From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1PtV96-0008S3-Ui for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 27 Feb 2011 01:10:01 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 097BD1C051 for ; Sun, 27 Feb 2011 01:09:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from nschwmtas02p.mx.bigpond.com (nschwmtas02p.mx.bigpond.com [61.9.189.140]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 043BD1C00E for ; Sun, 27 Feb 2011 00:32:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from nschwotgx02p.mx.bigpond.com ([121.209.221.138]) by nschwmtas02p.mx.bigpond.com with ESMTP id <20110227003255.EAFQ25233.nschwmtas02p.mx.bigpond.com@nschwotgx02p.mx.bigpond.com> for ; Sun, 27 Feb 2011 00:32:55 +0000 Received: from tux.localnet ([121.209.221.138]) by nschwotgx02p.mx.bigpond.com with ESMTP id <20110227003254.STQM13035.nschwotgx02p.mx.bigpond.com@tux.localnet> for ; Sun, 27 Feb 2011 00:32:54 +0000 From: Paul Colquhoun To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: automounting usb drives Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2011 11:32:52 +1100 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.6 (Linux/2.6.37-gentoo; KDE/4.6.0; x86_64; ; ) References: <20110225233107.04405a5b@acme7.acmenet> <20110226220441.3f408411@acme7.acmenet> In-Reply-To: <20110226220441.3f408411@acme7.acmenet> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201102271132.52892.paulcol@andor.dropbear.id.au> X-Authentication-Info: Submitted using SMTP AUTH PLAIN at nschwotgx02p.mx.bigpond.com from [121.209.221.138] using ID acol8118@bigpond.net.au at Sun, 27 Feb 2011 00:32:54 +0000 X-RPD-ScanID: Class unknown; VirusThreatLevel unknown, RefID str=0001.0A150203.4D699BB7.001A,ss=1,fgs=0 X-SIH-MSG-ID: qhEyE9X8TAD0zmR+0TexO1JwyFriqyB48Z4QWs1mqRMGTkTCp8DdS9rANv1Rt9u0xDxLJhqFNGIiaanhTY3Rs9iK X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 6e2e1f63bd8c49b916af027ee15e061b On Sun, 27 Feb 2011 11:04:41 luis jure wrote: > on 2011-02-26 at 14:44 walt wrote: > >xfce4-session also recognizes the policykit and consolekit USE flag, and > >those two things seem to be the way of the future (until tomorrow, anyway) > >for desktop managers like kde and gnome. > > > >xfce has always been closely related to gnome, and it still uses the gnome > >USE flag, I see. I'd suggest setting the three USE flags I've mentioned > >and see what happens. > > OK, i undid everything i had been trying and decided to try this path. i > recompiled xfce4-session with policykit, consolekit and gnome. > > i don't have a graphical login manager, i start X with startx from the > console, and my .xinitrc is simply: > > exec ck-launch-session startxfce4 > > if i start X as root things work in a more or less satisfactory way: pen > drives appear on the side bar on thunar and i can mount and eject them > (not umount). > > but if i start X as a normal user, i get a "not authorized" message from > thunar and i can't mount the devices. > > now, i belong to just about every group out there: > > root disk lp wheel audio cdrom video cdrw usb users lpadmin portage > plugdev lj vboxusers scanner > > any ideas why i don't have permissions to mount the usb drives? > (also, after doing these changes i can't shutdown or reboot form xfce) > > anyway, it seems i'm getting closer... a big thank you to all that have > been following this thread, i hope i'll be able to resolve this last > issue... If it involved PolicyKit, that may be the cause. Look in /etc/PolicyKit/PolicyKit.conf and see if that is blocking your access. I had to add/modify mine to allow user mounts. This is the relevent section I had to change: -- Reverend Paul Colquhoun, ULC. http://andor.dropbear.id.au/~paulcol Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. Then, when you do, you'll be a mile away, and you'll have their shoes.