Archlinux - Automounting USB Drives [SOLVED]

Greetings,
I'm running Arch with AwesomeWM (no DE). I created the Udev rule as described here:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ud … if_present
I am still unable to have my device automount as a normal user. A cd /media and ls yields nothing. Suggestions? New to Arch.
lsusb output:
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 058f:6387 Alcor Micro Corp. Transcend JetFlash Flash Drive
Thanks!
Chris
Last edited by CFet (2011-08-10 16:33:52)

I did the same thing, copied the first example from the wiki and it works fine, no udisks/devmon etc., so it should be doable.
Maybe check the output of dmesg after inserting the stick, might be some error or other info. Does it give it an id like sdb1?

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Mounting and Unmounting USB drives [Solved]

HI there:
I want a program like in KDE that will automaticly mount and allow me to click to unmount my usb drives. I am building machines and I need them to be user friendly and fast. I am running openbox 3.5 with a lxpanel right now. Also how do you allow users to access the usb drives. Here is an example of an error. I am logged in as usera. I fire up shotwell plug in my camera. It detects it I click on the camera and it says
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Last edited by mich04 (2011-10-27 23:36:30)

AliWam wrote:
How do you start openbox?
I am using startx with this ~/.xinitrc
exec ck-launch-session dbus-launch openbox-session
and it works well.
Have a look here.
Nice! I just installed Xfce on my new netbook (I use awesome WM and a different automounting solution for my other Arch box) and adding "dbus-launch" right before "startxfce4" on the line that reads:
"exec ck-launch-session dbus-launch startxfce4"
fixed my problem.
I'm a little confused though, in the wiki it says that, "In case you are wondering, dbus-launch will be launched by the xinitrc.d code at the beginning of the file...." https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xfce
My .xinitrc is functionally the same as the example in the wiki, so I had thought that somehow dbus-launch wouldn't be necessary. Oh well, it's working now and that's all that matters, thanks for your suggestion AliWam!

/boot on a usb drive [SOLVED]

Hey everybody I have been trying to get a fresh install to have /boot on a usb drive and the rest on the hard drives.
My setup is 5 drives raid 5 (md0) ---> encrypt layer ---> lvm with a root and home
That whole setup works fine I can mount it from the live CD and everything.
I setup /boot to be on a usb drive plugged into the system. Every time I try and boot I get operating system not found and a grub prompt.
grub
root(0,0)
(kernel section) cryptdevice=/dev/md0:array root=/dev/mapper/array-root
I have dm_mod and ext4 in the modules line of mkinitcpio and usb after udev and mdadm encrypt lvm2 before filesystem.
I also have uselvm on it the /etc/rc.conf
does anyone have any suggestions on what I need to do to get this booting right.
Last edited by tpolich (2011-07-11 06:24:26)

I have a boot system using two raid0 CF cards and within that raid array is a boot partition on sda1 and a swap on sdb1 each 100mb. The raid devices are sda2 and sdb2, the remaining partitions of the two devices.
It may be that USB is not enabled at boot time?

Running Arch from a usb drive[SOLVED]

I am trying to install arch on a usb drive with ext3 format. I have entered root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/... on the kernel line and in /etc/fstab file (as mentioned in the wiki). On booting I am dropped to a limited shell with few linux commands. On running 'blkid' there, I find that the fixed computer hard disk is detected as sda1,2 etc and usb drive is not being detected at all. The results are similar if I use root=/dev/disk/by-label/..
How can I boot from the usb drive.
Last edited by rnarch (2012-03-24 15:38:08)

My menu.lst:
# (0) Arch Linux
title Arch Linux
root (hd0,0)
#kernel /boot/vmlinuz26 root=/dev/disk/by-id/usb-Kingston_DT_101_G2_001CC0EC32C7BAB1B7DE00ED-0:0-part1 ro
#initrd /boot/kernel26.img
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-linux root=/dev/disk/by-id/usb-Kingston_DT_101_G2_001CC0EC32C7BAB1B7DE00ED-0:0-part1 ro
initrd /boot/initramfs-linux.img
# (1) Arch Linux
title Arch Linux Fallback
root (hd0,0)
#kernel /boot/vmlinuz26 root=/dev/disk/by-id/usb-Kingston_DT_101_G2_001CC0EC32C7BAB1B7DE00ED-0:0-part1 ro
#initrd /boot/kernel26-fallback.img
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-linux root=/dev/disk/by-id/usb-Kingston_DT_101_G2_001CC0EC32C7BAB1B7DE00ED-0:0-part1 ro
#kernel /boot/vmlinuz-linux root=0811 type=ext3 ro
initrd /boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img
and mkinitcpio.conf HOOKS variable:
HOOKS="base udev pata scsi sata usb filesystems"
Hope those would help, good luck!

