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| public:computers:dbus_automount [10/02/26 11:29 GMT] – created john | public:computers:dbus_automount [16/02/26 08:40 GMT] (current) – [Further Information] john |
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| nm-applet & | nm-applet & |
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| /home/g4slv/Downloads/Nextcloud-4.0.3-x86_64.AppImage & | |
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| exec dwm | exec dwm |
| But Thunar complained that ''it appears you don't have gvfs'' or similar... | But Thunar complained that ''it appears you don't have gvfs'' or similar... |
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| I briefly tried installing the ''MATE'' Desktop environment - and then spent a log time forcing it to use ''DWM'' as window manager, and turning off as much as I could | I briefly tried installing the ''MATE'' Desktop environment - and then spent a long time forcing it to use ''DWM'' as window manager, and turning off as much as I could |
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| * uninstalled ''caja'' | * uninstalled ''caja'' |
| * edited via ''dconf-editor'' to make ''dwm'' start as window manager.... | * edited via ''dconf-editor'' to make ''dwm'' start as window manager.... |
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| Then ''Thunar'' was happy with ''gvfs'' and would ''automount'' a USB drive (or Swiss Micros calculator's USB drive). | Then ''Thunar'' //**was**// happy with ''gvfs'' and would ''automount'' a USB drive (or more importantly my Swiss Micros calculator's USB drive). |
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| But I wasn't happy with this as a solution - too messy and too much crap going on - messing up the appearance of GTK-aware apps like ''claws-mail'' and ''GNUCASH'' | But I wasn't happy with this as a solution - too messy and too much crap going on - messing up the appearance of GTK-aware apps like ''claws-mail'' and ''GNUCASH'' |
| The answer isn't to add an invocation of ''DBUS'' into my ''~/.xinitrc'' as I first thought. | The answer isn't to add an invocation of ''DBUS'' into my ''~/.xinitrc'' as I first thought. |
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| The answer is to let ''X11'' start via the **SYSTEM** ''xinitrc'' **AS LONG AS I DON'T HAVE A ''~/.xinitrc'' ** - which will start various other things, including ''DBUS'' as the ''XSession'' is spun-up via ''startx'' | The answer is to let ''X11'' start via the **SYSTEM** ''xinitrc'' which only happens **as long as I don't have my own ''~/.xinitrc''** |
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| Then the process finished by running my ''~/.xsession'' file - which is just my ''~/.xinitrc'' file renamed to ''~/.xsession'' | Starting ''X'' this way which will then run various other things, including ''DBUS'', as the ''XSession'' is spun-up via ''startx'' |
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| | Then the process is finished by running my file ''~/.xsession'' - which is actually just my ''~/.xinitrc'' file renamed to ''~/.xsession''. |
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| I found this at [[https://momi.ca/posts/2021-10-11-startxdebian/]] which describes my own situation perfectly, and the solution works perfectly. | I found this at [[https://momi.ca/posts/2021-10-11-startxdebian/]] which describes my own situation perfectly, and the solution works perfectly. |
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