[Bug 949360] [NEW] No icon for USB drives on desktop or unity launcher

[Rüdiger Kupper]

Public bug reported:

When a user plugs a USB drive into an LTSP client, no icon appears on the desktop or in the Unity launcher. The drive is shown in the sidebar of nautilus windows, but users do not know they have to look there. They expect an icon to appear. Most users give up immediately if nothing happens.
Having an icon appear will considerably improve usability in an everyday task.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: ltsp-client (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-16.28-generic 3.0.17
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-16-generic i686
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Mar  7 21:30:56 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
SourcePackage: ltsp
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2012-02-24 (11 days ago)

** Affects: ltsp (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug i386 oneiric running-unity

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Title:
  No icon for USB drives on desktop or unity launcher

Status in “ltsp” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  When a user plugs a USB drive into an LTSP client, no icon appears on the desktop or in the Unity launcher. The drive is shown in the sidebar of nautilus windows, but users do not know they have to look there. They expect an icon to appear. Most users give up immediately if nothing happens.
  Having an icon appear will considerably improve usability in an everyday task.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: ltsp-client (not installed)
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-16.28-generic 3.0.17
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-16-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Wed Mar  7 21:30:56 2012
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
  SourcePackage: ltsp
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2012-02-24 (11 days ago)

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