View Full Version : [SOLVED] disable auto mounting of USB drives & File Browser
George Heine
August 24th, 2009, 02:31 AM
Just installed Ubuntu 9.04, and trying to do some configuration.
Found this item on the forum from October 2006:
"Re: How to disable hardware detection for a CD drive
To disable automatic mount of cd/dvds in Gnome, you should go to:
System->Preferences->Removable Drives and Media..."
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Actually I want to disable automatic mounts of -any- removable media,
-and- also disable the Gnome popup of the 'File Browser' screen.
There doesn't seem to be a "Removable Drives and Media" in System>Preferences
anymore. So, how?
thank you for any help you can give !
George Heine
aysiu
August 24th, 2009, 05:36 AM
Yeah, it moved.
Places > Home > Edit > Preferences > Media
George Heine
August 25th, 2009, 05:16 PM
Thanks, but am still lost.
Am away from the Ubuntu box at the moment, but from memory -
My "Places" menu does not have an entry for "Home".
There is an entry for "Home Directory", but it just opens a File Browser to /home/<username>.
Is there a way to disable automounting/file browser by either
(1) editing one of gnome's configuration files (there seem to be dozens of them);
(2) avoiding gnome altogether and just editing the system config files (for example,
put lines such as "/dev/sdb1....noauto." in /etc/fstab.). Has anyone tried this?
What about File Browser? Personally, I never use it and would be happy to get rid
of it.
thanks again for your help -
aysiu
August 25th, 2009, 05:39 PM
Thanks, but am still lost.
Am away from the Ubuntu box at the moment, but from memory -
My "Places" menu does not have an entry for "Home".
There is an entry for "Home Directory", but it just opens a File Browser to /home/<username>. That's exactly what you want.
And when the file browser opens, click on Edit > Preferences and then navigate to the Media tab.
cong06
July 30th, 2010, 04:54 PM
in Lucid, uncheck "browse media when inserted"
or run:
gconftool --set /apps/nautilus/preferences/media_automount_open --type bool "false"
There is also:
gconftool --set /apps/nautilus/preferences/media_automount --type bool "false"
Which I think skips auto-mount all together.
George Heine
November 28th, 2010, 03:43 PM
cong06 -
Checked this old thread while preparing to install a new OS, and found your response.
Both of your command-line ideas work perfectly -- was able to turn on and off both automatic
browsing of newly mounted systems, and turn off automount altogether.
Clearly, I need to learn about gconftool.
Thanks !
Marked the thread as solved.
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