[SOLVED]Mounting usb drives "not authorized" with thunar-volman (XFCE)

Hi,
I'm new to Arch (even though I must be approximately at my 15th try at installing it properly) and I have a problem with thunar-volman.
Whenever I log in as user, and try to mount a usb drive with thunar, let's say I want to plug a drive labeled Ext3_8Go, I get the same message in a pop-up window : "Failed to mount Ext3_8Go (or anything close, not in English in the text), not authorized (that part is in English)"
My install is :
- net install
- partitions : 9Go for /, no swap, no separate /home
- packages : base and base-devel. The only modifications in the package list is that I remove ppp, pcmciautils, and xfsprogs.
- config : at the install stage I only modify rc.conf to change LOCALE and HOSTNAME, and pacman's mirrorlist to allow all French mirrors in addition to the one at the top.
When the usb installation is over, I run this script :
"installation_xfce.sh" (there may be some errors left, I modify this script as I learn) :
#!/bin/bash
# expected environment : freshly installed archlinux, login : root.
echo "Are you connected to internet ? If not, please Ctrl+C and reload this script when connected"
echo "Otherwise, press ENTER to continue installation"
read var_dummy
echo "Creation of the user : please type in your user name :"
read var_username
useradd -u 1000 -g users -G audio,lp,storage,optical,video,wheel,games,power,network -d /home/$var_username/ -s /bin/bash -m $var_username
echo "You will now be asked to create the password for this user:"
passwd $var_username
# Add servers for pacman to find packages
cat >> /etc/pacman.conf << EOF
[multilib]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
[archlinuxfr]
Server = http://repo.archlinux.fr/\$arch
[catalyst]
Server = http://catalyst.apocalypsus.net/repo/catalyst/\$arch
EOF
# Install packages
pacman -Syyu
pacman -S acpi acpid alsa-oss alsa-plugins alsa-utils catalyst catalyst-utils cpufrequtils cups dbus gstreamer0.10-base-plugins iptables laptop-mode-tools mesa net-tools netcfg ntp pm-utils rfkill rsync sudo ttf-dejavu vim wireless_tools xf86-input-evdev xorg-server xorg-utils xorg-xinit xorg-xinput yaourt conky gamin gnome-icon-theme gnome-keyring gvfs-afc network-manager-applet networkmanager slim slim-themes archlinux-themes-slim hicolor-icon-theme xfce4 xfce4-goodies
# If pacman failed, better stop the script here, and wait for a network connection
if [[ $?!=0 ]]
then
echo : failed to install packages - check your network connection, or review script
exit 1
fi
# Fix sound issue
cat > /home/$var_username/.asoundrc << EOF
pcm.!default{
type hw
card 1
device 0
ctl.!default{
type hw
card 1
device 0
EOF
chown $var_username:users /home/$var_username/.asoundrc
# Configure video settings for X to use Catalyst
if [[ ! -e /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d ]]
then
mkdir /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d
fi
cat > /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-fglrx.conf << EOF
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0"
Option "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
Option "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
Option "DPMS" "true"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
Driver "fglrx"
EndSection
EOF
