Integrate fusermount for fuse device in thunar

Arnaud · 2014-08-18 13:32:19

Hello,

I use the fuse file system on several devices type ( gphotofs, sshfs, etc ... ) and sometimes this device got an entry in fstab.
For this devices, it appears in thunar on the left panel ( devices and bookmarks ), and i can mount it and use it without problem.

But i have to use a terminal to unmount this devices, with the command :

fusermount -u /path/to/mountpoint

Right clic on the device in thunar, then "Unmount the device" ( or similar ) just cause an error "mount disagree with fstab" ( or similar ).

I think thunar always use the command "umount", which can not be used for fuse devices.
An other idea was a custom action, but i can not use it for the left panel.

Is there a way to force to use fusermount for many devices ? With a udev rule ?

I tried to search for a solution with debian sid + xfce 4.10.1 + thunar 1.6.3-1 or Xubuntu 14.04.

Please let me know if there's a way to solve it.

Regards

Arnaud

ToZ · 2014-08-18 14:32:41

Confirmed. Probably best to create a bug report for this issue.

As a workaround, you could create a Thunar custom action and attach it to the directory to have it unmount. Unfortunately, you have to right-click the directory itself for the custom action to work, and not the left pane Devices icon.

MountainDewManiac · 2014-08-18 14:52:53

Is the information on this webpage applicable?

http://www.unicom.com/blog/entry/651

Regards,
MDM

ToZ · 2014-08-18 15:45:59

Nice find, MountainDewManiac. This works on Xubuntu 14.04.

MountainDewManiac · 2014-08-18 16:56:54

I still don't know much about linux, lol, but I know how to type "make umount work with fusefs" into an Internet search box and cut & paste the very first result. Glad it works (I wasn't sure it would; the web page appeared to be several years old and I'd have had no way of testing the procedure with this old cell phone even if I knew what fusefs and umount were other than in the most vague sense).

BtW, why does linux spell "unmount" without the n?

Regards,
MDM

ToZ · 2014-08-18 17:43:56

MountainDewManiac wrote:

BtW, why does linux spell "unmount" without the n?

Don't know for sure. I've heard everything from "its a bug" to someone somewhere thinking it was a good idea at the time. Who knows.

Arnaud · 2014-08-18 20:43:10

MountainDewManiac wrote:

Is the information on this webpage applicable?
http://www.unicom.com/blog/entry/651

Many thanks, it works on Debian Sid + Xfce too.

I've searched for a long time, apparently with the wrong keywords.

I wrote a bug report about it : https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11089

hobarrera · 2014-10-16 03:47:04

Didn't work for me.
Not only that, but after following the above tutorial, Thunar doesn't even show the "eject" button next to the mount (and right click>unmount) does nothing.

MountainDewManiac wrote:

BtW, why does linux spell "unmount" without the n?

It's called unmount everywhere. The name of the binary does not necesarilly match the name of the verb (eg: we say "make directory", but the command is "mkdir").

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Integrate fusermount for fuse device in thunar

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