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sveinemann

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Registered: 2007-09-30

Posts: 108

Wmii + dbus/hal and automount of usb driver/memory card

Laptop is UL30A. One question. Will USB be automounted when I'm in wmii, or will this just work in gnome?

orschiro

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Registered: 2009-06-04

Posts: 2,136

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Re: Wmii + dbus/hal and automount of usb driver/memory card

In general no unless you aren't working with a udev rule 1 or using a volume manager such as skvm. It's in AUR and works flawlessly.

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lasu1

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Registered: 2010-02-10

Posts: 83

Re: Wmii + dbus/hal and automount of usb driver/memory card

Huh, odd...I've used wmii and automount /generally/ worked well. However, there were some problems. Sometimes there were weird problems, like mounting causing an X crash. Also, write time was abysmally slow.

As an aside, I'm using i3 now, and automount seems to work perfectly.

Anyway, I didn't try skvm, it sounds like a good idea. Ill take that for a test spin this afternoon ;-)

RPMN

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Registered: 2010-03-08

Posts: 13

Re: Wmii + dbus/hal and automount of usb driver/memory card

Hi!

I have one tiny question!
I'm about to make standalone Openbox desktop.
For FM I will use PCmanFM and I've found out that it does automounting job.
So the question is do I need volume manager such as skvm or udev rule or everything will work only with proper HAL policy and PCmanFM?

Thanks in advance

RPMN

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Registered: 2010-03-08

Posts: 13

Re: Wmii + dbus/hal and automount of usb driver/memory card

Bump!

RPMN

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Registered: 2010-03-08

Posts: 13

Re: Wmii + dbus/hal and automount of usb driver/memory card

Please!

barzam

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From: Sweden

Registered: 2009-01-27

Posts: 277

Re: Wmii + dbus/hal and automount of usb driver/memory card

Why don't you try and see if you need a volume manager, and if not ask a specific question on how to use one?

RPMN

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Registered: 2010-03-08

Posts: 13

Re: Wmii + dbus/hal and automount of usb driver/memory card

Because my PC isn't functional right now (writing from sisters, Win 7) and I want to be fully prepared for my new one Arch only.

I didn't want to sound lazy