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automount FM options

Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2017 8:18 am
by luxy
Hi,

I have installed XFE as filemanager but always get PCmanFM when I plug in a USB device.

It seems that it is PCman volume management which is doing this and is easy to disactivate but is there a way to get xfe to open when a device is plugged?


TIA.

Re: automount FM options

Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2017 6:39 pm
by seppalta
Here is what the developer posted in 2012: "xfe can mount or unmount disks, but it's only *manually*, assuming you have all the stuff in your fstab file." See https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2096007 for more about his statement.

Why do you prefer xfe to pcmanfm? Xfe is very heavy and brings in other apps when you install it. See http://lxlinux.com/#2 for more about what you can do with pcmanfm.

Re: automount FM options

Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2017 7:47 pm
by drooly
luxy wrote:It seems that it is PCman volume management which is doing this
is it?
if so, i suspect it is hardcoded to open pcmanfm as a filemanager. but don't take my word for it.
i don't think that xfe offers that sort of daemon mode.

it's possible to write a udev rule that gets executed whenever you insert a thumbdrive.
http://dt.iki.fi/udev/

Re: automount FM options

Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2017 8:58 pm
by luxy
drooly wrote:
luxy wrote:It seems that it is PCman volume management which is doing this
is it?
if so, i suspect it is hardcoded to open pcmanfm as a filemanager. but don't take my word for it.
i don't think that xfe offers that sort of daemon mode.

it's possible to write a udev rule that gets executed whenever you insert a thumbdrive.
http://dt.iki.fi/udev/
It is not PCman which does the automount but it responds to it. Yes, it is hardcoded since it is a PCman option. This can be disabled from PCman as I indicated but not customised.

udev may be a route. I had not thought of that. Thanks.

Re: automount FM options

Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2017 9:06 pm
by luxy
seppalta wrote:Here is what the developer posted in 2012: "xfe can mount or unmount disks, but it's only *manually*, assuming you have all the stuff in your fstab file." See https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2096007 for more about his statement.

Why do you prefer xfe to pcmanfm? Xfe is very heavy and brings in other apps when you install it. See http://lxlinux.com/#2 for more about what you can do with pcmanfm.

The main reason I can't stick PCman is it tries to force me to work with this stupid "places" paradigm. Sorry I'm old fashioned and like to see the file hierarchy tree as it is implemented not some stupid representation that threats me like retard and clutters the display with lots of "places" that I never use and won't show me what I do need.

If I configure PCman to display the tree, next time I plug in a device it has forgotten all about it and shows me the damned "places". I have to waste time reconfiguring all over again.

If it was not also implicated in the desktop display I would remove it.

Re: automount FM options

Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2017 8:13 pm
by drooly
luxy wrote:The main reason I can't stick PCman is it tries to force me to work with this stupid "places" paradigm. Sorry I'm old fashioned and like to see the file hierarchy tree as it is implemented
like this?
Image
(it's pcmanfm)

Re: automount FM options

Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2017 8:44 pm
by luxy
yes, like that.
If I configure PCman to display the tree, next time I plug in a device it has forgotten all about it and shows me the damned "places". I have to waste time reconfiguring all over again.

Re: automount FM options

Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2017 4:32 am
by seppalta
Check your pcmanfm config file, ~/.config/pcmanfm/default/pcmanfm.conf, to make sure it says side_pane_mode=Directory Tree. There is also a universal configuration file: /etc/xdg/pcmanfm/default/pcmanfm.conf. Try setting side_pane_mode=1 , or side_pane_mode=0.