[Fluxbox-users] Automount on fluxbox under Ubuntu Oneiric

[Rainer M Krug]

Hi

Now this is fluxbox related: how can I automount usb drives under fluxbox? I
used nautilus -n, but this does not work any more, gnome-volume-manager is
not available, ivman is also not in the repositories (and does not seem to
be developed actively anymore). So what are the oprions? Googling for
"automount fluxbox" I could only find references to ivman ang
gnome-volume-manager?

Any suggestions?

Rainer
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[JOKer]

Hi,
have you tried 'usbmount'? Never tried it myself, but the description
looks like it would get the job done.
You might also wanna try googling for "linux automount usb" instead of
specifically for fluxbox.

Have a nice day,
JOKer

Post by Rainer M Krug
Hi
Now this is fluxbox related: how can I automount usb drives under fluxbox? I
used nautilus -n, but this does not work any more, gnome-volume-manager is
not available, ivman is also not in the repositories (and does not seem to
be developed actively anymore). So what are the oprions? Googling for
"automount fluxbox" I could only find references to ivman ang
gnome-volume-manager?
Any suggestions?
Rainer

[Rainer M Krug]

Post by JOKer
Hi,
have you tried 'usbmount'? Never tried it myself, but the description
looks like it would get the job done.

Installed it and could not get it to work - also, not actively maintained
anymore.

Post by JOKer
You might also wanna try googling for "linux automount usb" instead of
specifically for fluxbox.

Also - no news.

Is nobody automounting under fluxbox? I can open nautilus ant mount from
there, but I would definitely prefer an automatic version, so that I can
also use the drive directly from an xter,m.

Thanks,

Rainer

Post by JOKer
Have a nice day,
JOKer

Post by Rainer M Krug
Hi
Now this is fluxbox related: how can I automount usb drives under fluxbox? I
used nautilus -n, but this does not work any more, gnome-volume-manager is
not available, ivman is also not in the repositories (and does not seem to
be developed actively anymore). So what are the oprions? Googling for
"automount fluxbox" I could only find references to ivman ang
gnome-volume-manager?
Any suggestions?
Rainer

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[Chris Ahlstrom]

Try xfce's thunar-volman.

-------- Rainer M Krug 12:03 Thu 20 Oct --------

Is nobody automounting under fluxbox? I can open nautilus ant mount from there,
but I would definitely prefer an automatic version, so that I can also use the
drive directly from an xter,m.

[Rainer M Krug]

Post by Chris Ahlstrom
Try xfce's thunar-volman.

Great - for the record:

1) Enable volume management in thunar (in thunar, Edit - Preferences -
Advanced - Enable Volumemanagement)
2) start thunar --daemon

To configure volume management: thunar-volman -c

Working and happy.

But: Are there any alternatives, which do not involve installing several
things, which are still maintained?

Thanks,

Rainer

Post by Chris Ahlstrom
-------- Rainer M Krug 12:03 Thu 20 Oct --------
Is nobody automounting under fluxbox? I can open nautilus ant mount from

Post by Rainer M Krug
there,
but I would definitely prefer an automatic version, so that I can also use the
drive directly from an xter,m.

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[Fernando M. Maresca]

Is nobody automounting under fluxbox? I can open nautilus ant mount from there,
but I would definitely prefer an automatic version, so that I can also use the
drive directly from an xter,m.

I do not really need automount but for repetitive tasks I prefer to use
autofs, that's the linux kernel automount facilities, combined with some
simple udev rules.

This way I have:
/media/cdrom
/media/ebook
/media/pendrive
etc.

I simply can cd to the directory and the kernel will automount the
device if it's present. There are other options however.

Regards,

[Rainer M Krug]

Post by Rainer M Krug

Post by Rainer M Krug
Is nobody automounting under fluxbox? I can open nautilus ant mount from

there,

Post by Rainer M Krug
but I would definitely prefer an automatic version, so that I can also

use the

Post by Rainer M Krug
drive directly from an xter,m.

I do not really need automount but for repetitive tasks I prefer to use
autofs, that's the linux kernel automount facilities, combined with some
simple udev rules.
/media/cdrom
/media/ebook
/media/pendrive
etc.
I simply can cd to the directory and the kernel will automount the
device if it's present. There are other options however.

That works for cd and single pendrives, but I have a few drives, which are
used by backup scripts, and therefore expect a specific mountpoint. In
addition, having the device mounted to a mountpoind based on the name of the
device, is a nice sanity check for the backup script: if /media/backup does
not exist, then the backup fails, in contrast to backing up to
/media/externalhdd, which would be there irrespective of the external hdd,
so a backup could go on the wrong hdd.

So: for certain cases that works, for my needs unfortunately not.

Thanks,

Rainer

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[JDE]

Rainer, i mean no disrespect, but this is really offtopic, as in not
directly related to fluxbox. I'd suggest taking it to the Ubuntu mail
list or IRC channel.

[Ben Kevan]

He says it works in other DE's, but not when using fluxbox as a WM, so
I think it's valid to check with the fluxbox.

I'll give it a shot when I have a moment (on opensuse).

Post by JDE
Rainer, i mean no disrespect, but this is really offtopic, as in not
directly related to fluxbox. I'd suggest taking it to the Ubuntu mail
list or IRC channel.

[Andrej]

Post by Ben Kevan
He says it works in other DE's, but not when using fluxbox as a WM, so
I think it's valid to check with the fluxbox.

