I did install Thunar in Ubuntu, but it behaves differently there. I also tried some of the thunar add-ons that were in the repository, but these did not seem to change things. However, I admit I did not delve. I did note that in Ubuntu, an attempt to unmount drive gave an error msg "Cannot open /media/.hal-mtab"
So there is possibly hope that some relatively minor patch will allow this. Best, JN On 06/22/2011 09:16 AM, Rob Echlin wrote: > Hi John, > Thunar is the default file manager in Xubuntu. > > Maybe you just need to install Thunar? > > > Rob > > > >> ________________________________ >> From: "nas...@uottawa.ca" <nas...@uottawa.ca> >> To: Ottawa Linux Users Group <linux@lists.oclug.on.ca> >> Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2011 2:33:24 PM >> Subject: [OCLUG-Tech] nice feature in "#!" not seemingly in Ubuntu or .... >> >> Last night I helped a friend with an old Asus Eee 701 Surf to replace the >> Xandros distro with CrunchBang (#!). This went pretty smoothly. However, >> she then asked how to unmount a USB. >> >> I looked this up on the web as #! does not put an icon on the desktop for >> usb keys. It DOES put an item in the left side pane of Thunar however. And >> that is how you unmount (does not say safely remove) usb drives. >> >> Now for the REALLY NICE feature. After you unmount, the icon is simply >> greyed out. You can right click and mount again. Nifty. >> >> So I tried putting Thunar in Ubuntu. No joy. Also looked through fora and >> found lots of orphaned posts where folk want to remount USBs without >> unplugging them. It can be done with usbreset.c (I can supply post if >> anyone is interested), but this rescans all drives, so is a bit drastic >> and dangerous if some are mounted, esp. if data transfer in progress. >> >> Anyone have ideas of how to get this feature into a file manager in a >> clean way? >> >> Best, JN >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Linux mailing list >> Linux@lists.oclug.on.ca >> http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Linux mailing list > Linux@lists.oclug.on.ca > http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux _______________________________________________ Linux mailing list Linux@lists.oclug.on.ca http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux
