[Solved] Displaying NTFS volume in Computer?

I've searched endlessly and can't find a solution so far. My NTFS drive is mounted via fstab using ntfs-3g, but the the icon doesn't show up in Computer.
Would it be possible to make my NTFS drive show up in Computer (Gnome)? I hate having to navigate to /mnt/Backup each time instead of seeing it in Computer when using nautilus.
edit: fixed awful grammar
Last edited by BowlSmoker (2009-10-14 20:58:02)

graysky wrote:I could be wrong but don't you need to mount it to /media/backup to have nautilus recognize it automatically?
You're right.
I'm surprised the answer was that simple.:|

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## Entry for /dev/sdb1 SYSTEM:(Win7)
UUID=44083B9668A3E0CC /media/Win7 ntfs-3g gid=users,fmask=113,dmask=002 0 0
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EDIT #1
rebooted again, still the same happening
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$ sudo mount -l
proc on /proc type proc (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
sys on /sys type sysfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
dev on /dev type devtmpfs (rw,nosuid,relatime,size=3022708k,nr_inodes=755677,mode=755)
run on /run type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,mode=755)
/dev/sda1 on / type ext4 (rw,relatime,data=ordered) [Arch-sys]
securityfs on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,nosuid,noexec,relatime,gid=5,mode=620,ptmxmode=000)
tmpfs on /sys/fs/cgroup type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,mode=755)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/systemd type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,release_agent=/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-cgroups-agent,name=systemd)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/cpuset type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,cpuset)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/cpu,cpuacct type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,cpuacct,cpu)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/memory type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,memory)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/devices type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,devices)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/freezer type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,freezer)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/net_cls type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,net_cls)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/blkio type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,blkio)
systemd-1 on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type autofs (rw,relatime,fd=30,pgrp=1,timeout=300,minproto=5,maxproto=5,direct)
debugfs on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw,relatime)
mqueue on /dev/mqueue type mqueue (rw,relatime)
hugetlbfs on /dev/hugepages type hugetlbfs (rw,relatime)
fusectl on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl (rw,relatime)
tmpfs on /tmp type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime)
/dev/sdb3 on /media/wine type ext4 (rw,noatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered) [wine] <<<THIS SHOULD NOT BE HERE!<<<<<<<<<
/dev/sdd1 on /media/spare2 type ext4 (rw,noatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered) [spare2] <<<THIS SHOULD NOT BE HERE!<<<<<<<<<<
/dev/sdc1 on /media/spare type ext4 (rw,noatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered) [spare] <<<THIS SHOULD NOT BE HERE!<<<<<<<<<<<
/dev/sde1 on /media/USB-HDD2 type vfat (rw,noatime,sync,gid=100,fmask=0002,dmask=0002,allow_utime=0020,codepage=cp437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,errors=remount-ro) [USB-HDD2] <<<<<THIS IS NORMAL
/dev/sdb4 on /media/pac type ext4 (rw,noatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered) [pac] <<<THIS SHOULD NOT BE HERE!
/dev/sdd1 on /media/Spare2 type ext4 (rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered) [spare2] <<<<<THIS IS NORMAL
/dev/sdc1 on /media/Spare type ext4 (rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered) [spare] <<<<<THIS IS NORMAL
/dev/sdb2 on /media/VM type ext4 (rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered) [VM] <<<<<THIS IS NORMAL
/dev/sdb3 on /var/wine type ext4 (rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered) [wine] <<<<<THIS IS NORMAL
/dev/sdb4 on /var/cache/pacman type ext4 (rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered) [pac] <<<<<THIS IS NORMAL
/dev/sdb1 on /media/Win7 type fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=0,group_id=0,default_permissions,allow_other,blksize=4096) [Win7-sys] <<<<<THIS IS NORMAL
/dev/sda3 on /public type ext4 (rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered) [public] <<<<<THIS IS NORMAL
/dev/sda5 on /home type ext4 (rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered) [Home] <<<<<THIS IS NORMAL
gvfs-fuse-daemon on /run/user/1000/gvfs type fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=1000,group_id=100)
binfmt_misc on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw,relatime)
gvfs-fuse-daemon on /root/.gvfs type fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=0,group_id=0)
as you can see my partitions are being mounted TWICE which is not what I want or expected!
is there more documentation on what systemd does with mounts that could explain why i have multiple mount points for partitions or is this due to systemd discovering my partitions & mounting them at points based on label names & then parsing my FSTAB as well!
I have read the wikki but there is very small info there & the links have not provided an explanation for this unwanted behaviour
EDIT #2
>>>>>>>>>>>SOLVED<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
not an NTFS or FUSE issue
I had previously installed mnttools!
removed & now all is well
sorry
Last edited by t0m5k1 (2012-08-29 08:30:11)

OK,
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Much to the contrary graysky, it's not offtopic. It's why all the files in his home dir are root:root. As such, his whole point is moot.
Typical case of user error.
Even if you like NTFS, there's no point in using it over native Linux filesystems. There are only drawbacks to using NTFS on Linux. There are better ways to share your data than to make your homedir NTFS - like creating a separate data partition on Windows and mounting that somewhere on Linux (but NOT on /home).
rhallen: please change your topic title to reflect what's really going on . Now it's misleading.
Last edited by .:B:. (2012-01-14 12:58:41)

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