2015-10-07 21:45 GMT+02:00 Roy Reese <[email protected]>: > miércoles 7 de octubre de 2015 a las 19:56, David Myers wrote: > > > Hello all, > > > I'm using E17 on Debian8 (jessie). > > > I've noticed that I am not able to 'unmount' usb flashdrives (or any > > other external HDD I plug into a usb port). > > > > I've read around the net that e's filemanager with auto mount and auto > > unmount drives when I open it. However I regularly use external drives, > > and don't always want (or need) to open them with e's filemanager, and > > often would like to leave my system running and my file manager open and > > still eject my disk. > > > > I've read about some 'places viewer' plugin type thing, but I can't > > find it anywhere in the repo's for debian, > > > > currently I've gone back to lxde, but miss the look and feel of > > enlightenment (ie sparse and geeky feeling), and there are a number of > > things about the desktop that made life really easy (for me). > > > > If there is anyone out there with a solution to this I would love to > > know it, but for now it is a bit of a show stopper for me. > > > > thanks in advance. > > > > David > > > Hi David, > > Is it that you do not want to mount those drives in the first place, or > would like to unmount them? > > I know that in E19 (and I assume E17), you can set EFM to *not* mount > drives automatically. See Settings > File Manager > Device and uncheck > "Mount volumes on insertion". > > What I have noticed in E19 is that I can unmount external devices, but not > always eject them (pen drives yes; most external HDDs, no). > > If you are unable to unmount them in Debian (I'm on Manjaro), there are > two options. First, perhaps someone could suggest a simple bash script that > would work the magic outside of EFM. Second, simply use another FM. EFM is > not the greatest FM around (and intolerably slow on a 32-bit machine until > about 6 months ago) and there are a lot of good ones out there. I have used > DoubleCommander for over a year in part because it automatically mounts the > Win partitions on my dual-boot machine -- and I love the dual pane > managers. SpaceFM is similar and much lighter. You can also install LXDE's > PCmanFM or XFCE's Thunar. (The irony in all these suggestions is that > although I now sometimes use EFM, I have mostly kept it active for mounting > and unmounting external drives!) > > By the way, the Places module is constantly criticised for not playing > nice in E,
I never heard about this critics... can you give me some more info? so that I can improve the module to meet different requirements. I use it everyday in E (without using the E fm) and I do not have any problems. > so Debian may not have elected to include in in the repositories. > > I hope some of these ramblings help. > > Best, > Roy > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Full-scale, agent-less Infrastructure Monitoring from a single dashboard > Integrate with 40+ ManageEngine ITSM Solutions for complete visibility > Physical-Virtual-Cloud Infrastructure monitoring from one console > Real user monitoring with APM Insights and performance trend reports > Learn More > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=247754911&iu=/4140 > _______________________________________________ > enlightenment-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Full-scale, agent-less Infrastructure Monitoring from a single dashboard Integrate with 40+ ManageEngine ITSM Solutions for complete visibility Physical-Virtual-Cloud Infrastructure monitoring from one console Real user monitoring with APM Insights and performance trend reports Learn More http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=247754911&iu=/4140 _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
