fluxbox/pcmanfm and vanishing drives
by tpprynn from LinuxQuestions.org on (#58YX3)
Is this something I've done wrong or a quirk of PCManFM/ my netinstall-based Debian laptops?
The micro-SD card with my music on mounts and can be used after start-up, as can usb hard drives. If I log out and back in these are gone and if I click on Devices in PCManFM it warns 'operation not supported' (where before the pane opening would show the laptop's emmc drive and whatever else was plugged in). The 'Rubbish Bin' has also vanished at this point.
I considered using gnome-disk-utility to alter permissions but wouldn't I have to do that with every different usb drive/ pendrive I used with the laptop then?
I think I remember Thunar not having this issue but can PcManFM be cajoled into acting like Thunar and keeping the disks available regardless of logging out and in again? I was hoping the system utilities from the netinstall would have this covered. (Edit: I've just seen that the old-looking XFE file manager shows the memory card in /media/ without a gripe even if there is no apparent facility to show it automatically mounted within XFE's system tree/ left pane.
Debian 10, 64 bit, no DE but Fluxbox/ PCManFM, netinstall, tiny number of applications.
Thanks.
The micro-SD card with my music on mounts and can be used after start-up, as can usb hard drives. If I log out and back in these are gone and if I click on Devices in PCManFM it warns 'operation not supported' (where before the pane opening would show the laptop's emmc drive and whatever else was plugged in). The 'Rubbish Bin' has also vanished at this point.
I considered using gnome-disk-utility to alter permissions but wouldn't I have to do that with every different usb drive/ pendrive I used with the laptop then?
I think I remember Thunar not having this issue but can PcManFM be cajoled into acting like Thunar and keeping the disks available regardless of logging out and in again? I was hoping the system utilities from the netinstall would have this covered. (Edit: I've just seen that the old-looking XFE file manager shows the memory card in /media/ without a gripe even if there is no apparent facility to show it automatically mounted within XFE's system tree/ left pane.
Debian 10, 64 bit, no DE but Fluxbox/ PCManFM, netinstall, tiny number of applications.
Thanks.