Noob Part 2: Media automounting ...

[Jannis Pohlmann]

On Mon, 19 Jun 2006 01:44:17 -0400, Eli Crumrine wrote:

> "Bryan J. Smith" <b.j.smith at ieee.org> | Sun, 18 Jun 2006 19:58:12
> -0400
> 
> > Okay, now I really see how ignorant I am.  I've really been doing
> > too much server stuff and haven't been hacking the 'ole desktop --
> > just using GNOME and not caring how it worked.  I've started
> > reading up on HAL as well as integration with udev, dbus and the
> > various gnome-* components (-mount, -power, -volume-manager,
> > etc...).  Damn I've really let me desktop knowledge slip in this
> > age of kernel 2.6 and "it just works."
> > 
> > Anyhoo, I assume my older XFCE 4.2.3 install on Fedora Core 5 is not
> > HAL-aware or doesn't have various support agents yet?  If that is
> > the case, based on what I read, I should just go ahead and create
> > the /etc/fstab** or automount entries as I wish -- correct?
> > 
> > Any other insight, RTFM responses (especially if this is documented
> > somewhere and I'm just an ignorant fool that didn't see this),
> > etc... are always appreciated!
> > 
> 
> That is correct - no xfce components use hal.  

This is wrong. Thunar makes use of HAL to display available devices. It
doesn't mount devices automatically, though, you have to click on the
devices in the sidepane to mount them and open them in Thunar.

Regards,
Jannis
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