User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322) Build Identifier: From Xubuntu 7.10 (Xfce version ?) to Xubuntu 8.04 (Xfce 4.4.2), the places plugin changed its behaviour: It does not display my separate partitions any more (1 ntfs with windows, 1 fat32 with data, 1 ext3 with the old linux). They are properly mounted from /etc/fstab to /media. --- my fstab (today, with Xfce 4.4.2): # /etc/fstab: static file system information. # # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass> proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 # /dev/sda2 UUID=811efb7b-3cc9-4972-ab83-0a401bc1fa2f / ext3 relatime,errors=remount-ro 0 1 # /dev/sda3 #UUID=80009315-5e74-437f-8b07-2e5f3ecd61a5 /media/alt ext3 relatime 0 0 # /dev/sda5 UUID=6AE3-F6DF /media/data vfat utf8,umask=007,gid=46 0 0 # /dev/sda1 #UUID=5284826F8482557F /media/win ntfs defaults,umask=007,gid=46 0 0 # /dev/sda6 UUID=9f28e976-e780-4f07-b74a-5a0f373c062d none swap sw 0 0 /dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0 /dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0 and mtab: /dev/sda2 / ext3 rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro 0 0 proc /proc proc rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev 0 0 /sys /sys sysfs rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev 0 0 varrun /var/run tmpfs rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,mode=0755 0 0 varlock /var/lock tmpfs rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,mode=1777 0 0 udev /dev tmpfs rw,mode=0755 0 0 devshm /dev/shm tmpfs rw 0 0 devpts /dev/pts devpts rw,gid=5,mode=620 0 0 lrm /lib/modules/2.6.24-16-generic/volatile tmpfs rw 0 0 /dev/sda3 /media/alt ext3 rw,relatime 0 0 /dev/sda5 /media/data vfat rw,utf8,umask=007,gid=46 0 0 /dev/sda1 /media/win fuseblk rw,nosuid,nodev,noatime,allow_other,default_permissions,blksize=4096 0 0 securityfs /sys/kernel/security securityfs rw 0 0 /dev/sdb1 /media/EXTERN vfat rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=hal,utf8,shortname=winnt,uid=1000 0 0 my old fstab (xubuntu 7.10 version): # /etc/fstab: static file system information. # # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass> proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 # /dev/sda3 UUID=80009315-5e74-437f-8b07-2e5f3ecd61a5 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1 # /dev/sda5 UUID=6AE3-F6DF /media/data vfat defaults,utf8,umask=007,gid=46 0 0 # /dev/sda2 #UUID=1B33-0A00 /media/ibm vfat defaults,utf8,umask=007,gid=46 0 0 # /dev/sda1 #UUID=5284826F8482557F /media/win ntfs defaults,umask=007,gid=46 0 0 # /dev/sda6 UUID=9f28e976-e780-4f07-b74a-5a0f373c062d none swap sw 0 0 /dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec 0 0 /dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto,exec 0 0 Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Use a partitioned hd. 2. Have the partitions mounted from fstab every time the system starts. 3. Add the places plugin to the panel. 4. Click on the places plugin Actual Results: The partitions are not shown in the pop up menu that appears. Expected Results: The partitions should show up, just like they did before with the older version. I qualify the problem as a major bug because accessing the extra partitions is _the_ core feature for which i use the places plugin.
I'm re-assigning this to thunar-vfs. Places uses the thunar-vfs library for mounting and, in fact, never directly sees device names or UUIDs. Also relevant: I believe xubuntu has and/or had some patches against thunar-vfs, so this could be contributing to the change in behavior.
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