On 6 March 2012 14:53, Diep Pham Van <i...@favadi.com> wrote: > On Tue, 6 Mar 2012 22:34:10 -0300 > Satoshi Hayazaki <heavennevertouchedearthlyf...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hey, guys, I'm having issues with external storage devices that do > > not show up in filemanagers. I read the wiki page on automounting > > but it seems to be a different thing than what I need. Previously, in > > Xfce, I REALLY disliked automounting, so I would generally just insert > > the pendrive or whatever and it would show up, unmounted, in the > > filemanager's list of storage devices. > > > > When I wanted to access it I would click on it in the file managers > > and only then would the device be actually mounted. > > > > I find that in awesome the filemanager is oblivious to any changes to > > connected storage. > > > > I do not want automounting per se, I just want connected devices to > > show up, available to be mounted when I so wish, in filemanagers. > > > > I'm using Archlinux, awesome 3.4.11, and launching it via startx. The > > exact line in my .xinitrc is: "exec ck-launch-session awesome". > > The filemanagers I'm using are thunar and nautilus, both working as > > expected in xfce. My previous gentoo-powered awesome installation > > also had that behavior, so I'm sure it's not something xfce-specific. > > > > > > Any help or tips appreciated. > > You miss gvfs?
I did not have it installed. I installed it and was not sure I needed to do anything? I just rebooted and still got the same behavior.