sed -e 's/top_left/bottom_right/' -e '/alignment/i\double_buffer yes' -e '/CPU Usage/a\${color lightgrey}Temperatures:' -e '/CPU Usage/a\ CPU:$color ${hwmon 0 temp 1}°C' </etc/conky/conky.conf >/home/$var_username/.conkyrc
chown $var_username:users /home/$var_username/.conkyrc
# Install clickpad support
yaourt -S xf86-input-synaptics-clickpad
# Add french keyboard to X
sed '/MatchIsKeyboard/a\\tOption "XkbLayout" "fr"' </etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf >/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf.new
mv -f /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf
# Add new daemons, remove old ones, disable hwclock and remove netfs since I don't use it. add it if you need it
sed '/DAEMONS=/c\DAEMONS=(!hwclock dbus syslog-ng networkmanager laptop-mode acpid @alsa @cupsd @cpufrequtils ntpd crond)' </etc/rc.conf >/etc/rc.conf.new
mv -f /etc/rc.conf.new /etc/rc.conf
# Slim login manager ; change theme
mv /usr/share/slim/themes/archlinux-darch-grey /tmp/
mv /usr/share/slim/themes/default /tmp/
rm -r /usr/share/slim/themes/*
mv /tmp/archlinux-darch-grey /usr/share/slim/themes
mv /tmp/default /usr/share/slim/themes
sed '/^current_theme/c\current_theme archlinux-darch-grey' </etc/slim.conf >/etc/slim.conf
# XFCE login, and thunar launched as a daemon
sed '/^# exec/c\' </etc/skel/.xinitrc >/tmp/.xinitrc
sed '/^# .../c\' </tmp/.xinitrc >/home/$var_username/.xinitrc
cat >> /home/$var_username/.xinitrc << EOF
exec ck-launch-session startxfce4
thunar --daemon &
EOF
chown $var_username:users /home/$var_username/.xinitrc
# Boot to runlevel 5 now, and run slim then
sed -e 's/id:3/#id:3/' -e 's/#id:5/id:5/' -e 's|x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/xdm|#x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/xdm|' -e 's|#x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/slim|x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/slim|' </etc/inittab >/etc/inittab.new
mv -f /etc/inittab.new /etc/inittab
# Add colored prompt to user and root
sed '/^PS1/c\' </etc/skel/.bashrc >/root/.bashrc
cat >> /root/.bashrc << EOF
PS1='\[\e[0;32m\]\u@\h\[\e[m\] \[\e[0;35m\]\w\[\e[m\] \[\e[m\] \[\e[0;32m\]\t -\[\e[m\] \[\e[1;31m\]\$ \[\e[m\] '
EOF
cp /root/.bashrc /home/$var_username/.bashrc
chown $var_username:users /home/$var_username/.bashrc
# How does one do that automatically ?
# Manually add user to sudoers
EDITOR="vim" visudo
# Reboot, because it's quick and I'm too lazy to learn how to start all the daemons and others.
reboot
I can mount as a user, no password asked, with :
udisks --mount /dev/sdb2
but the GUI method tells me "not authorized".
"groups user" outputs :
lp wheel games network video audio optical storage power users
the command "ck-list-sessions" outputs :
Session2:
unix-user = '1000'
realname = ''
seat = 'Seat1'
session-type = ''
active = TRUE
x11-display = ':0.0'
x11-display-device = '/dev/tty7'
display-device = ''
remote-host-name = ''
is-local = TRUE
on-since = '2011-08-15T08:56:03.716103Z'
login-session-id = '1'
Session1:
unix-user = '1000'
realname = ''
seat = 'Seat2'
session-type = ''
active = FALSE
x11-display = ':0.0'
x11-display-device = ''
display-device = ''
remote-host-name = ''
is-local = TRUE
on-since = '2011-08-15T08:56:03.573029Z'
login-session-id = '1'
For those who don't have time to read the installation script, DBUS is in the DAEMONS list of rc.conf, and .xinitrc launches : exec ck-launch-session startxfce4
Any idea ?
Last edited by choubbi (2011-08-15 15:05:04)

