Auto-Mounting Partitions, Power Management and Indicator Applets
Hello Ubuntu Community!
I've recently made the switch, replacing my Windows 7 installation with Lubuntu 13.10 (x64) - after making a few modifications and customizations, I can say I am very pleased with this sytem! However, I have come across a few issues with the system that I can't seem to find a solution to.
Issue #1 - When partitions are automatically mounted on login, authentication is required (SOLVED):
I have set two partitions to auto-mount upon login, as they are depended on by both my music manager (Clementine) and Steam (I have my steam directory installed on another hard drive). However, I am required to input my password after I've logged in to allow the automatic mount to take place. This is a small inconvenience, but one that I hope has a simple fix.
SOLUTION:
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Originally Posted by
vasa1
Issue #2 - Xfce Power Manager doesn't do anything (SOLVED):
Lubuntu comes with Xfce Power Manager as the default power management application. It automatically starts up - I can see it in the task manager. However, I have set my displays not to go to sleep ever, but they do. The settings I have set withing the power manager are ignored/do not work, even though the service is running.
SOLUTION:
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Originally Posted by
Jeremy Reid
However, just by checking the box labelled "monitor power management control" within xfce power management, my issue has been resolved. My screens haven't gone to sleep at all, after being left for three hours. They used to go to sleep every 15 minutes or so.
Issue #3 - Indicator Applets (SOLVED):
The indicator applet panel item does not seem to change it's background colour to the colour of my panel - see here (bottom right): https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...op%201_002.png
Is there a way to either make the background to the indicator applet transparent or change the colour manually?
SOLUTION:
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Originally Posted by
Dennis N
To be sure everything changes properly, you need to keep the theme (under the wigets tab) as "Lubuntu default"
(i.e. themes cause this issue)
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Thanks for your support everyone!
Jeremy
Re: Auto-Mounting Paritions, Power Management and Indicator Applets
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Originally Posted by
Jeremy Reid
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Issue #1 - When partitions are automatically mounted on login, authentication is required:
I have set two partitions to auto-mount upon login, as they are depended on by both my music manager (Clementine) and Steam (I have my steam directory installed on another hard drive). However, I am required to input my password after I've logged in to allow the automatic mount to take place. This is a small inconvenience, but one that I hope has a simple fix.
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See if this helps: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lu...er/002875.html although things may have changed since then.
Re: Auto-Mounting Paritions, Power Management and Indicator Applets
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Originally Posted by
vasa1
Trying this out now - I've installed it and will now reboot.
UPDATE:
It worked - thanks for that!
Re: Auto-Mounting Partitions, Power Management and Indicator Applets
I still need some help with Issue #2 and Issue #3 if anyone has some time... :-)
Re: Auto-Mounting Partitions, Power Management and Indicator Applets
Your #3:
Set panel background to solid color (panel settings > appearance tab) , and choose a color in the color selector dialog. Indicators and clock background will change also. Set opacity to 0 (zero), and all become transparent to the wallpaper (including any window buttons). The pager stays as is. Just checked on 13.10 to be sure.
Re: Auto-Mounting Partitions, Power Management and Indicator Applets
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Originally Posted by
Dennis N
Your #3:
Set panel background to solid color (panel settings > appearance tab) , and choose a color in the color selector dialog. Indicators and clock background will change also.
Hasn't changed at all - am I missing something?
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/49669128/bar.png
Re: Auto-Mounting Partitions, Power Management and Indicator Applets
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Originally Posted by
Jeremy Reid
To be sure everything changes properly, you need to keep the theme (under the wigets tab) as "Lubuntu default" or possibly one of the others offered there. I tried "Clearlooks" and "Crux" and they both work too. If I try one not in the default selection, like greybird, I get results like yours. (I did not check all the default themes; I leave that to you). But, outside themes that you install are problematic to be sure.
Re: Auto-Mounting Partitions, Power Management and Indicator Applets
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Originally Posted by
Dennis N
To be sure everything changes properly, you need to keep the theme (under the wigets tab) as "Lubuntu default"
You're right - changed the theme to Lubuntu Default and it fixed it right up. It was one of my custom themes that was causing the bother. Do you know what I would need to modify to make the theme work? (If you don't know, don't worry)
Re: Auto-Mounting Partitions, Power Management and Indicator Applets
Now we just need to find out why power management doesn't work! (Issue #2)
Re: Auto-Mounting Partitions, Power Management and Indicator Applets
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Originally Posted by
Jeremy Reid
Now we just need to find out why power management doesn't work! (Issue #2)
I see the same problem with the monitor not staying on. In my case, when I open the power manager dialog, it informs me that power manager is NOT running. Task manager confirms this - no xfce4-power-manager shows. No solution yet.
On my Lubuntu 12.10 machine, power manager does start monitoring at boot up. To keep the monitor from sleeping, I just unchecked "monitor power management control" and set everything else to never. Otherwise, monitor would sleep in 10-15 mins. The screensaver is set to blank in 30 mins and functions as expected.