On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 1:54 AM, Joseph <syscon...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 12/15/14 18:17, Alexander Kapshuk wrote: > >> On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 3:33 PM, Joseph <[1]syscon...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> On 12/15/14 09:19, Neil Bothwick wrote: >> >> On Sun, 14 Dec 2014 22:37:58 -0700, Joseph wrote: >> >> I have a USB stick with FAT32 file system, but when I insert the >> disk >> it is not mounting on my desktop. No icon is showing up, why? >> >> Which desktop are you using? Does it have an auto-mounter installed >> by >> default? >> -- >> Neil Bothwick >> Top Oxymorons Number 18: Taped live >> >> I'm using XFCE4 and everytime I insert a USB with FAT or ext2/3/4 >> the icon pops up on a desktop but I mount them manually. >> -- >> Joseph >> >>  >> I remember asking on this list for instructions on how to auto-mount >> removable drives some time ago as well. >> Here's a copy of the rely I got. Hope this helps. >> -------------------------------------------------------------- >> From: Samuli Suominen <[2]ssuomi...@gentoo.org> >> Date: Tue, Oct 8, 2013 at 9:21 PM >> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] re: automounting removable drives >> To: [3]gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org >> xfce-base/thunar needs to have USE="udev" enabled and >> xfce-extra/thunar-volman must be installed >> i don't see thunar-volman in your list there >> futhermore authorization from polkit/consolekit must be working, so you >> must see 'active = TRUE' line when you run `ck-list-sessions` in your >> Xfce's Terminal as a normal user, see this thread (first post of it): >> [4]http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-858965-start-0.html >> and like said, xfce4-mount-plugin is irrelevant, and `mount` command >> shouldn't be used at all for udisks maintained removable devices, >> instead `udisksctl mount` should be used as a normal user if you really >> want to mount from commandline >> > > I'm not after auto mounting, I just want the USB icon to appear on XFCE > desktop when I insert USB stick. > I mount them USB by right clicking on the icon and select "mount" > But for some reason or another the FAT32 is not showing up. > > -- > Joseph > > By following the instructions given at the link I specified in my last email, I had the USB icon as well as icons for other types of removable devices appear on my XFCE desktop. You may want to go over those instructions to eliminate something you might have overlooked.