Thanks a lot !
That worked !
I stumbled across this part of the wiki several times before, but didn't really understand so I had not tried.
If anyone's interested in the script, here's the corrected version :
#!/bin/bash
# expected environment : freshly installed archlinux, login : root.
echo "Are you connected to internet ? If not, please Ctrl+C and reload this script when connected"
echo "Otherwise, press ENTER to continue installation"
read var_dummy
echo "Creation of the user : please type in your user name :"
read var_username
useradd -u 1000 -g users -G audio,lp,storage,optical,video,wheel,games,power,network -d /home/$var_username/ -s /bin/bash -m $var_username
echo "You will now be asked to create the password for this user:"
passwd $var_username
# Add servers for pacman to find packages
cat >> /etc/pacman.conf << EOF
[multilib]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
[archlinuxfr]
Server = http://repo.archlinux.fr/\$arch
[catalyst]
Server = http://catalyst.apocalypsus.net/repo/catalyst/\$arch
EOF
# Install packages
pacman -Syyu
pacman -S acpi acpid alsa-oss alsa-plugins alsa-utils catalyst catalyst-utils cpufrequtils cups dbus gstreamer0.10-base-plugins iptables laptop-mode-tools mesa net-tools netcfg ntp pm-utils rfkill rsync sudo ttf-dejavu vim wireless_tools xf86-input-evdev xorg-server xorg-utils xorg-xinit xorg-xinput yaourt conky gamin gnome-icon-theme gnome-keyring gvfs-afc network-manager-applet networkmanager slim slim-themes archlinux-themes-slim hicolor-icon-theme xfce4 xfce4-goodies
# If pacman failed, better stop the script here, and wait for a network connection
if [[ $?!=0 ]]
then
echo : failed to install packages - check your network connection, or review script
exit 1
fi
# Fix sound issue
cat > /home/$var_username/.asoundrc << EOF
pcm.!default{
type hw
card 1
device 0
ctl.!default{
type hw
card 1
device 0
EOF
chown $var_username:users /home/$var_username/.asoundrc
# Configure video settings for X to use Catalyst
if [[ ! -e /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d ]]
then
mkdir /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d
fi
cat > /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-fglrx.conf << EOF
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0"
Option "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
Option "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
Option "DPMS" "true"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
Driver "fglrx"
EndSection
EOF
sed -e 's/top_left/bottom_right/' -e '/alignment/i\double_buffer yes' -e '/CPU Usage/a\${color lightgrey}Temperatures:' -e '/CPU Usage/a\ CPU:$color ${hwmon 0 temp 1}°C' </etc/conky/conky.conf >/home/$var_username/.conkyrc
chown $var_username:users /home/$var_username/.conkyrc
# Install clickpad support
yaourt -S xf86-input-synaptics-clickpad
# Add french keyboard to X
sed '/MatchIsKeyboard/a\\tOption "XkbLayout" "fr"' </etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf >/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf.new
mv -f /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf
# Add new daemons, remove old ones, disable hwclock and remove netfs since I don't use it. add it if you need it
sed '/DAEMONS=/c\DAEMONS=(!hwclock dbus syslog-ng networkmanager laptop-mode acpid @alsa @cupsd @cpufrequtils ntpd crond)' </etc/rc.conf >/etc/rc.conf.new
mv -f /etc/rc.conf.new /etc/rc.conf
# Slim login manager ; change theme
mv /usr/share/slim/themes/archlinux-darch-grey /tmp/
mv /usr/share/slim/themes/default /tmp/
rm -r /usr/share/slim/themes/*
mv /tmp/archlinux-darch-grey /usr/share/slim/themes
mv /tmp/default /usr/share/slim/themes
sed '/^current_theme/c\current_theme archlinux-darch-grey' </etc/slim.conf >/etc/slim.conf
# XFCE login, and thunar launched as a daemon (note that the part with 'if [ -d /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d ]" is not present, to avoid mounting problems when logged as regular user)
cat > /home/$var_username/.xinitrc << EOF
#!/bin/sh
# ~/.xinitrc
# Executed by startx (run your window manager from here)
exec ck-launch-session startxfce4
thunar --daemon &
EOF
chown $var_username:users /home/$var_username/.xinitrc
# Boot to runlevel 5 now, and run slim then
sed -e 's/id:3/#id:3/' -e 's/#id:5/id:5/' -e 's|x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/xdm|#x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/xdm|' -e 's|#x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/slim|x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/slim|' </etc/inittab >/etc/inittab.new
mv -f /etc/inittab.new /etc/inittab
# Add colored prompt to user and root
sed '/^PS1/c\' </etc/skel/.bashrc >/root/.bashrc
cat >> /root/.bashrc << EOF
PS1='\[\e[0;32m\]\u@\h\[\e[m\] \[\e[0;35m\]\w\[\e[m\] \[\e[m\] \[\e[0;32m\]\t -\[\e[m\] \[\e[1;31m\]\$ \[\e[m\] '
EOF
cp /root/.bashrc /home/$var_username/.bashrc
chown $var_username:users /home/$var_username/.bashrc
# How does one do that automatically ?
# Manually add user to sudoers
EDITOR="vim" visudo
# Reboot, because it's quick and I'm too lazy to learn how to start all the daemons and others.
reboot
The important part of the script to solve the problem is :
cat > /home/$var_username/.xinitrc << EOF
#!/bin/sh
# ~/.xinitrc
# Executed by startx (run your window manager from here)
exec ck-launch-session startxfce4
thunar --daemon &
EOF
chown $var_username:users /home/$var_username/.xinitrc

