[xubuntu-users] thunar: several usb devices don't open automatically

[TOM TOM]

On Wed, Dec 26, 2012 at 1:08 AM, TOM TOM <thomasthoma at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Wed, Dec 26, 2012 at 1:04 AM, DR. JUAN CARLOS MUSE GENERCH <
> musegenerch at yahoo.com.ar> wrote:
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>> **
>> Pasate al windows xp y deja de mandar mensajes. Es una cagada eso
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>> ----- Original Message -----
>> *From:* TOM TOM <thomasthoma at gmail.com>
>> *To:* Xubuntu Help and User Discussions <xubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, December 25, 2012 10:42 PM
>> *Subject:* [xubuntu-users] thunar: several usb devices don't open
>> automatically
>>
>> Hello everyone!
>>
>> I'm using Xubuntu 4.10 and noticed that while Thunar automounts and opens
>> most of my usb sticks -when plugged in
>> For some usb sticks and external devices, it doesn't.
>>
>> They just show up on the desktop and places menu as unmounted faded out
>> icons and I have to click on them to mount and open.
>>
>> For example, thunar doesn't automount an ext4 external hard drive, while
>> the same drive gets automounted by nautilus in Ubuntu.
>>
>> So here's my favorite question ever: why is it doing that?
>>
>> Should I look into some odd configuration in my system?
>>
>> My system is xubuntu 12.10, I upgraded from ubuntu 12.04 by installing
>> over it with the 64bit cd.
>> I'm using gala --replace to manage the windows in my session.
>>
>> Thunar is set to handle devices, automount and open them -through the
>> xfce-settings.
>>
>> Thunar does actually handle some fat32 usb sticks/external drives
>> correctly.
>> BUT it fails to do so with some other fat32 usb sticks and ext4 hard
>> drives I tried.
>>
>> Thank you for your time. Any help and ideas are greatly appreciated.
>>
>> bests,
>>
>> Thomas
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> Dr. Juan thanks for your contribution but please don't highjack my thread.
> I'm looking for people to help me get to the heart of the problem, to file
> a bug report and get it fixed.
>
> I see that I'm not the only one, Another user describes the same thunar
> related problem here:
>
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> http://xfce.10915.n7.nabble.com/USB-mass-storage-not-automounting-thunar-tt4452.html#a4455
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> he says:
> "some devices do pop up automatically but others do not...."
> "I have to click the item in
> thunar or right click the icon that pops onto the desktop and choose
> to mount it. "
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Here's yet another one:
http://ubuntu.5.n6.nabble.com/Automounting-td5004175.html

Looks like this is a bug affecting multiple people.
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