On Tue, Aug 05, 2014 at 06:18:44PM -0700, 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"

  It can be done with udev rules.  See webpage
http://www.tuxradar.com/answers/526#null  The suggested udev rule is...

SUBSYSTEMS=="scsi", KERNEL=="sd[a-h][0-9]",
SYMLINK:="removable%n", RUN+="/usr/bin/pmount /dev/removable%n"

  It sets up devices /dev/removable1, /dev/removable2, etc, depending on
the number of partitions on the USB device.  The regular user should
able to unmount the device with the "pumount" command.  I'm not certain,
but I believe that regular users need to be members of group "plugdev"
to be able to access and unmount the USB drive.

  Because this is done independantly of the GUI, I don't think it'll set
up an icon automatically.

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Walter Dnes <waltdnes@waltdnes.org>
I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications