Device icons have stopped appearing on desktop

[eriefisher]

On Sat, 10 Jan 2009 17:01:07 +0000
Dave Wood <dave at unrealize.co.uk> wrote:
Sounds like you need thunar-volman. Install it and set it up through
thunar>>edit>>preferences>>advanced. Check off enable and then configure
it to do what you want.



> Slackware 12.2 
> 2.6.27.7 kernel
> xfce 4.4.3
> 
> I've noticed that the when I plug in a usb stick or put in a cd/dvd no
> device icon appears. Xfce is managing the desktop.
> 
> I've tried reinstalling udev, hal and xfce. Dmesg shows the device
> inserted and /var/log/messages doesn't show anything untoward. Not
> sure where to look next.
> 
> This seems to be affecting autofs too because a device won't automount
> until I have done 'touch /dev/sda'.
> 
> Any ideas?
>