Hello, I have an old eeepc with disk limitation (4 GB ssd), so I have to use a desktop with small disk footprint. I did a minimal fedora 17 instalation, and installed LXDE group. It is working good, but I have to deal with a problem: I cannot see usb drives in file manager, it does not auto mount. But I can mount them in command line. Maybe it have something to do with the way I am using lxde? I am starting it with startx, so using init 3. Do I have to switch to init 5 to make it work? I don't mind using init 5, but how I do it without installing lots of packages?
Thanks in advance, ufa
On Sun, Dec 16, 2012 at 8:35 AM, ufa ufa@technotroll.org wrote:
Hello, I have an old eeepc with disk limitation (4 GB ssd), so I have to use a desktop with small disk footprint. I did a minimal fedora 17 instalation, and installed LXDE group. It is working good, but I have to deal with a problem: I cannot see usb drives in file manager, it does not auto mount. But I can mount them in command line. Maybe it have something to do with the way I am using lxde? I am starting it with startx, so using init 3. Do I have to switch to init 5 to make it work? I don't mind using init 5, but how I do it without installing lots of packages?
This I found easily:
http://wiki.lxde.org/en/LXDE:Questions#Does_LXDE_automount_plugged_in_remova...
Looks like you may need to install "hal", but it's no longer in Fedora, perhaps the functionality needed has already been added to udev? Hopefully their FAQ is just out of date...
I can't image you don't already have udev installed but you did do a minimal install. Also, one thing I read said look in the file manager on the left side, LXDE doesn't show mounted devices on the desktop.
Richard
Am Sonntag, den 16.12.2012, 12:35 -0200 schrieb ufa:
I cannot see usb drives in file manager, it does not auto mount. But I can mount them in command line. Maybe it have something to do with the way I am using lxde? I am starting it with startx, so using init 3. Do I have to switch to init 5 to make it work? I don't mind using init 5, but how I do it without installing lots of packages?
Hi,
permissions for removable devices are handled through ConsoleKit. If you are logging in from init 3, you need to start a ConsoleKit session manually. Add the command "ck-launch-session" to /usr/bin/startlxde, probably right at the beginning in line 2.
If you use a login manager, this will happen automatically. I suggest to use lxdm or lightdm-gtk, they don't have many dependencies. You then need to enable runlevel 5 as described in http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Systemd#How_do_I_change_the_default_runlevel.3...
Kind regards, Christoph
On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 11:12:24AM +0100, Christoph Wickert wrote:
Am Sonntag, den 16.12.2012, 12:35 -0200 schrieb ufa:
I cannot see usb drives in file manager, it does not auto mount. But I can mount them in command line. Maybe it have something to do with the way I am using lxde? I am starting it with startx, so using init 3. Do I have to switch to init 5 to make it work? I don't mind using init 5, but how I do it without installing lots of packages?
Hi,
permissions for removable devices are handled through ConsoleKit. If you are logging in from init 3, you need to start a ConsoleKit session manually. Add the command "ck-launch-session" to /usr/bin/startlxde, probably right at the beginning in line 2.
If you use a login manager, this will happen automatically. I suggest to use lxdm or lightdm-gtk, they don't have many dependencies. You then need to enable runlevel 5 as described in http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Systemd#How_do_I_change_the_default_runlevel.3...
Kind regards, Christoph
Changed to runlevel 5 and everything is working. Thanks Christoph.
Hello, i cannot connect to wireless networks with the lxpanel applet. I can see the networks, but after choosing one of them, it asks for password and nothing happens. Do I have to install something else? Or maybe it is a permission problem. Should I add my user to a specific group? Thx, ufa
Am Montag, den 31.12.2012, 15:05 -0200 schrieb ufa:
Hello, i cannot connect to wireless networks with the lxpanel applet.
Hi,
I assume you are talking about the NetworkManager icon in lxpanel's notification area, right?
