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Redsandro
Asked: 2013-03-06 02:18:07 +0800 CST

How do I gvfs-mount without opening a file manager window?

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I like to have my devices mounted in Nautilus/Nemo by default when I log in, so I can have symlinks to certain directories.

And I don't mean a custom mount or a mount with 10 lines of cryptSetup and luksOpen commands that would require me to hardcode a LUKS password. Not only because, but also because it is not compatible with the devices list in Nautilus/Nemo.

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To do this, I can have an autostart script (Startup Applications) using gvfs-mount -d like so, very easy to maintain and it will automatically get LUKS-passwords from the keyring if necessary:

#!/usr/bin/env bash

# Redsandro 2013-03-01
# Mount (LUKS) drives and such

doMount() {
    # Devices change every now and then. UUID does not.
    DEV=`ls -l --color=never /dev/disk/by-uuid/ | grep $UUID | cut -d\>  -f2 | cut -d/ -f3`
    gvfs-mount -d /dev/$DEV
}

# LUKS-1TB
# /dev/sdb1
UUID='9dd6df52-c901-4b70-8151-27086ba7db16'
doMount

# Projects 1TB
# /dev/sdd1
UUID='6b01a30e-af6e-48b4-810a-f9824558f041'
doMount

# MyBook 1
# /dev/sdc2
UUID='b36a4a52-a73d-43b5-a96a-d92074b8ef3f'
doMount

# MyBook 2
# /dev/sdc3
UUID='c771609f-018e-45a4-b4f3-5eebc8e67c83'
doMount

However, this will open a window for every device. How can I prevent those windows from opening?

bash

2 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    The answer is here (in another question) for Nautilus:

    • In GUI
      Install and/or run dconf-editor. Browse to org -> gnome -> desktop - media-handling.
      Uncheck automount-open.

    • In Terminal

      gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.media-handling automount-open false

    There should be a similar option for Nemo since it is a fork of Nautilus.

    Note that this will prevent Nautilus to open windows for any new mounted device (including USB keys).

    There is no simple mean I'm aware of to selectively open windows for some devices and not for others (eg. there are means, but not simple; they require scripting and technical knowledge).

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  2. This is wrong! You need to edit /etc/fstab. this is a sample :

    /dev/sda1   /   ext2    defaults    1 1
/dev/sda2   /home/mostafa/musics    ext2    defaults    1 2

    In the above, device /dev/sda2 is mounted to /home/mostafa/Musics

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