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.
automount FM options
Re: automount FM options
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.
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
is it?luxy wrote:It seems that it is PCman volume management which is doing this
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
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.drooly wrote:is it?luxy wrote:It seems that it is PCman volume management which is doing this
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/
udev may be a route. I had not thought of that. Thanks.
Re: automount FM options
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
like this?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
![Image](http://dt.iki.fi/stuff/pcmanfm-tree.png)
(it's pcmanfm)
Re: automount FM options
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
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.