How to open partitions in Thunar

[hightower]

I've recently started using Xfce and really like it's speed and efficiency.   But for the life of me, I can't figure out how to open and access other partitions. 
I've searched on line and in this forum but couldn't find the answer.  Dolphin (which displays partitions in kde) fails to do so in Xfce.     

[longtom]

Are your partitions mention in your fstab file?  

As a personal opinion:  Running Dolphin in Xfce kind of defeats the purpose of having Xfce since Dolphin pulls in loads of KDE dependencies.

If you have KDE installed and just used task-xfce to use it on top of KDE ignore above.

[Sproggy]

open PCLOS Control Center ... local disks ... manage partitions ... select the partition you want ... then click mount ... select where you want it mounted too ... click ok to update your fstab ...

you can also use ntfs-config to automount your Win partitions

Kori

[hightower]

Thanks for replies and information longtom & Sproggy. 

Today when I opened PCManFm in Xfce it automatically mounted my other partitions.   Funny it didn't do that yesterday.  Anyway, then Thunar showed them as well under /media. 

I didn't see a big increase in memory usage using PCManFM.  I don't have a good understanding of the kde dependencies and which non-Xfce programs to avoid using. 

Sproggy, I'm reluctant to change fstab because I want to keep my other partitions unmounted and only mount them only as needed.  Would changing fstab mount them automatically?  I may be wrong but I feel that gives them added protection. 

Another question using Thunar, is there a way to open a file or folder as root? 

[longtom]

I don't have Thunar with me now ....

But you can start Thunar as root with the command "gksu Thunar"  without the quotes. 

[Sproggy]

Thanks for replies and information longtom & Sproggy. 

Today when I opened PCManFm in Xfce it automatically mounted my other partitions.   Funny it didn't do that yesterday.  Anyway, then Thunar showed them as well under /media. 

I didn't see a big increase in memory usage using PCManFM.  I don't have a good understanding of the kde dependencies and which non-Xfce programs to avoid using. 

Sproggy, I'm reluctant to change fstab because I want to keep my other partitions unmounted and only mount them only as needed.  Would changing fstab mount them automatically?  I may be wrong but I feel that gives them added protection. 

Another question using Thunar, is there a way to open a file or folder as root? 

XFCE 4.8 is due to be released very soon for PCLOS ... in XFCE 4.8 Thunar uses gvfs ... and like PCmanFM it auto mounts them as and when you need them ... it sounds like you are using task-xfce ... which doesnt have the tweaks that Phoenix has ... ie in the right click context menu is the option to run as root ... if you really want to experience XFCE At it's best .. a fresh install of the latest iso form the main site ...

fully featured Phoenix Desktop http://ftp.belnet.be/mirror/pclinuxonline.com/live-cd/pclinuxos-phoenix-xfce-2010.12.iso

lighter mini version Phinx Desktop http://debian.ethz.ch/mirror/pclinuxos/live-cd/pclinuxos-phoenix-mini-2010.11.iso

if you want to see what Phinx looks like for the next release go Here


and if you want to test XFCE 4.8 as beta go Here

Kori

[hightower]

The Xfce I'm using is from task-Xfce.  I didn't realize  that it would be different from the standalone version  .   

I took a look at your link to XFCE 4.8 and Wow, it really looks good.  Going to download & play with the beta.  Can't wait for the final!

longtom just mentioned unsing gksu thunar and that got root just fine.


Thanks   

[GermanTux]

After creating/mounting the partition (using the control center), I typically add a shortcut to the /media/something or /mnt/something directories (wherever I decide to mount it), then access it that way. 

[Taco.22]

Another question using Thunar, is there a way to open a file or folder as root? 

The really great thing about Thunar is its Custom Actions in the right-click menu, which can be configured under the "Edit" menu.  You can open terminal in a folder, open a folder or text file as root, convert an image format from one to another, do batch processing - the list goes on.  This http://thunar.xfce.org/pwiki/documentation/custom_actions gives a whole list of commands that you can edit into your custom actions.   There are also a number of plugins in repo that allow for thumbnailing images or extracting archives on the fly, and so on.  You can really customize it to suit the work you do, and the way you do that work.

[parnote]

Another question using Thunar, is there a way to open a file or folder as root? 

Here's a easy way to open a file as root:

gksu -l xdg-open %f       (the "-l" is dash and small L)

This will cause the file to be opened up in the default application for that file type.

Hope this helps!

parnote

[hightower]

Another question using Thunar, is there a way to open a file or folder as root? 

The really great thing about Thunar is its Custom Actions in the right-click menu, which can be configured under the "Edit" menu.  You can open terminal in a folder, open a folder or text file as root, convert an image format from one to another, do batch processing - the list goes on.  This http://thunar.xfce.org/pwiki/documentation/custom_actions gives a whole list of commands that you can edit into your custom actions.   There are also a number of plugins in repo that allow for thumbnailing images or extracting archives on the fly, and so on.  You can really customize it to suit the work you do, and the way you do that work.

Another question using Thunar, is there a way to open a file or folder as root? 

Here's a easy way to open a file as root:

gksu -l xdg-open %f       (the "-l" is dash and small L)

This will cause the file to be opened up in the default application for that file type.

Hope this helps!

parnote

Thanks guys, that worked +++ .  That opened up a whole new realm to me.