[Thunar-dev] HAL

Benedikt Meurer benedikt.meurer at unix-ag.uni-siegen.de
Fri Feb 24 18:56:34 CET 2006


Stefan Stuhr wrote:
>>Does anybody still have problems getting Thunar to work with HAL?
> 
> I have some problems in Ubuntu 5.10 (Xfce SVN, Thunar SVN checked out
> today - typeahead search in icon view saves my life!).
> 
> The device is an USB Mass Storage USB disc. It shows up fine in
> hal-device-manager and Nautilus, but it doesn't appear in the Thunar
> shortcuts pane at all. It doesn't matter if Thunar is running while I
> plug the disc, or if I first run Thunar when the disc is plugged.
> 
> When I insert a CD-ROM in my CD drive, on the other hand, it appears in
> the Thunar shortcuts pane.

I guess HAL just reports the wrong type and therefore Thunar doesn't
consider it to be a removable device. Try the attached patch.

> Stefan

Benedikt
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