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<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"><title>Using Removable Media</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../thunar.css" type="text/css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.75.2"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="Thunar Fitxategi Kudeatzailea"><link rel="up" href="index.html" title="Thunar Fitxategi Kudeatzailea"><link rel="prev" href="working-with-files-and-folders.html" title="Working with Files and Folders"><link rel="next" href="preferences.html" title="File Management Preferences"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Using Removable Media</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="working-with-files-and-folders.html">Aurrekoa</a>�</td><th width="60%" align="center">�</th><td width="20%" align="right">�<a accesskey="n" href="preferences.html">Hurrengoa</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="sect1" title="Using Removable Media"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="using-removable-media"></a>Using Removable Media</h2></div></div></div><div class="sect2" title="Accessing Removable Media"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="accessing-removable-media"></a>Accessing Removable Media</h3></div></div></div><p>

Thunar supports removable media if it was built with support for <a class="ulink" href="http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software_2fhal" target="_top">HAL</a>,

or if you are using <a class="ulink" href="http://www.freebsd.org/" target="_top">FreeBSD</a>. Note however that on FreeBSD 6.0 or newer, it is

suggested to use HAL rather than the native support provided by Thunar.

</p><div class="sect3" title="To Mount Media"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="to-mount-media"></a>To Mount Media</h4></div></div></div><p>

To <span class="emphasis"><em>mount</em></span> media is to make the file system of the media available for access. When you mount media, the

file system of the media is attached as a subdirectory to your file system.

</p><p>

To access media, insert the media in the appropriate device, or connect the new device to your computer (i.e. connect an USB

stick to one of your USB ports). An object that represents the media is added to the side pane of the file manager. If

<strong class="application"><code>xfdesktop</code></strong> is running and configured to display <span class="guilabel"><strong>File/launcher icons</strong></span> this

object will also be added to your desktop.

</p><p>

To actually mount the media, click on the object that represents the media. For example, to mount a floppy diskette,

click on the <span class="guilabel"><strong>Floppy Drive</strong></span> object in the side pane. The file manager will now add the file system

of the media to your file system hierarchy and display the contents of the floppy diskette in the main area.

</p></div><div class="sect3" title="To Eject Media"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="to-eject-media"></a>To Eject Media</h4></div></div></div><p>

If the drive for the media is a motorized drive (i.e. a CD-ROM drive), right-click on the media object in the side pane

or on the desktop and choose <span class="guilabel"><strong>Eject Volume</strong></span>. The media is ejected from the drive after a few seconds.

If the drive for the media is not motorized (i.e. a floppy drive or an USB stick), right-click on the media object and

choose <span class="guilabel"><strong>Unmount Volume</strong></span>. After a short period of time, a notification will appear to inform you

that it is now safe to remove the media or disconnect the drive from the computer.

</p><div class="screenshot"><div class="mediaobject"><img src="images/removable-media-unmount.png" alt="Unmount notification"></div></div><p>

However this notification will only be displayed if support for <strong class="application"><code>libnotify</code></strong> is enabled,

and you have installed a notification daemon. A notification daemon for Xfce is available from the <a class="ulink" href="http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/applications/notification-daemon-xfce" target="_top">Xfce Goodies Project</a>.

If notification support is not available, wait until the context menu disappears before you remove the media or disconnect

the drive.

</p><p>

Be aware that you cannot eject or unmount media that is still in use by one or more applications. Therefore if the file

manager refuses to eject media, make sure you close all applications that were accessing the media, and be sure to also

check command line applications running in <strong class="application"><code>Terminal</code></strong> windows.

</p><p>

Make sure to unmount removable media before ejecting. Do not eject a diskette from the floppy drive before your unmount

the diskette. Do not remove an USB stick before you unmount the flash drive. If you do not unmount the media first you

might lose data or cause your system to crash.

