ivm:Match name=”ivm.mountable” value=”true”
ivm:Option name=”mount” value=”true”
Add the following line, which will remove the icon when you unplugg the device:
ivm:Option name=”execun” value=”fbroxautomount Remove $hal.volume.mount_point$”
ivm:Match

Note: You need to edit the file as sudo.

I’m using fluxbuntu with rox and ivman and found another solution for my USB sticks after playing around.
First there is a fluxbuntu(?) bug requiring us to do mkdir ~/.ivman if it doesn’t exist. Otherwise it woun’t mount correctly.
Secondly I needed to change the unmount command from ‘umount’ to ‘pumount’ (in rox options-ActionWindow)
Third I edited /etc/ivman/IvmConfigActions.xml :

I haven’t compared fbroxautomount in detail with your rox.panelput, but I assume they do more or less the same things.
Anyone knows any drawback with this fix? (except for removal at unplugg rather than unmount)

Change the first line from:

#!/bin/sh

to

#!/bin/bash

This script uses bash-specific features that are NOT compliant with generic ’sh’. Ubuntu has changed (a while back if I remember correctly) to using dash as it’s default shell. So, this should fix your issues.

When I plug my USB key, I can open the media/mykey folder and browse it but there is nothing un the file .ivman/mounted/devices. It’s empty…I Think the problem is here…right ?

Best regards.

I am also in the process of rewriting the script from bash to python so that it becomes a bit more sane…

But I have a problem to make it run on Fluxbuntu. I think it’s a prob with ivman only. If I Try to run rox.panelput Add /media/U3 it answers :
wc: /home/myhome/.ivman/mounted/devices: No such file or directory
NUMLINES =
(simplified output there)
145 unexpected operator
145 same as above
145 same
163 same
163 same
171 same

I tried to reconfigure (dpkg-reconfigure ivman) but still not working.
What I did wrong ? Do you have an idea please ?

Thanks a lot for any answer.

Sincerely.

You can download iloog liveCD to check how exactly my scripts work. Use it as an example for your pc

Thanks for the quick response. I see your point above, but currently my rox panel accepts an icon which shows an attention sign if no usb device is plugged in. This icon changes to the familiar blue folder with a green lighted circle when my pen drive is inserted and mounted. All this happens automatically via ivman. I have added text to be displayed under the icon (USBDiskPro, which is the id of my pen-drive).

The sole remaining problem, in my case, is the inconvenience of becoming root and navigating to /media to eject the device. If I can solve this, then the whole thing will work as I want. (I’m not concerned with device names, or icon position, etc.).

Moreover, right-clicking on the panel icon shows the usual rox menu AND includes an Eject option. Choosing this one yields an error message: “Device /dev/sda1 was not mounted by you, eject: unmount of `/media/sda1′ failed, eject failed”.

There’s also the option ‘Mount point USBDiskPro’ which shows Unmount in a sub-menu. Clicking on this one also shows an error message: “Unmounting
/media/sda1, umount: /media/sda1 is not in the fstab (and you are not root) Unmount failed.

Please excuse my questioning, but I am a newbie in Linux and still groping for several items/places to learn and improve my skills. Any ideas?

I use Fluxbox+Rox and find the combo great. I’ve been also using ivman for mounting/unmounting my USB devices but to Eject them I have to be root and go to /media. This is a hassle and I feel your above method could provide the solution.

However, I DO NOT use Rox pinboard feature (I like to have a clean desktop) and only use Rox panel. I kwonder if the above will work in this case or which tweaking will be required for the purpose.

Any comments/suggestions will be most welcome. Thanks

Hector

The scripts posted here are neither perfect nor optimized. They do work for me though, so I posted them. If anyone wants to correct/optimize them I’d be glad if he posted his work someplace and notified me by a comment here. That’s what the open source is all about..right ?

Are you sure you have succesfully edited the .ivman/IvmConfigProperties.xml config file ?
The relevant part should look quite like this:

<ivm:Option name="checkOnInit" value="false" />
<ivm:Match name="*" value="true">
<ivm:Property name="hal.volume.is_mounted">
<ivm:Action value="true" exec='/usr/bin/rox.panelput Add "$hal.volume.mount_point$" "$hal.volume.label$"' />
</ivm:Property>
</ivm:Match>


I have followed the recipe, but I have one problem that I cannot get to work and that is that I don’t get ivman to call the rox.panelput Add

I mean if I punmount a usbstick then rox.panelput Remove is always run, but as the usb stick is put in the usb the rox.panelput Add is not called. I checked this by running another program at the beginning of rox.panelput and it is only run when punmount

Any ideas?