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johncp1962

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Registered: 2010-10-02

Posts: 2

[Solved] Fedora 13 | XFCE | Internal Drives Not Showing On Desktop

Running:
Fedora 13
kernel 2.6.34.7-56.fc13.i686
desktop: xfce 4.6.2

Problem: I have a 1TB drive (SATA) with 2 partitions. The partitions/volumes don't show on the desktop.
The volume names are:
MASSIVE
BACKUP.

Facts:
1. When I login using GNOME, both volumes (MASSIVE & BACKUP) are listed on my desktop
2. My /etc/fstab has long since been edited to reflect these drives
3. Using XFCE: Although the volumes don't show on the desktop, they are indeed mounted. I can see them when performing a "df -h" as well as when opening "File System" and drilling to /media - they are both there. I can also access the contents of both volumes within "File System" (using Thunar).
4. Using XFCE: I can access both volumes via command line
5. Using XFCE: External drives are not affected. I have one external USB drive that shows and when I plug my Android phone, it too shows on the desktop.

After some exploring, I installed the following:
Oct 01 22:17:29 Installed: xfce4-mount-plugin-0.5.5-4.fc12.i686

I then added "Mount Devices" to my panel, but...as you've probably figured out - they're already mounted.

Here is my /etc/fstab:
==========
# /etc/fstab
# Created by anaconda on Sun Jul 25 21:28:12 2010
#
# Accessible filesystems, by reference, are maintained under '/dev/disk'
# See man pages fstab(5), findfs(8), mount(8) and/or blkid(8) for more info
#
/dev/mapper/vg_jpoffice-lv_root / ext4 defaults 1 1
UUID=2c284ee4-b0b1-400a-a7ee-045d4baa898f /boot ext4 defaults 1 2
/dev/mapper/vg_jpoffice-lv_home /home ext4 defaults 1 2
/dev/mapper/vg_jpoffice-lv_swap swap swap defaults 0 0
tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
sysfs /sys sysfs defaults 0 0
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/sdb2     /media/BACKUP     ntfs-3g umask=0000,auto    0 0
/dev/sdb1     /media/MASSIVE     ntfs-3g umask=0000,auto    0 0
==========
Note: I just made the change of "umask=0000" from an article I read. It didn't make any difference good or bad, so I left it. It used to be "defaults" -- I have since booted back into GNOME after the change and I can still see those volumes on the desktop.

Thank you,

John

etnlWings

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Registered: 2007-10-30

Posts: 218

Re: [Solved] Fedora 13 | XFCE | Internal Drives Not Showing On Desktop

Xfdesktop takes it's cues from HAL and since you're mounting these file systems at boot, there's nothing for HAL to do. Your best bet it just to create a couple of icons, either by linking to the mount points, or by creating two .desktop launchers, containing the following:

[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Encoding=UTF-8
Type=Application
Name=Drive name
Exec=thunar /path/to/mount/point
Icon=drive-harddisk
Terminal=false
StartupNotify=false

johncp1962

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Registered: 2010-10-02

Posts: 2

Re: [Solved] Fedora 13 | XFCE | Internal Drives Not Showing On Desktop

Excellent! That did the trick! Thank you so much for that quick and informative reply.

KitchM

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Registered: 2009-08-15

Posts: 300

Re: [Solved] Fedora 13 | XFCE | Internal Drives Not Showing On Desktop

etnlWings, your reply makes me think you might be the source of an answer for me as well.  I would like to try your code example, but I don't know what .desktop is.  Could you please explain?  Thanks.

etnlWings

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Registered: 2007-10-30

Posts: 218

Re: [Solved] Fedora 13 | XFCE | Internal Drives Not Showing On Desktop

A .desktop file is just a plain text file ending with .desktop. Thunar/xfdesktop read it and show it as a launcher.

KitchM

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Registered: 2009-08-15

Posts: 300

Re: [Solved] Fedora 13 | XFCE | Internal Drives Not Showing On Desktop

I must be dense; I still can't find the darn thing anywhere.  Is is supposed to be in /home somewhere?

etnlWings

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Registered: 2007-10-30

Posts: 218

Re: [Solved] Fedora 13 | XFCE | Internal Drives Not Showing On Desktop

Find what?

Navigate to your desktop directory.
Right-click and create an, "empty file".
Name it whatever.desktop.
Fill it with the above info.

nina1589

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Registered: 2010-11-02

Posts: 3

Re: [Solved] Fedora 13 | XFCE | Internal Drives Not Showing On Desktop

Cool idea man i will try it for myself is all hope it will work , anyways man , keep up the good work and  take care .

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