On Tue, 6 Mar 2012 22:34:10 -0300
Satoshi Hayazaki <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hey, guys, I'm having issues with external storage devices that do
> not show up in filemanagers. I read the wiki page on automounting
> but it seems to be a different thing than what I need. Previously, in
> Xfce, I REALLY disliked automounting, so I would generally just insert
> the pendrive or whatever and it would show up, unmounted, in the
> filemanager's list of storage devices.
> 
> When I wanted to access it I would click on it in the file managers
> and only then would the device be actually mounted.
> 
> I find that in awesome the filemanager is oblivious to any changes to
> connected storage.
> 
> I do not want automounting per se, I just want connected devices to
> show up, available to be mounted when I so wish, in filemanagers.
> 
> I'm using Archlinux, awesome 3.4.11, and launching it via startx. The
> exact line in my .xinitrc is: "exec ck-launch-session awesome".
> The filemanagers I'm using are thunar and nautilus, both working as
> expected in xfce. My previous gentoo-powered awesome installation
> also had that behavior, so I'm sure it's not something xfce-specific.
> 
> 
> Any help or tips appreciated.

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