Startup & PolKit

[zephyr]

Would like to address a particular aspect of the " /home/urname/.fluxbox/startup" missing a command line script regarding the ability to access multiple drives regardless of file manager being used. The script I added to startup is " /usr/lib/policykit-1-gnome/polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1 &". I had believed for the longest time that this problem was related to the "/etc/PolicyKit & /etc/polkit-1". I mirrored Crunchbang's startup file to see what might be different, and that line was what I found.  I also have two Debian Testing distro's which I have added fluxbox and openbox, both have the script added to startup file by default. Don't want to steer anyone in the wrong direction, so would like someone to take a look at this. Thanks. zephyr

[VastOne]

Hey zephyr, thanks for opening this for discussion

So you add this to access multiple drives without admin credentials, is that it?  I am not quite understanding what you cannot do now out of the box with VSIDO.  On any machine I access, I use SpaceFM to mount anything I do not have mounted (as root) ... there is nothing that I have not been able to 'see' via SpaceFM file management and it's tools

I have no issue adding anything to the core setup as long as it is discussed and the general consensus is that it is worthy

[zephyr]

Hello VastOne:  yes,  but it will ask for a root password. This would allow Thunar or PCManFM to gain access, or any other file manager.  I could not access with SpaceFM as well. Not sure why. But, now I have no issues at all. I started using Thunar back a while ago when SpaceFM was broken, and realized the issues with other file managers. But, the script works regardless of the file manager you choose. I do like SpaceFM, use it as default.  I brought this up in case other users were having similar issues using other file managers. Thanks

[jedi]

It just dawned on me, but did we not address this back in Nov 2013?  I should have remembered this earlier while talking with zephyr.  My bad...

Perhaps here - http://vsido.org/index.php?topic=641.msg7362#msg7362

and also here -

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echo 2000 > /sys/module/block/parameters/events_dfl_poll_msecs
added to the /etc/rc.local file?

edit: oops, those are about the Kernel polling and not the polkit...  Will continue to look for the correct thread...

Just for the record, I've had no issues with SpaceFm seeing/mounting all drives, internal or external for that matter.  If this is an issue, then I see no problem adding it to the startup file in ~/.fluxbox/startup.  Seems a pretty simple solution that perhaps a new user wouldn't tumble to right away.

[zephyr]

http://vsido.org/index.php?topic=835.msg9378#msg9378- I pasted that hoping it would be directed to a more recent posting regarding the potential fate of SpaceFM posted 22 December 2014 by VastOne.  It had also broken prior to that. I moved to to Thunar, but ran into the drive access problem. It took a while and had attempted much earlier to find a solution to why I could not access the drives with PCManFM and Thunar. I simply wanted to point out that as someone new to Linux and VSIDO, I had found a workable solution, it worked for me. I also wanted to point out that the problem was not with the PolicyKit located in /etc. I thought maybe I could save a newbie a bit of frustration if they chose a different file manager other than SpaceFM. I respect VastOne tremendously, a bit envious of his IT developer skills, and would not request a potentally dangerous or a compromise of the core system. I thought this could be helpful.  Turning over every stone looking for a solution is a learning experience, asking for help should not be casual in my opinion, just when all has failed.  Thanks -zephyr