Brad Sawatzky wrote: > I would check the following: > - watch /var/log/messages (I think) to see if udev is actually > recognizing your usb stick when it's plugged in,
Yes, it does. > - that 'hald' is running, Didn't verify, but I am pretty sure it is running. Had to install hal though after the base install. > - that 'gnome-volume-manager' is running, and Aha. Did not install gnome* packages at all. Maybe this is the problem. I hope I do not have to install all of gnome for this. > - that the appropriate "auto-mount" boxes are checked in the > 'gnome-volume-properties' program. > > 'hald' runs as the system-user 'hal' and should start when you boot. > 'gnome-volume-manager' runs as the logged in user and should start with > your X session. Under earlier versions of xfce4 I had to manually start > gnome-volume-manager when I logged in (autostart script). With the current > version (4.3.90.2) it is started without my script. I'm not sure what > mechanism is starting it now (session manager maybe?). > >> A little google search hinted that xffm file manager may be needed for� >> usb automounting but the package appears not be present in Etch. > > xffm shouldn't have anything to do with it (but it might be automagically > starting gnome-volume-manager if it isn't already running). Thanks for your input. I will install gnome-volume-manager and report how it went. BTW, is gnome-volume-manager a must for this automounting functionality? Isn't there any other application that does this? Just curious. regards, ->HS -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
