[xubuntu] thunar is opened when insering usb key even if nautilus is the preferred file manager

[Paolo Benvenuto]

xubuntu bionic (but it seems to me that xenial had the same issue).

Install nautilus and set as default file manager.

When an usb key is inserted, thunar is used to open it automatically

[Dg1727-p (dg1727-p)]

(XFCE 4.10 on Xubuntu 12.10)

In the thunar-volman GUI, "Browse removable media when inserted" is enabled.

On the (applications menu) > Settings Manager > Preferred Applications > Utilities tab, "File Manager" is set to something other than Thunar. (I selected Nautilus.)

When a removable volume is inserted, and then XFCE auto-mounts & auto-browses the volume, the file manager used for the auto-browse is always Thunar, instead of what the user selected.

[Paolo Benvenuto (donpaolo)]

isn't there an "xfce4-volman" app? That would be the right solution

[Paolo Benvenuto (donpaolo)]

The bug happens when in the thunar-volman GUI, "Browse removable media when inserted" is enabled.

Too, on the (applications menu) > Settings Manager > Preferred Applications > Utilities tab, "File Manager" is set to something other than Thunar. (I selected Nautilus.)

When a removable volume is inserted, and then XFCE auto-mounts & auto- browses the volume, the file manager used for the auto-browse is always Thunar, instead of what the user selected.

Since xfce permits to select different file managers besides the standard one, thunar, a drop down list should be presented in thunar-volman in order to permit the user to manage the volumes with their preferred file manager

[Alexxcons-x (alexxcons-x)]

Hah, interesting configuration, so you are running a thunar daemon in the background, featuring thunar-volman, just to open some other file-manager :P

Note that this service will be gone, if you should choose to uninstall thunar.

But yes, valid point that the default file-manager should be used ... this is easy to fix, just give me a moment.

[Alexxcons-x (alexxcons-x)]

Created attachment 8093
fix

added patch (dont have push access for thunar-volman yet)

[Gitbot (gitbot)]

Alexander Schwinn referenced this bugreport in commit 608dd1d0ae60e58080d18d423ca6024354bc24f8

Autobrowse of removable media opens Thunar, not the user-selected file manager (bug #9537)

https://git.xfce.org/xfce/thunar-volman/commit?id=608dd1d0ae60e58080d18d423ca6024354bc24f8

[Alexxcons-x (alexxcons-x)]

fixed, will be released in thunar-volman 0.10.0

[Paolo Benvenuto (donpaolo)]

@alexxcons thank you!

[Andreldm-2 (andreldm-2)]

0.9.1 actually

[Sean Davis (bluesabre)]

Resolved in thunar-volman 0.9.1. Marking this issue as resolved.