Auto-mount drives/partitions option

[Damjan Aleksiev]

It would be great to have an auto-mount drive/partition option in Files. For example, if I right click the partition, there should be a checkbox that turns this on or off.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: elementary OS 0.2
Package: elementary-desktop 1.289-0~363~precise1 [origin: LP-PPA-elementary-os-daily]
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-35.55-generic 3.2.34
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-35-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu15+elementary3~precise1
Architecture: amd64
CrashDB: elementary_meta
Date: Sun Dec 30 14:46:47 2012
InstallationMedia: elementary OS 0.2 "Luna" - Beta 1 amd64 (20121114)
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: elementary-meta
SuspiciousXErrors:

ThirdParty: True
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Sergey "Shnatsel" Davidoff (shnatsel)]

What does this have to do with Gala? I assume this is about Pantheon Files, the *file* manager.

[CruelAngel (hendricha)]

Idea: Show a notification when plugging in drive. Since now notifications are clickable, if the user clicks on the notification, it should automount the drive and open it in files. Otherwise keep it unmounted.

[mark (mark-internet)]

I was impressed with this OS, until I inserted a USB stick.
The inability to auto mount is an issue for me.
On other linuxes, if you right click on the icon on the desktop, you can get properties for the usb drive.
This issue may be enough to have me return to linux mint.

Sorry.

[Jeremy Wootten (jeremywootten)]

In elementaryos, FIles does not manage the desktop so is not necessarily running when you insert a drive.

[Jeremy Wootten (jeremywootten)]

After some discussion it has been decided not to use Files to fix this.