtopic.php?id=289 since Ionut said what reported above, I checked .xinitrc. I've installed thunar-volman. I don't know why, but it seems that the problem was the following command in .xinitrc: 'thunar --daemon &'. Now I can write to my USB stick (vfat filesystem) without root permission. Thanks. -- It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it! ―Upton Sinclair