[SOLVED] Mounting USB drive in Gnome

I just got a brand new music player (USB, HD-based) and try to mount it in Gnome. Of course i want it to automount, and tried to enable the gnome-volume-manager, which i finally managed. But nothing happens when i plug in the USB. I also created a /media directory (i hoped it would like to mount there...).
Then i searched these forums and found http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?t=7572, which i followed. Still without any success. Now i have no clue, whatsoever...
(It works of course in M$ 'dos)

make sure to modprobe usb-storage and check your logs to see what /dev entry is connected to your usb drive. add that to fstab and gnome-volume-manager should work if you followed iphitus' advice above.

[Solved] Mounting a ntfs usb drive in kdemod

I have an external usb drive that automounts in gnome, with write permissions. In kdemod it would not mount, and gave the error: "PermissionDeniedByPolicy mount-removable-extra-options no". I fixed this using this workaround... http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/HAL … utomounter. The drive now mounts, but i don't have write permission. Is there a way to get it to automount in kdemod? Would i have to change /etc/fstab for every external usb drive?
Last edited by benerivo (2009-03-22 10:49:32)

I'm not sure what i'm using to mount it. I have ntfs-3g installed and working for an internal drive. I'm hoping for a 'plug and wrirte' solution, as happens for me in gnome. Currently in kde, with the fix i mentioned, it mounts but only with read permissions. I'm hoping to avioid an /etc/fstab solution as i may need to use this computer in an environment where any ntfs usb external drive can be plugged in and written to.
Last edited by benerivo (2009-03-22 02:04:47)

Usb drive automount with drive's Name

I've read http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Udev#Udev_Tricks so now usb drives are automounted as /mnt/usbhd-sda1 (or something similar). But I want them to mount as /mnt/usb-drive-name
where usb-drive-name is auto-detected (not preentered by hand).
Unfortunetly I didn't find drive name in information provided by udevinfo.
Is it possible to do that?
Also I'm using KDE and want to set it up so that automounted drive would appear in system:/media. As far as I understand in order for that to happen I need a record in fstab but I have no idea what that should be.
Thanks in advance.
Last edited by el_ave (2007-03-20 21:14:51)

You have clearly not done very much research on this subject. Did you know that with hal and dbus daemons, kde will automount for you? And for that to happen, there should _not_ be an entry about that device in fstab, unless it is clearly specified as "noauto". You need also be a member of the correct groups to do this.
After that, it's a easy as clicking the device in media:/ and renaming it...
Please, read up on the wiki.
esp. the "beginners guide" by chaosgeistern.

[SOLVED] BIOS not detecting USB Drives after i installed Arch

SOLVED: In BIOS under 'Advanced' disable 'Fast BIOS Mode'.
Original post:
Hi there!
I'm fairly new to the arch (and linux) scene and just setup my Samsung 530U3B with a brand new installation of arch. Everything went fine and the system is running flawlessly. Almost.
I just happend to notice that BIOS is not checking for USB drives anymore, it just somehow skips that part. If enter the boot selection, the bootable USB drive won't show up. Neither does it show up in BIOS setup. I tried to boot with the same USB drive that i used to install arch just yesterday, the live media does not boot - the drive doesn't even blink. The boot priority is set to usb drive first, the boot selection screen (hammering f10 during boot) doesn't give me any other option than to boot from the normal SSD. Also, prior to the arch installation (came with w7 installed) the BIOS screen would stay for about 2seconds and then proceed to boot - this doesn't happen anymore. When i press the power button greeted by the grub bootloader in about 1s.
I tried 2 different usb drives, both with the arch iso (same that i used to install the currently running OS, downloaded yesterday). The drives also show up once my arch is booted (starting to blink just after i hit enter in grub). Also, both drives boot without a problem on my desktop computer.
Anyone got any ideas?
I don't really now what kinda of information would be helpful so i'm just dumping stuff i know:
BIOS: Phoenix SecureCore Tiano Version 04XK
Machine: Samsung 530U3B
SSD: Samsung MZ7PC128HAFU-000
ISO used to install (checksum ok): archlinux-2012.07.15-netinstall-dual.iso
Last edited by araex (2012-07-26 16:57:47)

DSpider wrote:
The boot priority is set to usb drive first
Welcome to the forum.
If you just set the USB stick to be first in the boot order, the next option (from the list) takes its place the moment you unplug it. You need to set the BIOS to boot from your equivalent of "Removable Devices" first, "Internal Drives" second and "Optical Drives" third.
The USB stick doesn't show up at all. I set the priority as follows:
1. USB HDD
2. USB FDD
3. USB CD
4. SATA CD
5. SATA HDD
6. NETWORK
I used that same configuration to install arch. USB doesn't seem to initialize at all. Also, if i enter "usb" in the grub commandline, no devices are listed.
Thanks!
UPDATE:
I just figured it out. In my BIOS under 'Advanced' the 'Fast BIOS Mode' was enabled, once i disabled it, everything went fine. I don't remember changing that option. Silly me.
Sorry for your time
Last edited by araex (2012-07-26 16:56:30)

I3 window manger & automount external hard disk / usb drive

Hi,
I using arch x86_64 with 3.11.5-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT kernel + i3 window manager + pcmanfm.
But i'm unable to automount my external hard disk or usb drive.(I have installed gvfs package as well.
Also is there any gui tool to configure keybinding? (something like obkey in openbox)
Please help.
Thank you.

