[Dapper] How to get mounted disk show on the desktop

[Loïc Martin]

Vincent Trouilliez wrote:
> On Mon, 2006-02-27 at 18:24 +0100, Loïc Martin wrote:
>   
>> Hi,
>> Dapper doesn't show mounted disks on the desktop (as icons) like Breezy 
>> does. It's really annoying and I'd like to know how an user could reset 
>> the default  as it was  on Breezy.
>>     
>
> Two things come to mind :
>
> a) In Dapper there is indeed a regression from Breezy, where Nautilus
> would not show mounted partitions. To fix this, go to Gconf and navigate
> to System->Storage, then you will see an option to "display internal
> hard-drives". In my experience, it won't take effect immediately though,
> even restarting Nautilus wasn't enough, even logging out wasn't enough,
> I had to reboot the machine, somehow.
>
> b) Second thing, not specific to Dapper, is another key in Gconf:
>
> Apps->Nautilus->Desktop
>
> and enable the option "Volumes visible". This will put icons on the
> Desktop for all your mounted partitions.
>
>
> HTH
>
> --
> Vince
>
>
>   
Thank you a lot. That's nice and could even be done by end users.
Cheers,
Loïc