automatic mount of removable external drive

[Kevin Chadwick]

On Wed, 18 Apr 2012 12:06:58 +0100
Kevin Chadwick wrote:

> > first, please update. Xfce 4.6 shouldn't used anymore. Second, read https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/HAL about HAL and how you can change the name of a device.  
> 
> I used udev rules with xfce 4.8 to statify the mount points on a
> read-only root and also automount (helpful when not using X11) and set
> the mount options. It was more work than I was expecting and whilst it
> works fine in nautilus. Thunar seems to only show the device and not
> the mount point. I'll have to try again with the new thunar though.

Grr, possibly due to udisks2, Nautilus now shows the mount point for a
split second and then it dissapears. I liked users being able to see
and use the device or the mount point.