epic wrote:Also is there any gui tool to configure keybinding? (something like obkey in openbox)
I think you need to look at https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/I3#Volume_Manager and the output of man i3
tl;dr - the ~/.i3/config file does it nicely.
Here is mine:
ewaller$@$odin ~ 1001 %cat .i3/config
# This file has been auto-generated by i3-config-wizard(1).
# It will not be overwritten, so edit it as you like.
# Should you change your keyboard layout somewhen, delete
# this file and re-run i3-config-wizard(1).
# i3 config file (v4)
# Please see http://i3wm.org/docs/userguide.html for a complete reference!
set $mod Mod4
# Font for window titles. Will also be used by the bar unless a different font
# is used in the bar {} block below. ISO 10646 = Unicode
#font -*-charter-medium-r-*-*-*-100-*-*-*-*-*-*
# The font above is very space-efficient, that is, it looks good, sharp and
# clear in small sizes. However, if you need a lot of unicode glyphs or
# right-to-left text rendering, you should instead use pango for rendering and
# chose a FreeType font, such as:
font pango:DejaVu Sans 8
# Use Mouse+$mod to drag floating windows to their wanted position
floating_modifier $mod
# start a terminal
bindsym $mod+Return exec i3-sensible-terminal
# kill focused window
bindsym $mod+Shift+q kill
# start dmenu (a program launcher)
bindsym $mod+d exec dmenu_run
# There also is the (new) i3-dmenu-desktop which only displays applications
# shipping a .desktop file. It is a wrapper around dmenu, so you need that
# installed.
# bindsym $mod+d exec --no-startup-id i3-dmenu-desktop
# change focus
bindsym $mod+j focus left
bindsym $mod+k focus down
bindsym $mod+l focus up
bindsym $mod+semicolon focus right
# alternatively, you can use the cursor keys:
bindsym $mod+Left focus left
bindsym $mod+Down focus down
bindsym $mod+Up focus up
bindsym $mod+Right focus right
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bindsym $mod+Shift+j move left
bindsym $mod+Shift+k move down
bindsym $mod+Shift+l move up
bindsym $mod+Shift+semicolon move right
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bindsym $mod+Shift+Left move left
bindsym $mod+Shift+Down move down
bindsym $mod+Shift+Up move up
bindsym $mod+Shift+Right move right
# split in horizontal orientation
bindsym $mod+h split h
# split in vertical orientation
bindsym $mod+v split v
# enter fullscreen mode for the focused container
bindsym $mod+f fullscreen
# change container layout (stacked, tabbed, toggle split)
bindsym $mod+s layout stacking
bindsym $mod+w layout tabbed
bindsym $mod+e layout toggle split
# toggle tiling / floating
bindsym $mod+space floating toggle
# change focus between tiling / floating windows
bindsym $mod+Shift+space focus mode_toggle
# focus the parent container
bindsym $mod+a focus parent
# focus the child container
#bindsym $mod+d focus child
# switch to workspace
bindsym $mod+1 workspace 1
bindsym $mod+2 workspace 2
bindsym $mod+3 workspace 3
bindsym $mod+4 workspace 4
bindsym $mod+5 workspace 5
bindsym $mod+6 workspace 6
bindsym $mod+7 workspace 7
bindsym $mod+8 workspace 8
bindsym $mod+9 workspace 9
bindsym $mod+0 workspace 10
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bindsym $mod+Shift+1 move container to workspace 1
bindsym $mod+Shift+2 move container to workspace 2
bindsym $mod+Shift+3 move container to workspace 3
bindsym $mod+Shift+4 move container to workspace 4
bindsym $mod+Shift+5 move container to workspace 5
bindsym $mod+Shift+6 move container to workspace 6
bindsym $mod+Shift+7 move container to workspace 7
bindsym $mod+Shift+8 move container to workspace 8
bindsym $mod+Shift+9 move container to workspace 9
bindsym $mod+Shift+0 move container to workspace 10
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bindsym $mod+Shift+c reload
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bindsym $mod+Shift+r restart
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bindsym $mod+Shift+e exit
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mode "resize" {
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# Pressing right will grow the windows width.
# Pressing up will shrink the windows height.
# Pressing down will grow the windows height.
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bindsym k resize grow height 10 px or 10 ppt
bindsym l resize shrink height 10 px or 10 ppt
bindsym semicolon resize grow width 10 px or 10 ppt
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bindsym Down resize grow height 10 px or 10 ppt
bindsym Up resize shrink height 10 px or 10 ppt
bindsym Right resize grow width 10 px or 10 ppt
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bindsym Return mode "default"
bindsym Escape mode "default"
bindsym $mod+r mode "resize"
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bindsym XF86AudioPlay exec mpc toggle
bindsym XF86AudioPrev exec mpc prev
bindsym XF86AudioNext exec mpc next
bindsym XF86AudioStop exec mpc stop
bindsym XF86AudioRaiseVolume exec pavolume increase
bindsym XF86AudioLowerVolume exec pavolume decrease
bindsym XF86AudioMute exec pavolume mute
bindsym XF86Save exec dmenu_run
bindsym $mod+x exec x48
bindsym $mod+Tab workspace next
bindsym $mod+Shift+Tab workspace prev
bindsym Mod1+Tab workspace next
bindsym $mod+Menu exec i3-winmenu.py
bindsym $mod+XF86Save exec gmrun
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for_window [title="x48-0.6.4"] floating enable' border none; focus mode_toggle
for_window [title="Wicd Network Manager"] floating enable' border none; focus mode_toggle
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bar {
status_command i3status
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exec --no-startup-id i3-msg 'workspace 10; exec claws-mail; workspace 1'
exec --no-startup-id exec nitrogen --restore
exec --no-startup-id exec xcompmgr
exec --no-startup-id exec conky
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exec --no-startup-id exec wicd-gtk -t
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After updating to iTunes 12 the Apple Mobile Device USB Driver is not listed, I use Windows 8.1, how can i solve this?

