Hi John, Thunar is the default file manager in Xubuntu. Maybe you just need to install Thunar? Rob >________________________________ >From: "nashjc [ at ] uottawa [ dot ] ca" <nashjc [ at ] uottawa [ dot ] ca> >To: Ottawa Linux Users Group <linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca> >Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2011 2:33:24 PM >Subject: [OCLUG-Tech] nice feature in "#!" not seemingly in Ubuntu or .... > >Last night I helped a friend with an old Asus Eee 701 Surf to replace the >Xandros distro with CrunchBang (#!). This went pretty smoothly. However, >she then asked how to unmount a USB. > >I looked this up on the web as #! does not put an icon on the desktop for >usb keys. It DOES put an item in the left side pane of Thunar however. And >that is how you unmount (does not say safely remove) usb drives. > >Now for the REALLY NICE feature. After you unmount, the icon is simply >greyed out. You can right click and mount again. Nifty. > >So I tried putting Thunar in Ubuntu. No joy. Also looked through fora and >found lots of orphaned posts where folk want to remount USBs without >unplugging them. It can be done with usbreset.c (I can supply post if >anyone is interested), but this rescans all drives, so is a bit drastic >and dangerous if some are mounted, esp. if data transfer in progress. > >Anyone have ideas of how to get this feature into a file manager in a >clean way? > >Best, JN > >_______________________________________________ >Linux mailing list >Linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca >http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux > > >