antiX19.1 and spaceFM not mounting partitions

[Member seaken64]

Can someone tell me if this is normal behavior for antiX? I am using the current antiX-19.1.

I opened spaceFM as my user. I have several partitions on this computer and they are all listed on the left pane. One of these is a FAT32 partition that I use to share files between other OS/Distros. If I click on this partition an error message comes up basically saying the partition can be mounted but the expected mount directory does not exist.

I move to the /media directory and attempt to add a new folder that matches the folder name mentioned in the error message. I am prevented from creating this folder due to permissions.

I start up a root terminal and then launch spacefm as root. I browse to the /media folder and create the new folder, /media/FAT32DATA. Then I click on the FAT32DATA partition on the left panel and the directory is mounted and opened.

I close down root spacefm and root terminal. Then I again open spaceFM as my user. Now I can click on the FAT32DATA on the list and it is mounted and opens up. I reboot and test again. I can now access the partition as my user when I click on the partition on the left side.

So, is this normal? I expected spaceFM to mount the partition when I clicked on it. But as my user it does not work unless I first setup the /media/(partiton name) as root. Why can’t user spaceFM create a mount point and mount the partition?

If this is normal behavior for antiX I will probably want to add the partitions I want to mount to the /etc/fstab file.

Thanks,
Seaken64

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There seems to be a bug with setting up partitions during installation (running live seems to work fine).

Delete /etc/fstab file (after making a backup) and then type in a terminal

sudo make-fstab

Your partitions should now appear under /media

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[Member seaken64]

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Okay, Thanks, I will try that.

[Member seaken64]

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Yes, that did help improve the situation. Now I can mount the partitions using the standard user spaceFM.

There was a list in the original /etc/fstab file also. But after deleting it and rebuilding with make-fstab everything seems to be in order.

Thank you,
Seaken64

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