Re: GWorkspace : mounting removable devices

[Patrick Cardona]

Hi Riccardo,

-- 
Bien cordialement,
Patrick CARDONA
On 2020-06-11 00:47:19 +0200 Riccardo Mottola <riccardo.mottola@libero.it> 
wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> On 02/06/2020 19:34, Patrick Cardona wrote:
> 
>> Well, I try to sumarize the state of mounting on a GNU/Linux system (i.e. 
>> actually Raspbian 10.4)
>> GWorkspace is 0.9.4 (07 2016 build) : are the mentionned patches applied on 
>> this version ?
> 
> 
> I fear I never released something newer. Great part of the fixes however was 
> not in GWorkspace itself, but in gnustep-base.
> 
> My commits in GWorkspace are of 1 Aug 2018 regarding those issues.
> 
> Are you using latest gnustep-base release?

This my version of GNustep-base on raspbian Buster (10.4) :

gnustep-base-runtime/stable,now 1.26.0-4+deb10u1 armhf  [installé, automatique]
  GNUstep Base library - daemons and tools

libgnustep-base-dev/stable,now 1.26.0-4+deb10u1 armhf  [installé, automatique]
  GNUstep Base header files and development libraries

libgnustep-base1.26/stable,now 1.26.0-4+deb10u1 armhf  [installé, automatique]
  GNUstep Base library

> 
> 
> 
>> My tests :
> 
>> 1) Configuration
>> As You suggested, I am now using System Preferences mount panel and because 
>> the usb stick is named CLEPAT,
>> I added this line : "/media/pi/CLEPAT" in the "mount points for removable 
>> media".
> 
> 
> That is correct. Actually most of this information should come from /etc/mtab
> 
> 
> 
>> 2) I plugged the usb stick
>> Nothing automated.
>> Trying : #E from GWorkspace menu:
>> - Lightning on the stick briefly, but No icon was shown on the desktop
> 
>> 3) Using Hide/Show Desktop :
>> Nothing happened: I mean No icon was shown on the desktop
> 
>> 4) So I mounted this usb stick in a Terminal window in my userspace :
>> udisksctl mount -b ${BLOCK}${PARTITION}
>> Where :
>> BLOCK=/dev/sdb
>> PARTITION=1
>> Nothing happened : I mean No icon was shown on the desktop
> 
>> 5) Using Hide/Show Desktop again :
>> This time an icon was shown in the right top corner :
>> - name : CLEPAT (i.e. the usb stick label)
>> - icon type : a folder (not a drive)
> 
>> 6) Umounting this folder with #d ? I did not try this yet because I had 
>> real data on it...
> 
>> 7) Exiting GWorkspace and running it again...
>> The icon on the right corner has been updated : it was now a hard drive 
>> icon...
>> Curious. Why not the first time ?
> 
> 
> Sometimes the incorrect icon is shown for me, but it should work.
> 
> I tested on x86 and it works much better for me.
> 
> If I have user right to mount the volume (e.g. I can mount it in terminal 
> without sudo) then inserting the USB stick and "check disk" will mount it.
> 
> However in any case, both if I have the rights as user and if not, if I mound 
> it in Terminal (possibly with console) I see it popping on the desktop (or, 
> at worse, a check disk is needed)
> 
> 
> 
>> 8) Making a backup of the data with StepSync...
>> And then I tried umounting the NextStep way :
>> a) DND of the drive icon on the Trash icon... : the cursor became in the 
>> "prohibited" state and nothing happened.
>> b) Selecting the drive icon on the Destop and then #d : the icon was 
>> removed and obviously the stick was shutdown.
> 
> 
> Nice that you use StepSync, I am working on a nice, hefty update full of 
> features and fixes.
Good news !

> 
> What you describe is strange Does it make any difference using the Trashcan 
> of WindowMaker's dock or GWorkspace's Dock? not that it should....
I hide the WindowMaker's dock and only use the GWorkspace's one. I think it is 
more visually consistent.


> 
> 
> 
>> 9) Plugged the usb stick again...
>> #E... Nothing...
>> Steps 4-5 again
>> Integrity of data on the usb stick : OK.
>> Icon selected and then #d : umounting and shutting down OK.
> 
>> Is this behaviour as You expected ?
> 
> 
> No. For me it works much better (but I am using GIT base and GWorkspace).
> 
> 
> I would love to try on Raspbian, I used to test it too. I booted my Raspberry 
> PI 1 but it is running an old version of debian and I cannot update, I get a 
> mirror issue for debian jessie and even worseif I try a jump to buster. the 
> download of apt sources fails on one... and the stupid thin, it is not an 
> entry I see in sources.list
> 
> I fear it is downloading the list of the "old" vesion installed and fails. No 
> clue, but I'd prefer an upgrade to a backup & fresh install of course!
> 
> 
> Riccardo
> 
>