I can see the networks, but after choosing one of them, it asks for password and nothing happens.
open lxterminal, become root with 'su -' and then run 'tail -f /var/log/messages to find out what's going wrong.
Do I have to install something else? Or maybe it is a permission problem. Should I add my user to a specific group?
Shouldn't be necessary. The only thing worth installing is gnome-keyring for storing passwords and pam-gnome-keyring to unlock the default keyring on log in. You are logging in through lxdm, correct?
Kind regards, Christoph
On Mon, Dec 31, 2012 at 09:43:22PM +0100, Christoph Wickert wrote:
Am Montag, den 31.12.2012, 15:05 -0200 schrieb ufa:
Hello, i cannot connect to wireless networks with the lxpanel applet.
Hi,
I assume you are talking about the NetworkManager icon in lxpanel's notification area, right?
Yes, it is. But it seems that it does not interact with NM. It only shows what is happening with NM.
I can see the networks, but after choosing one of them, it asks for password and nothing happens.
open lxterminal, become root with 'su -' and then run 'tail -f /var/log/messages to find out what's going wrong.
Do I have to install something else? Or maybe it is a permission problem. Should I add my user to a specific group?
Shouldn't be necessary. The only thing worth installing is gnome-keyring for storing passwords and pam-gnome-keyring to unlock the default keyring on log in. You are logging in through lxdm, correct?
Yep I am using lxdm. But I cannot interact with NM without editing some files by hand (there is a file called /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-example, so with it I can use the 'example' wifi. If I want to use another wifi network, I have to create a ifcfg file with the wifi parameters)
I thought that I could use the applet to do that, since it asks me for password if I choose a wiki network listed there. But if I do, nothing happens unless I create that file.
Thank you fot the attention and happy new year :)
ufa
Am Dienstag, den 01.01.2013, 12:02 -0200 schrieb ufa:
On Mon, Dec 31, 2012 at 09:43:22PM +0100, Christoph Wickert wrote:
Am Montag, den 31.12.2012, 15:05 -0200 schrieb ufa:
Hello, i cannot connect to wireless networks with the lxpanel applet.
Hi,
I assume you are talking about the NetworkManager icon in lxpanel's notification area, right?
Yes, it is. But it seems that it does not interact with NM. It only shows what is happening with NM.
Then it's not nm-applet but the netstatus plugin of lxpanel.
I can see the networks, but after choosing one of them, it asks for password and nothing happens.
open lxterminal, become root with 'su -' and then run 'tail -f /var/log/messages to find out what's going wrong.
Do I have to install something else? Or maybe it is a permission problem. Should I add my user to a specific group?
Shouldn't be necessary. The only thing worth installing is gnome-keyring for storing passwords and pam-gnome-keyring to unlock the default keyring on log in. You are logging in through lxdm, correct?
Yep I am using lxdm. But I cannot interact with NM without editing some files by hand (there is a file called /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-example, so with it I can use the 'example' wifi. If I want to use another wifi network, I have to create a ifcfg file with the wifi parameters)
I thought that I could use the applet to do that, since it asks me for password if I choose a wiki network listed there. But if I do, nothing happens unless I create that file.
You can do this with NetworkManager. In fact, you should not (need to) manually create and edit any ifcfg* files. Just install NetworkManager-gnome and log in again.
For Fedora 18, the package you have to install is network-manager-applet.
Thank you fot the attention and happy new year :)
You are welcome! :)
Best Regards, Christoph
On Wed, Jan 02, 2013 at 12:01:18AM +0100, Christoph Wickert wrote:
Then it's not nm-applet but the netstatus plugin of lxpanel.
it's not. It is "Manage networks", an applet from lxpanel.
You can do this with NetworkManager. In fact, you should not (need to) manually create and edit any ifcfg* files. Just install NetworkManager-gnome and log in again.
For Fedora 18, the package you have to install is network-manager-applet.
Installed and working now. Thank you :)
ufa
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