After I updates ITunes to the latest version (12), ITunes wont find my iphone and Ipad anymore, after searching I found that the Apple Mobile Device USB Driver is not listed anymore, on the support website of Apple it doesnt explain how to solve this,.
I use Windows 8.1 and so now also ITunes 12, both my Iphone 4S and Ipad Air have the latest IOS version.
I hope anybody can tell me how to solve this that the Apple Mobile Device USB Driver is back, thank you

Found a possible solution for me.
While the phone was plugged into my computer and iTunes is CLOSED.
1. I went to Services in Windows.
2. I selected Apple Mobile Device and right clicked and selected "Stop".
3. Then I right-clicked again and selected "Start".
4. Then I went to Device Manager and right clicked my iPhone with the yellow alert icon and selected "Uninstall". You will get a warning about uninstalling the device. Click OK.
5. At the top of Device Manager I clicked the Action menu and selected "Scan for Hardware Changes".
This re-installed the iPhone and everything started working again.

[SOLVED!] On USB drives, problems with non-English chars and HAL

Hello,
I am having a problem with non-English caracters (áãàçéẽê...) on files stored on my USB drive.
On Windows they're created with the correct name. But on Linux the files have the non-English characteres replaced by '?' and are not accessible.
If I manuallly mount the drives using 'mount -o iocharset=utf8 /dev/sdb1 /media/usbdisk' the characters are OK, so I think I just need to get HAL to pass the correct parameters to mount. However I don't know how to do that, and haven't found any good solution.
I tried to build a custom kernel setting the default charset as UTF-8 and it didn't work.
Any ideas? I'm using x86-64, HAL 0.5.13-3 and my locale is pt-BR.UTF-8.
Thanks!
EDIT: Actually, this is not a HAL problem, but a problem with 'exo'. For the solution, I edited /etc/xdg/xfce4/mount.rc and added iocharset=utf8 to the [vfat] category.
Last edited by Renan Birck (2009-11-28 20:54:23)

I don't use Thunar presently, but I looked in the Thunar Volume Manager doc and I didn't find anything to change the mount options of removable drives. I am not quite sure if it's possible or not. Maybe someone using it can tell for sure.
But if it is not possible to change the mount options, a possible solution is to disable the Thunar Volume Manager plugin and to use something else more configurable to manage the automount function.
Personally I use the halevt package from AUR which uses configuration files in the xml format.
It's not so easy to use but is highly configurable.
But there exists other tools also.
I can help you with halevt if you choose that way...