</p></div></div><div class="sect2" title="Management of Removable Drives and Media"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="management-of-removable-drives-and-media"></a>Management of Removable Drives and Media</h3></div></div></div><p>

Thunar is also able to automatically manage removable drives and media if the <a class="ulink" href="http://www.foo-projects.org/~benny/projects/thunar-volman/index.html" target="_top">thunar-volman</a> package is installed on

your system. Note however that this feature requires HAL support.

</p><p>

Now, if HAL support is available and <strong class="application"><code>thunar-volman</code></strong> is installed on your system, you

can choose to enable the <span class="guilabel"><strong>Volume Management</strong></span> feature of Thunar. Therefore, open the file

manager preferences, go to the <span class="guilabel"><strong>Advanced</strong></span> page and check the <span class="guilabel"><strong>Enable Volume

Management</strong></span> button.

</p><p>

The next step is to customize the management of removable drives and media to your needs. Click on the

<span class="guilabel"><strong>Configure</strong></span> link in the <span class="guilabel"><strong>Volume Management</strong></span> section, right below

the button. The <span class="guilabel"><strong>Removable Drives and Media</strong></span> configuration dialog will be displayed.

</p><div class="screenshot"><div class="mediaobject"><img src="images/removable-drives-and-media.png" alt="Removable Drives and Media"></div></div><p>

If you have used the <strong class="application"><code>gnome-volume-manager</code></strong> previously, you should feel right at

home, because it was designed to look and behave similar to <strong class="application"><code>gnome-volume-manager</code></strong>.

The preferences are divided by device categories to make it easy to locate the option for you specific

device.

</p><p>

The <span class="guilabel"><strong>Storage</strong></span> page contains the most important options. As the name suggests these

options apply only to storage devices like external harddisk drives, USB sticks and CD-ROMs. The

<span class="guilabel"><strong>Removable Storage</strong></span> options are described in detail below.

</p><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term"><span class="guilabel"><strong>Mount removable drives when hot-plugged</strong></span></span></dt><dd><p>

Enable this option to automatically mount file systems on removable drives (i.e. external harddisk drives

or USB sticks) when such drives are plugged into the computer.

</p><p>

This option must be enabled for certain other features to work with removable drives. For example,

if you disable this option, certain kinds of portable music players cannot be detected any more and

so, even if you enabled the <span class="guilabel"><strong>Play music files when connected</strong></span> option on the

<span class="guilabel"><strong>Multimedia</strong></span> page, the specified command will not be run when you hot-plug your

portable music player.

</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><span class="guilabel"><strong>Mount removable media when inserted</strong></span></span></dt><dd><p>

Enable this option to automatically mount file systems on removable media (i.e. CD-ROMs or DVDs)

when you insert the media into the drive.

</p><p>

This option must be enabled for certain other features to work with removable media. For example,

if you disable this option, it is impossible to detect whether the removable media has auto-run

capabilities, and so the <span class="guilabel"><strong>Auto-run programs on new drives and media</strong></span> option

has no effect for removable media.

</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><span class="guilabel"><strong>Browse removable media when inserted</strong></span></span></dt><dd><p>

Enable this option to automatically display the content of newly inserted media in the file manager.

Note however, that the contents will only be displayed if no other action was possible or you

choose to ignore the other possible actions. For example, if you insert a CD-ROM with auto-run

capabilities and the <span class="guilabel"><strong>Auto-run programs on new drives and media</strong></span> option is

enabled, you will be prompted whether you want to allow or ignore the auto-run. If you choose

to ignore the auto-run the contents will be displayed in the file manager.

</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><span class="guilabel"><strong>Auto-run programs on new drives and media</strong></span></span></dt><dd><p>

Enable this option to make use of auto-run capabilities of certain removable drives and media. See

the <a class="ulink" href="http://standards.freedesktop.org/autostart-spec/autostart-spec-0.5.html" target="_top">Desktop

Application Autostart Specification</a> for details about the auto-run mechanism. To enhance security,

you will always be prompted to confirm the auto-run.

