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

[TOM TOM]

On Wed, Dec 26, 2012 at 1:25 AM, TOM TOM <thomasthoma at gmail.com> wrote:

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> 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
>>>
>>> ----- 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
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> Looks like this is a bug affecting multiple people.
>

So, it is this one: https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9193
A serious usability bug affecting xfce 4.10 and xubuntu 12.10. Thanks for
reading.
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