Richard

I'm sure there is *valid* reasons for my USB Media mounting under /run/media/username/devicename

rather than something like /media/username/device name

if I was a nooby I wouldn't ever think to look inside /run

#Linux

Jul 6, 2023 at 1:48pmWeb
Show threadpopeyJul 6, 2023
@gnuGeek Surely you just open your file manager (or file picker) and see "USB Stick" Or "Sandisk 32GB" and click on it, not caring for the implementation details of where it's mounted?
Show threadRichardJul 6, 2023
@popey I would have normally not have needed to find it. but I had used this stick on a different machine and the user:groups didn't match so I had to chown it back to something I cound access . but normally yes, I'd not notice.
Show threadTwasheJul 6, 2023

@gnuGeek @popey

Pretty sure Linux file managers will give you the location in the GUI after selecting it, I just copy and paste it into a terminal if need be. I don't think I can say the same about windows but then again I don't understand windows at all

Show threadRichardJul 6, 2023
@Twashe @popey I'm not questioning how to find it as that's easy from the gui, I was wondering why inside /run/media. I can't check as I'm on the school pick up but I'm sure there's a /media directory as well by default. Of course I'm just a grumbling old git who's possibly misremembering it was /mnt or /media when I used Gentoo
Show threadpopeyJul 6, 2023
@gnuGeek @Twashe Oh it used to mount under /media. The change happened upstream somewhere likely in systemd.
Show threadTwasheJul 6, 2023
@gnuGeek @popey ah I remember now. My bad. I've been on fedora for sometime now as a daily driver. Prior to that I just using VMs on windows till I finally gave windows the boot. But if I think way back I remember /media/
Show threadRichardJul 7, 2023

@Twashe @popey
KDE neon it is /media/user/device

I just thought it was odd to move it from /media/ to /run/media

I'm sure there is a perfectly legit reason above my paygrade

Show threadpopeyJul 7, 2023
@gnuGeek @Twashe I just don't see the problem. This was a fact you didn't know, and now you know. Just all all previous facts, like the old times when it was mounted under /media, or before then when USB sticks weren't automounted at all, and you had to type a command. Things change.
Show threadTwasheJul 8, 2023

@gnuGeek @popey

Makes more sense under media. IMHO and maybe there is a legit reason

Show threadafrangry 🇺🇦Jul 6, 2023
@gnuGeek why do you even have a /run in the first place? I've never seen this directory anywhere
Show threadRichardJul 6, 2023
@afrangry i"m sure it was there with Fedora and on this ArchLinux Install I'm testing it has it too , it is full of these goodies
Show threadafrangry 🇺🇦Jul 6, 2023
@gnuGeek wow, I'm gonna go check my Ubuntu right now ; )
Show threadsparseMatrixJul 6, 2023

@gnuGeek

Mine actually does mount on /media/username./device on debian buster (?) whatever the latest one is

Show threadRichardJul 6, 2023

@sparseMatrix that is interesting 🤔.
I'm having a bit of a distro hope for science that's still on my to-do.

I haven't used Debian full time since wheezy (7)