automounting in XFCE 4.8 under Fedora 16

[Peter Frederick Patel-Schneider]

From: Matt Hausmann <matt at u6.co.za>
Subject: Re: automounting in XFCE 4.8 under Fedora 16
Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2011 17:50:44 -0600

>> I already did that.
>>
>> The problem is, I beleive, that thunar-volman doesn't get called if
>> thunar isn't running, and thunar isn't start automatically.  Once thunar
>> is running automouting happens correctly.
> 
> If you want it to automount, why don't you just add it to your /etc/fstab?

This is for a laptop, which I power off, and quite regularly stick a USB
stick (not always the same one) in during power on.  Yes, there are lots
of ways to get around the issue, but it would be nice to have it all
work correctly.

peter