Mounting works in xfce and terminal but not in i3wm

noavolution · 2021-02-13 04:49:39

I am unable to mount drives via a file manager like Thunar/Nautilus/PCmanFM when I am logged in to i3wm. When I am in xfce tho it does it just fine. In i3 I am able to mount via the terminal, where I can also mount NTFS partitions using ntfs-3g and write to them. But in the file managers I even get a permission denied error when trying to access a newly created ext4 partition, that I made with gparted. I haven't found another post like this but I came across a similar post where it was a problem with the login manager. I use LightDM.

aflyingpumpkin · 2021-02-13 04:59:33

If you launch the file manager as root does it work?

jasonwryan · 2021-02-13 05:06:12

aflyingpumpkin wrote:

If you launch the file manager as root does it work?

Elevating privileges is not a solution, not a valid debugging technique. Don't suggest it unless it actually makes sense.

OP: how do you start i3. Paste details of your session: $ loginctl show-session $XDG_SESSION_ID

noavolution · 2021-02-13 05:47:28

LightDM takes control over starting i3.
The output is:

Id=15
User=1000
Name=user0
Timestamp=Sat 2021-02-13 02:49:53 CET
TimestampMonotonic=107319649565
VTNr=8
Seat=seat0
Display=:0
Remote=no
Service=lightdm
Desktop=i3
Scope=session-15.scope
Leader=95941
Audit=15
Type=x11
Class=user
Active=yes
State=active
IdleHint=no
IdleSinceHint=0
IdleSinceHintMonotonic=0
LockedHint=no

noavolution · 2021-02-20 05:47:07

jasonwryan wrote:

aflyingpumpkin wrote:
If you launch the file manager as root does it work?
Elevating privileges is not a solution, not a valid debugging technique. Don't suggest it unless it actually makes sense.
OP: how do you start i3. Paste details of your session: $ loginctl show-session $XDG_SESSION_ID

LightDM takes control over starting i3.
The output is:

Id=15
User=1000
Name=user0
Timestamp=Sat 2021-02-13 02:49:53 CET
TimestampMonotonic=107319649565
VTNr=8
Seat=seat0
Display=:0
Remote=no
Service=lightdm
Desktop=i3
Scope=session-15.scope
Leader=95941
Audit=15
Type=x11
Class=user
Active=yes
State=active
IdleHint=no
IdleSinceHint=0
IdleSinceHintMonotonic=0
LockedHint=no

Docbroke · 2021-02-20 06:58:09

Do you get same problem if you start i3 using startx like

 startx /usr/bin/i3

seth · 2021-02-20 08:05:37

xfce autostarts /usr/lib/polkit-gnome/polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1, depending on the actual mount it might be required (even if it doesn't query a password but utilizes the gnome password manager)

noavolution · 2021-02-20 08:29:19

seth wrote:

xfce autostarts /usr/lib/polkit-gnome/polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1, depending on the actual mount it might be required (even if it doesn't query a password but utilizes the gnome password manager)

Thank you so so much. That was actually the problem. I will put that into my config to autostart.

seth · 2021-02-20 14:48:34

Please always remember to mark resolved threads by editing your initial posts subject - so others will know that there's no task left, but maybe a solution to find.
Thanks.

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#1 2021-02-13 04:49:39

Mounting works in xfce and terminal but not in i3wm

#2 2021-02-13 04:59:33

Re: Mounting works in xfce and terminal but not in i3wm

#3 2021-02-13 05:06:12

Re: Mounting works in xfce and terminal but not in i3wm

#4 2021-02-13 05:47:28

Re: Mounting works in xfce and terminal but not in i3wm

#5 2021-02-20 05:47:07

Re: Mounting works in xfce and terminal but not in i3wm

#6 2021-02-20 06:58:09

Re: Mounting works in xfce and terminal but not in i3wm

#7 2021-02-20 08:05:37

Re: Mounting works in xfce and terminal but not in i3wm

#8 2021-02-20 08:29:19

Re: Mounting works in xfce and terminal but not in i3wm

#9 2021-02-20 14:48:34

Re: Mounting works in xfce and terminal but not in i3wm

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