auto-mounting removable drives

[Paul Allen Newell]

On 12/9/2013 7:41 PM, poma wrote:
> 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
>
>
>
Poma:

Thanks for reply and additional info. I'm going to need some time to 
look into this as I need to understand why I should be creating the new 
property given thunar-volman is installed

Paul