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FS#6493 - Thunar Should Not Perform Automounting

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Jourdan Ritchey (jourdan) - Tuesday, 27 February 2007, 00:45 GMT
Last edited by Tobias Kieslich (tobias) - Monday, 11 June 2007, 23:15 GMT
Task Type Feature Request
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To Tobias Kieslich (tobias)
Architecture not specified
Severity Medium
Priority Normal
Reported Version 0.7.2 Gimmick
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Re: Thunar

This is a request to remove the auto-mounting functionality (whereby removable media icons appear in Thunar whenever HAL detects the existence of some removable media or removable media device) from the base 'thunar' package.

As advertised in the package description for 'thunar-volman', I believe that said auto-mounting functionality should be in the 'thunar-volman' package, and NOT the base 'thunar' package.

The reason for this is that I would like to use Thunar without using its HAL functionality. I also believe that this is what Thunar's author intended, as he has made the HAL dependency itself optional.

For external media and server access, I prefer the more complete and stable solution provided by AutoFS. However, I appreciate Thunar's capabilities as a file manager. I would like to be able to use these tools without the duplicity created by the Thunar volume management plugin (what, as advertised, is 'thunar-volman').

Please see my original post regarding this here: http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=30207

Please contact me, or post to the forum, if I might be of any assistance.

Thank you!
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Closed by  Tobias Kieslich (tobias)
Monday, 11 June 2007, 23:15 GMT
Reason for closing:  Not a bug
Comment by Roman Kyrylych (Romashka) - Saturday, 03 March 2007, 19:05 GMT
I used udev+autofs for mounting (because autofs allowed to set timeout that would make safe unmounting of FAT partitions easier), now switched to udev only (using mount -o flush since 2.6.19).
I don't have HAL installed and Thunar works fine.
Why don't you just uninstall HAL (or remove it from DAEMONS array)?
I agree with the point regarding thunar-volman though.
Comment by Tobias Kieslich (tobias) - Monday, 16 April 2007, 18:18 GMT
thunars hal dependency might be optional but it is enabled by default! so the Hal is part of every modern file manager to react to events send from the system. Ripping it out means crippeling the package. I change the pkgdesc in thunar-volman to "automatic management of removable devices" because that reflects it purpose better.

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