The patch for that commit works without any changes with the current gvfs in yakkety (1.28.2). With the patch applied I see the is_removable variable using the gvfs-mount -li command, eg:
Drive(0): WDC WD40EZRX-00SPEB0 Type: GProxyDrive (GProxyVolumeMonitorUDisks2) ids: unix-device: '/dev/sda' themed icons: [drive-harddisk-usb] [drive-harddisk] [drive] symbolic themed icons: [drive-harddisk-usb-symbolic] [drive-harddisk-symbolic] [drive-symbolic] [drive-harddisk-usb] [drive-harddisk] [drive] is_removable=0 is_media_removable=0 has_media=1 Unfortunately that variable is set to zero for all my drives, irrespective of whether they are external or are plugged in at reboot, so now I don't see anything appear in the sidebar, not even the SD card. (Actually, I see something appear briefly when I insert the card and then it disappears.) Upstream, they think that is_removable is just a copy of /sys/block/<device>/removable, and for me that is set to zero for USB and SD devices (but not for CDs). For instance, with kernel 4.6.0-10, for a USB device /dev/sdb: $ readlink -f /sys/block/sdb/device /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:0c.0/usb2/2-1/2-1:1.0/host3/target3:0:0/3:0:0:0 $ cat /sys/block/sdb/removable 0 I wonder if that variable is supposed to represent removable media as opposed to a removable drive? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1618370 Title: nautilus does not show external drives in sidebar if plugged in on reboot To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/nautilus/+bug/1618370/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
