Re: GWorkspace : mounting removable devices

[Riccardo Mottola]

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?


> 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.

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....


> 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