windows partitions dosent show on linux arch (Solved)

hamidtb · 2015-01-29 12:04:52

hi
today i install arch linux; every thing fine

but nautilus dose not show my windows partitions on side panel

i also try thunrar file manager but same resault

also when i connect an usb flash drive no thing happen

thankyou

Last edited by hamidtb (2015-02-03 03:42:18)

runical · 2015-01-29 12:31:40

What did you try and what is your system configuration? Note that NTFS partitions need separate driver in order to be used (search the wiki).

thiagowfx · 2015-01-29 12:35:42

Maybe this won't help much, but I suggest you to install the ntfs-3g package and read about polkit. I'm not really sure if polkit has to do with that, but I remember it has something to do with the permissions for you to mount a drive from a file manager. Also, for automounting, check out udisks.

shadow82 · 2015-01-29 12:36:09

Have you installed ntfs-3g?

hamidtb · 2015-01-29 12:45:46

hi
thank you for answer

this is my fstab

# 
# /etc/fstab: static file system information
#
# <file system>	<dir>	<type>	<options>	<dump>	<pass>
# /dev/sda10 LABEL=ARCH
UUID=d9e3cd70-e1fe-4177-937a-842694143ee2	/         	ext4      	defaults,relatime	0 1

# /dev/sda8 LABEL=Home
UUID=44f79bbd-46ac-41b9-a972-705626960ce5	/home     	ext4      	defaults,relatime	0 2

# /dev/sda9 LABEL=SWAP
UUID=964086ea-6c65-46a3-9073-b71f8a21cb05	none      	swap      	defaults  		0 0


UUID=685E905E5E9026BA				/mnt/Windows	ntfs-3g		defaults		0 2 	


UUID=7734B3670AE025C4				/mnt/Games	ntfs-3g		defaults		0 2


UUID=01ABCF882A373564				/mnt/Programs	ntfs-3g		defaults		0 2


UUID=0B05B63008666103				/mnt/MultiMedia	ntfs-3g		defaults		0 2

i already install ntfs-3g

but nautilus dosent show windows partitions in side panel

also when i connect usb flash drive nothing happen

Last edited by hamidtb (2015-02-02 10:19:27)

Head_on_a_Stick · 2015-01-29 12:49:24

@OP: Which dektop environment/window manager are you using?

I don't know about nautilus, but for thunar you need to install thunar-volman and set up a polkit rule to allow mounting of external partitions:

# /etc/polkit-1/rules.d/10-enable-mount.rules
polkit.addRule(function(action) {
    if (action.id == "org.freedesktop.udisks2.filesystem-mount-system") {
        return polkit.Result.YES;
    }
});

The auto-mounting of USB sticks is controlled via Edit → Prefernces → Advanced → Tick the "Enable Volume Management" button & select the "Configure" link to set up your options.

EDIT: Also, why have you mounted the Windows stuff under /mnt?

Last edited by Head_on_a_Stick (2015-01-29 12:51:39)

hamidtb · 2015-01-29 12:59:20

i using gnome-shell and nautilus

Head_on_a_Stick · 2015-01-29 13:22:45

Read the ArchWiki page on NTFS-3G, mounting options are explained there:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/NTFS-3G

As for nautilus, open dconf-editor and navigate to org.gnome.nautilus and tick the "volumes visible" box.

hamidtb · 2015-01-29 13:28:27

thank you

now windows partitions show on nautilus side panel

but still when i connect a usb drive nothing happen

Head_on_a_Stick · 2015-01-29 13:37:01

Again, open dconf-editor and navigate to org.gnome.desktop.media-handling and tick the "automount" box.

Welcome to the wonderful world of GNOME configuration

runical · 2015-01-29 13:50:02

Please use code tags when posting output of any kind. Makes it a lot easier to read.

As for the USB drive: Nautilus uses gvfs/udisks2 to mount partitions and should work. Is the external drive you are trying to mount by any chance a FAT-formatted drive? gvfs/udisks2 needs the package dostools to handle those (see the optional dependencies).

EDIT: Also try to see if the system does actually detect the USB drive. Post the output of lsblk with and without the usb drive.

Last edited by runical (2015-01-29 13:51:22)

hamidtb · 2015-01-29 13:50:44

Head_on_a_Stick wrote:

Again, open dconf-editor and navigate to org.gnome.desktop.media-handling and tick the "automount" box.
Welcome to the wonderful world of GNOME configuration

thankyou

but it is not working

runical · 2015-02-01 16:12:40

So, did you solve the problem? If so, please let us know the solution

ewaller · 2015-02-01 17:09:55

hamidtb,
Welcome to Arch Linux. When posting file contents or program output, please use BBCode code tags around your output. Your readers will appreciate it.

If you want a user to be able to mount the volume, you must tell fstab to allow it. As this is a drive that is always present, I suggest you do that rather than use the usdisks solution -- I find that works better for removable drives. Add the 'users' directive to the volumes you want to have show up in the file managers so that normal users can mount and unmount them. Also, set noauto, so the system does not automatically mount them at /mnt. As it is right now, the volumes are probably already mounted and are part of the file system under /mnt. You should be able to see the contents of those volumes already in the tree. Anyway, here is the line from my fstab for the Windows 7 partition. It functions as you desire:

/dev/sda1       /mnt/win7               ntfs    defaults,users,noauto 0 1

hamidtb · 2015-02-02 10:18:33

first thank all of you for help

problem was for bad install of gvfs package

then i reinstall package and problem sloved

 sudo pacman -S --force gvfs

fstab file

# 
# /etc/fstab: static file system information
#
# <file system>					<dir>			<type>		<options>			<dump>	<pass>
# /dev/sda10 LABEL=ARCH
UUID=d9e3cd70-e1fe-4177-937a-842694143ee2	/         		ext4      	defaults,relatime		0 1

# /dev/sda8 LABEL=Home
UUID=44f79bbd-46ac-41b9-a972-705626960ce5	/home     		ext4      	defaults,relatime		0 2

# /dev/sda9 LABEL=SWAP
UUID=964086ea-6c65-46a3-9073-b71f8a21cb05	none      		swap      	defaults  			0 0


UUID=685E905E5E9026BA				/media/Windows		ntfs-3g		defaults,users,noauto		0 2 	


UUID=7734B3670AE025C4				/media/Games		ntfs-3g		defaults,users,noauto		0 2


UUID=01ABCF882A373564				/media/Programs		ntfs-3g		defaults,users,noauto		0 2


UUID=0B05B63008666103				/media/MultiMedia	ntfs-3g		defaults,users,noauto		0 2

Last edited by hamidtb (2015-02-02 10:22:29)

mrunion · 2015-02-02 14:48:13

Can you change the title to correctly spell "solved"? I'm not being pedantic, it just may help in searches.

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windows partitions dosent show on linux arch (Solved)

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