</p><p>

If the Windows emulator <a class="ulink" href="http://www.winehq.org/" target="_top">WINE</a> is installed on your

system, the auto-run mechanism will also try to run <code class="filename">autorun.exe</code> files using WINE.

</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><span class="guilabel"><strong>Auto-open files on new drives and media</strong></span></span></dt><dd><p>

Enable this option to make of auto-open capabilities of certain removable drives and media. See

the <a class="ulink" href="http://standards.freedesktop.org/autostart-spec/autostart-spec-0.5.html" target="_top">Desktop

Application Autostart Specification</a> for details about the auto-open mechanism. To enhance security,

you will always be prompted to confirm the auto-open.

</p></dd></dl></div><p>

The remaining options allow you to specify a command to run when a certain kind of media is inserted into a drive

or a certain kind of external device is connected. The command can use three special variables, that will be

substituted when the command is run:

</p><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term"><code class="literal">%d</code></span></dt><dd><p>

Each appearance of <code class="literal">%d</code> in the command will be substituted with the device file path of

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the newly added device. For example, if you have plugged in an USB stick, the device file path will be

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<code class="filename">/dev/da0s1</code> or <code class="filename">/dev/sda1</code>.

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</p><p>

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If no device file is associated with the device or the device file could not be found for some reason,

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the variable <code class="literal">%d</code> will be substituted with the empty string.

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</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="literal">%h</code></span></dt><dd><p>

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Each appearance of <code class="literal">%h</code> in the command will be substituted with the HAL UDI of the newly

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added device.

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</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="literal">%m</code></span></dt><dd><p>

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Each appearance of <code class="literal">%m</code> in the command will be substituted with the mount point where

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the newly added device was mounted. If the device cannot be mounted (for example printers or keyboards)

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or if the automatic mounting was disabled, <code class="literal">%m</code> will be substituted with the empty

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string.

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</p></dd></dl></div><div class="sect3" title="Troubleshooting the Volume Manager"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="troubleshooting-the-volume-manager"></a>Troubleshooting the Volume Manager</h4></div></div></div><p>

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Useful tips to trouble shoot the volume manager in case it does not work as expected.

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</p><div class="orderedlist"><ol class="orderedlist" type="1"><li class="listitem"><p>

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Make sure <strong class="application"><code>Thunar</code></strong> is running as daemon. The volume manager depends

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on this, as it is not a daemon by itself. By default, Xfce

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automatically spawns <strong class="application"><code>Thunar</code></strong> as daemon on startup. If it got killed

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for some reason, open the <span class="guilabel"><strong>Run program</strong></span> (using the keyboard shortcut

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<span class="keycap"><strong>Alt</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>F2</strong></span> or right-click on the desktop

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and choose <span class="guilabel"><strong>Run Program...</strong></span> from the desktop menu), enter <code class="literal">Thunar

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--daemon</code> and click <span class="guibutton"><strong>Run</strong></span>.

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</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>

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Try running <strong class="application"><code>thunar-volman</code></strong> from a <strong class="application"><code>Terminal</code></strong>

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window after hot-plugging the drive or inserting the media. First, you need to figure out the

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HAL UDI of the new device using <strong class="application"><code>lshal</code></strong> or <strong class="application"><code>hal-device</code></strong>.

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Once you know the UDI, run <code class="literal">thunar-volman --device-added <udi-of-your-device></code> in

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a <strong class="application"><code>Terminal</code></strong> window and watch the output for errors or warnings.

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</p></li></ol></div><p>

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If it still refuses to work, ask on the <a class="ulink" href="http://forum.xfce.org/" target="_top">Xfce Forum</a> or

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the <a class="ulink" href="http://foo-projects.org/mailman/listinfo/thunar-dev" target="_top">thunar-dev mailing list</a>

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for help.

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