[SOLVED]My udev rules don't automount usb device

Hi,
I'm using this .rules file for automounting usb devices:
# start at sdc to ignore the system hard drive
KERNEL!="sd[c-z]*", GOTO="my_media_automount_end" #sda and sdb are internal hard drives
ACTION=="add", PROGRAM!="/sbin/blkid %N", GOTO="my_media_automount_end"
# import some useful filesystem info as variables
IMPORT{program}="/sbin/blkid -o udev -p %N"
# get the label if present, otherwise assign one based on device/partition
ENV{ID_FS_LABEL}!="", ENV{dir_name}="%E{ID_FS_LABEL}"
ENV{ID_FS_LABEL}=="", ENV{dir_name}="%k"
# create the dir in /media and symlink it to /mnt
ACTION=="add", RUN+="/bin/mkdir -p '/media/%E{dir_name}'"
# global mount options
ACTION=="add", ENV{mount_options}="relatime"
# filesystem-specific mount options (777/666 dir/file perms for ntfs/vfat)
ACTION=="add", ENV{ID_FS_TYPE}=="vfat|ntfs", ENV{mount_options}="$env{mount_options},gid=100,dmask=000,fmask=111,utf8"
# automount ntfs filesystems using ntfs-3g driver
ACTION=="add", ENV{ID_FS_TYPE}=="ntfs", RUN+="/bin/mount -t ntfs-3g -o %E{mount_options} /dev/%k '/media/%E{dir_name}'"
# automount all other filesystems
ACTION=="add", ENV{ID_FS_TYPE}!="ntfs", RUN+="/bin/mount -t auto -o %E{mount_options} /dev/%k '/media/%E{dir_name}'"
# clean up after device removal
ACTION=="remove", ENV{dir_name}!="", RUN+="/bin/umount -l '/media/%E{dir_name}'", RUN+="/bin/rmdir '/media/%E{dir_name}'"
# exit
LABEL="my_media_automount_end"
The folders in /media are created successfully but no mounting takes place. The folders are empty and when I do
umount /media/device
, it returns:
umount: device/: not mounted
But when I try to remove the folder, it sometimes returns:
rmdir: failed to remove 'device/': Device or resource busy
When I unplug the device, the folders are deleted successfully.
When I manually mount the device with the code for ntfs from the rules-file, it works fine. I have also verified that the device is at /dev/sdc.
Through searching I didn't find any post with a problem like that. My guess was that somehow this test fails:
ACTION=="add", ENV{ID_FS_TYPE}=="ntfs"
I already tried removing the second condition, but the result stays the same. So I am left rather clueless, I hope, you guys can help me
Last edited by toffi-fee (2014-05-04 22:47:38)

Thanks for the reply! So now I changed the rules to:
KERNEL!="sd[c-z]*", GOTO="my_media_automount_end"
ACTION=="add", PROGRAM!="/sbin/blkid %N", GOTO="my_media_automount_end"
# import some useful filesystem info as variables
IMPORT{program}="/sbin/blkid -o udev -p %N"
ACTION=="add", RUN+="/bin/udisksctl mount -b /dev/%k"
# clean up after device removal
ACTION=="remove", RUN+="/bin/udisksctl unmount -b '/dev/%k'"
# exit
LABEL="my_media_automount_end"
But now nothing seems to happen when I plug in, also no folder creation at /run/media/user/, hmmm..
Last edited by toffi-fee (2014-05-04 19:27:53)

[SOLVED]Error when trying to boot from a usb drive

I have installed arch linux on a usb drive.
When I am trying to load it , I get the following error :
ERROR: '/dev/disk/by-label/ARCH_201211' device did not show up after 30 seconds
Any ideas?
Thank you.
Last edited by skiabox (2012-11-16 19:55:10)

Use a BitTorrent client instead of a ddl (direct download link). This way it's less prone to errors, because it's checked while it's being downloaded.
Either that, or check its MD5 against the one from the Download page.
There's also this: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Be … ion_medium
Note: The quality of optical drives and the discs themselves varies greatly. Generally, using a slow burn speed is recommended for reliable burns. If you are experiencing unexpected behaviour from the disc, try burning at the lowest speed supported by your burner.
Last edited by DSpider (2012-11-16 15:13:55)

[solved] USB drives won't auto mount

When I plug in a drive, I get this error message:
Rejected send message, 1 matched rules; type="method_call", sender=":1.24" (uid=1000 pid=4499 comm="exo-mount) interface="org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Volume" member="Mount" error name="(unset)" requested_reply=0 destination="org.freedesktop.Hal" (uid=0 pid=3069 comm="/usr/sbin/hald)).
2nd harddrive:
Rejected send message, 1 matched rules; type="method_call", sender=":1.20" (uid=1000 pid=3537 comm="exo-mount) interface="org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Volume" member="Mount" error name="(unset)" requested_reply=0 destination="org.freedesktop.Hal" (uid=0 pid=3058 comm="/usr/sbin/hald)).
There are fixes in other forums, but they are all radically differnet, and the one's I tried aren't working.
I have an eee pc with xfce and slim.
I know this is a perimssion problems since auto mount works fine for root. Could anyone tell me the (probably simple) fix for this? Thanks.
Last edited by Meskarune (2010-04-15 04:21:08)

HAL:
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/HAL#Troubleshooting
Also check your .xinitrc and make sure your lines matches this:
exec ck-launch-session startxfce4
Lastly, you can also use udev to automount your drives:
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ude … SB_devices

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