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Zender

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Registered: 2011-02-17

Posts: 9

[SOLVED]XFCE issues with mounting external drives

Hi all,

Let me start by saying I've tried just about everything I've found through google but so far without any luck. I've even tried udiskie already.

xfce sees my external disk (USB) but won't let me mount it. "Failed to mount "160 GB Filesystem" "Not Authorized"

please tell me what you need to know so I can help you help me Thanks!

Last edited by Zender (2011-02-18 18:48:30)

skunktrader

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Registered: 2010-02-14

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Re: [SOLVED]XFCE issues with mounting external drives

What command line are you using to start xfce?

Zender

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Registered: 2011-02-17

Posts: 9

Re: [SOLVED]XFCE issues with mounting external drives

The content of my /etc/skel/.xinitrc

#!/bin/sh
#
# ~/.xinitrc
#
# Executed by startx (run your window manager from here)

# exec gnome-session
# exec startkde
# exec startxfce4
# ...or the Window Manager of your choice
#exec startxfce4
exec ck-launch-session startxfce4
udiskie &
~           

The list of Daemons in rc.conf.

DAEMONS=(syslog-ng dbus hal network netfs crond sshd)

Mr.Elendig

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Re: [SOLVED]XFCE issues with mounting external drives

1. Do not use /etc/skel/.xinitrc  Use $HOME/.xinitrc
2. you can probably remove hal from the daemons
3. are you using slim?
4. paste the output of ck-list-sessions

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litemotiv

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Re: [SOLVED]XFCE issues with mounting external drives

Also, if you want to use that, the udiskie line should be before the startxfce4 line.

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Zender

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Registered: 2011-02-17

Posts: 9

Re: [SOLVED]XFCE issues with mounting external drives

1. Do not use /etc/skel/.xinitrc  Use $HOME/.xinitrc

How do I do that? mv or cp it to the other location?

3. are you using slim?

Yes I am. Had an issue earlier with not being able to execute login commands or something like that.

4. paste the output of ck-list-sessions

Another thing I'd like to know how to do.

dobedo

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From: Belgium

Registered: 2008-10-04

Posts: 113

Re: [SOLVED]XFCE issues with mounting external drives

Have you already tried what's in the wiki under the section XFCE4.8 ? It works perfectly for me.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xfce

karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 25,440

Re: [SOLVED]XFCE issues with mounting external drives

1. Do not use /etc/skel/.xinitrc  Use $HOME/.xinitrc

How do I do that? mv or cp it to the other location?

cp /etc/skel/.xinitrc $HOME/.xinitrc

If you don't have $HOME variable set try

cp /etc/skel/.xinitrc ~/.xinitrc

JokerBoy

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Registered: 2009-09-24

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Re: [SOLVED]XFCE issues with mounting external drives

and 'cause he's using slim: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/SLiM#PolicyKit

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Zender

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Registered: 2011-02-17

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Re: [SOLVED]XFCE issues with mounting external drives

Did

cp /etc/skel/.xinitrc ~/.xinitrc

Replaced fam with gamin (XFCE page)
Put the udiskie line before the startxfce4 line
And had a look at the policy, applied the changes there as well

and it's now working

Thanks all!

I don't know which one exactly did the trick, but I'll find that out soon enough as I expect to break Arch sooner or later while I play with it and tweak it to death.