You said it there and then. Comparing pears to oranges.
All DE's I know have integration w/ either dbus or hal. Fluxbox
doesn't, and that's one of the reasons that I have a WM with a
1MB footprint. ;}

@Rainer: using udev rules I have created mountpoints for a whole
host of devices based on their serial; they always end up on the
same mountpoint, and using a scripted approach to make use of
them is totally safe.


Cheers,
Andrej

[Fernando M. Maresca]

That works for cd and single pendrives, but I have a few drives, which are used
by backup scripts, and therefore expect a specific mountpoint. In addition,
having the device mounted to a mountpoind based on the name of the device, is a
nice sanity check for the backup script: if /media/backup does not exist, then
the backup fails, in contrast to backing up to /media/externalhdd, which would
be there irrespective of the external hdd, so a backup could go on the wrong
hdd.

I do not understand very well your disks and mountpoint scheme, but you
can do quite what you describe whith udev and autofs.
First you get your udev rules working, then you tell autofs where you
want the devices mounted. I have a bunch of pendrives and usb disks and
if there's any one of them plugged in it's on /media/pendrive or
/media/usbdisk; if there are more than one, I have specific mountpoints
for them under /media.

As said, this is not fluxbox related, it's OT here.

Best regards,

[Bob Hepple]

Post by Fernando M. Maresca
As said, this is not fluxbox related, it's OT here.

I disagree. This thread is pertinent to those of us using fluxbox and
confronting the various hurdles that get thrown at us by the
freedesktop people and others in the rush to emulate OSX/Vista. I
would object if the tone was 'why doesn't fluxbox do XXX' but as it
is, it's pertinent especially to anyone trying to make the transition
from the overweight alternatives. It deals directly with the tasks
that fluxbox users need to learn to become productive and it's
instructive to see what approaches others take for this problem.

This is a low bandwidth group - there's no need just yet to apply the
strict policing that we see on eg 'centos-users'!!

Yours in fluxboxy fellowship


Bob

[Frank]

Post by Bob Hepple

Post by Fernando M. Maresca
As said, this is not fluxbox related, it's OT here.

I disagree. This thread is pertinent to those of us using fluxbox and
confronting the various hurdles that get thrown at us by the
freedesktop people and others in the rush to emulate OSX/Vista. I
would object if the tone was 'why doesn't fluxbox do XXX' but as it
is, it's pertinent especially to anyone trying to make the transition
from the overweight alternatives. It deals directly with the tasks
that fluxbox users need to learn to become productive and it's
instructive to see what approaches others take for this problem.
This is a low bandwidth group - there's no need just yet to apply the
strict policing that we see on eg 'centos-users'!!
Yours in fluxboxy fellowship
Bob

+1

[Rainer M Krug]

Dear All,

I solved the issue by using udisks-glue, which works perfectly. To add to
it, I have installed ejecter, (https://launchpad.net/ejecter) so the
removable drives are now handled perfectly.

Thanks a lot Bob for jumping in the "off topic" debate / statements.

I love fluxbox, UI used Unity for a few weeks and after I went back, I
realised what I missed while using Unity: snappiness, light, configurable,
tabbing, ...

So I would not have switchted to another desktop, but rather have been a
little bit less happy. And I think to know that you can have a lightweight
automounter with usbdisks-glue, is a valuable asset for everybody using
fluxbox, and especially starting to use fluxbox.

I would add it to the wiki, but I haven't found a way to register, but I'll
ask in a new thread?

Cheers and thanks,

Rainer

Post by Bob Hepple

Post by Fernando M. Maresca
As said, this is not fluxbox related, it's OT here.

I disagree. This thread is pertinent to those of us using fluxbox and
confronting the various hurdles that get thrown at us by the
freedesktop people and others in the rush to emulate OSX/Vista. I
would object if the tone was 'why doesn't fluxbox do XXX' but as it
is, it's pertinent especially to anyone trying to make the transition
from the overweight alternatives. It deals directly with the tasks
that fluxbox users need to learn to become productive and it's
instructive to see what approaches others take for this problem.
This is a low bandwidth group - there's no need just yet to apply the
strict policing that we see on eg 'centos-users'!!
Yours in fluxboxy fellowship
Bob
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[napo978]

Hi
Now this is fluxbox related: how can I automount usb drives under fluxbox? I used nautilus -n, but this does not
work any more, gnome-volume-manager is not available, ivman is also not in the repositories (and does not seem to be
developed actively anymore). So what are the oprions? Googling for "automount fluxbox" I could only find references
to ivman ang gnome-volume-manager?

you can install halevt (ivman like hal event handler)

Any suggestions?
Rainer
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[Raphaël Droz]

Post by napo978
you can install halevt (ivman like hal event handler)

HAL is deprecated, if not dead.

I think that the way to go in a multi-user setup is shown by this app':
https://launchpad.net/udisks-automounter

[Rainer M Krug]

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Post by Raphaël Droz

Post by napo978
you can install halevt (ivman like hal event handler)

HAL is deprecated, if not dead.
https://launchpad.net/udisks-automounter

Thanks a lot Raphael for this - that is exactly what I was looking for.

Installed and working nicely.

Cheers,

Rainer

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&gt; you can install halevt (ivman like hal event handler)<br>
HAL is deprecated, if not dead.<br>
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I think that the way to go in a multi-user setup is shown by this app&#39;:<br>
<a href="https://launchpad.net/udisks-automounter" target="_blank">https://launchpad.net/udisks-automounter</a><br></blockquote><div><br>Thanks a lot Raphael for this - that is exactly what I was looking for.<br><br>Installed and working nicely.<br>
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