From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 66C2E13877A for ; Wed, 6 Aug 2014 05:37:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5D4ADE0964; Wed, 6 Aug 2014 05:37:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wi0-f180.google.com (mail-wi0-f180.google.com [209.85.212.180]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D7765E094B for ; Wed, 6 Aug 2014 05:37:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wi0-f180.google.com with SMTP id n3so2526436wiv.7 for ; Tue, 05 Aug 2014 22:37:09 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=dXhH4ldSZpWljFp9jpjGVP7eXx0zTOdytV88Jg9jNvg=; b=EcTzU6FwduYgw7f/kpT9dPfKUDwIOnxVY4f/vaCBn4As3/EZmxnB7nOXeQnugFcJoD qHc1d1YuqhLxgYdAABdVJvDJIkgE1u3T37P0Qjees/NShHEAUgB5V6gx9mn7CHJjDy4n nfYIDEY45V7r/tt2bf1QsOM/0bZfUPTB4oB0lvF26w2RelzpjDY3pMXdJh9eoe748v4B OHNQ7zhdM940HJ9Pg61E0OGy9hS0Fnw6ZHNX8MLNNVN0oaNxYza7z/+yUEPkG+DlDVZj DCGHMVSMObnBwqxIN1Ip4r2v1ZGYwFWcXvmdOCNPAttdJ2talKkTsiIypckzHZSK6O1f +PJA== X-Received: by 10.194.104.72 with SMTP id gc8mr12212053wjb.105.1407303429261; Tue, 05 Aug 2014 22:37:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.40] ([41.85.145.17]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id di7sm9062919wjb.34.2014.08.05.22.37.08 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Tue, 05 Aug 2014 22:37:08 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <53E1BECF.4050109@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2014 07:36:15 +0200 From: Alan McKinnon User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.0 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 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Automounting USB drives References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: fa7e398d-f662-47c6-8b1d-94af9c7548dd X-Archives-Hash: 304ed2d7dc137d2f1a46134204457944 On 06/08/2014 03:18, Chris Stankevitz wrote: > Hello, > > Which package(s) do I need that allow: > > 1. A USB drive is inserted > > 2. The drive is mounted in some location automatically (e.g. /media/usbstick) > > 3. (2) happens even when the drive is an NTFS or FAT32 drive. > > 4. (1)-(3) happens even if I am not running a "GUI" > > 5. (1)-(3) happens even if I am running the "GUI" called "TWM" > > 6. (1)-(3) happens even if I am running the "GUI" called "xfce4" > > 7. (1)-(3) happens even if I am running the "GUI" called "gnome" > > 8. (1)-(3) happens even if I am running the "GUI" called "kde" > > 9. Bonus: if a GUI is runing, an icon appears on the desktop. This > icon can be used to umount or to quickly navigate to the mounted > directory. > > 10. Bonus: if you use words like dbus/policykit/consolekit/COM/DDE/OLE > that allow me to get a technical understanding of the mechanisms in > play. udisks Google knows enough about it to lead you to the nirvana state of increased understanding. -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckinnon@gmail.com