HDD icons not appearing on my Gnome desktop when mounted [SOLVED]

graysky · 2009-01-02 12:00:53

I have several ntfs partitons that I'd like to see as icons on my Gnome desktop. When I ran Debian/Lenny, I would mount them like so:

$ sudo mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sda2 /mnt/D

After that command ran, a new icon (HDD) would appear on my Gnome desktop. I didn't mess with fuseblock at all. I'd like to get this behavior with Arch but don't understand what I need to do.

Thanks!

EDIT: foutrelis solved this, see his post below.

Last edited by graysky (2009-01-02 13:56:36)

foutrelis · 2009-01-02 12:12:37

This behavior is controlled by the /apps/nautilus/desktop/volumes_visible gconf setting.

First see if it's currently disabled:

gconftool-2 --get /apps/nautilus/desktop/volumes_visible

If the above returns "false", use the following command to enable it:

gconftool-2 --type bool --set /apps/nautilus/desktop/volumes_visible true

Icons for your mounted volumes should now be visible on your desktop.

(Btw, you can also use gconf-editor to edit the above setting graphically)

Mr Green · 2009-01-02 12:15:10

A quick google should answer your question.....

graysky · 2009-01-02 12:15:48

Thanks for the replies, all, but I had this set to true, but still no icons on a sudo mount command:

$ gconftool-2 --get /apps/nautilus/desktop/volumes_visible
true

EDIT: what dictates which of my drive partitions are 'seen' by Gnome? I think this question has a tie-in to my other question posted here.

If I use the applet 'gnome mounter' only a few of my drive partitions are available as icons in my panel. If I mount them via the applet, they DO show up on my desktop. If I mount them manually via $ sudo mount blah blah command, they don't show up at all.

Last edited by graysky (2009-01-02 12:20:03)

defrysk · 2009-01-02 12:25:18

gtweakui might make live easier for you its and easy to use front-end for settings like that.
I use gnome-volume-manager for (auto)mounting :
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/FAQ … mething.3F

foutrelis · 2009-01-02 12:36:42

graysky wrote:

If I mount them via the applet, they DO show up on my desktop. If I mount them manually via $ sudo mount blah blah command, they don't show up at all.

It looks like if the mount point is under /media it will show up on the desktop. This is not the case with /mnt.

graysky · 2009-01-02 13:54:49

foutrelis wrote:

graysky wrote:
If I mount them via the applet, they DO show up on my desktop. If I mount them manually via $ sudo mount blah blah command, they don't show up at all.
It looks like if the mount point is under /media it will show up on the desktop. This is not the case with /mnt.

You're the man, foutrelis! That did it! I can't explain why it worked mounted to /mnt/D under Debian but /media/D works for me! Thank you for the reply!

Now if you can tell me how I can edit the list of partitions that Gnome gives users, you'll be batting 1000. Basically, I don't want every single partition to appear in the list.

Last edited by graysky (2009-01-02 13:58:12)

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HDD icons not appearing on my Gnome desktop when mounted [SOLVED]

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