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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Automounting USB drives
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On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 8:09 AM, Walter Dnes <waltdnes@waltdnes.org> wrote:
>   It can be done with udev rules.  See webpage
> http://www.tuxradar.com/answers/526#null  The suggested udev rule is...

Walter,

Thank you for the link, that is great info!

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

Yes I agree.  I am still curious what is the mechanism that causes
icons to "appear" on the "desktop" of popular GUIs.  I suspect the
answer involves the magic of
policykit/consolekit/dbus/hal/gvfs/gnome-vfs/fuse/hotplug/udisks/etc.

Thank you,

Chris