USB disks on the gnome desktop in F11 beta

[Joachim Backes]

On 04/10/2009 11:53 PM, Allen Kistler wrote:
> Joachim Backes wrote:
>   >  Logging in into the gnome desktop will show all attached USB disks on
>   >  the desktop using the USB icon. Because I don't like to unmount the
>   >  disks each time when logging in, I could get rid from this feature in
>   >  F10 by using the System->Preferences->Authorizations menu.
>   >
>   >  How to do achieve this in F11 beta?
>
> The easiest way is to install gconf-editor.  Then go to
> /apps/nautilus/preferences and ...
>
> 1. uncheck media_automount
> 2. uncheck media_automount_open
> 3. check media_autorun_never
>    

Allen,

your reply was very helpful so I got rid from mounting the usb disks.
Thanks.

JB
> IMO these are generally good things to do no matter what.
>
> You can also do the same things by hand-editing the corresponding
> gconf.xml file, but I find the GUI editor a lot easier (and less prone
> to typos).
>
> Note that these are per-user settings.  If you want to make them
> mandatory system-wide, then you do have to resort to hand editing.
>
> Back in F9 days, you used to be able to tell hal not to notify Gnome
> when a medium was inserted.  Now Gnome checks on its own.  Argh.
>
>