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Automounting removable drives with udiskie.

Installation

sudo pacman -S udiskie udisks2

Usage

Start udiskie

Run in background (auto-mounts drives):

udiskie &

With tray icon:

udiskie --tray &

Hyprland Integration

Add to ~/.config/hypr/hyprland.conf:

exec-once = udiskie --tray

Configuration

Config location: ~/.config/udiskie/config.yml

program_options:
  tray: true
  notify: true
  automount: true
  
device_config:
  - device_file: /dev/sda1
    options:
      - noexec

Manual Control

# Mount
udisksctl mount -b /dev/sdb1

# Unmount
udisksctl unmount -b /dev/sdb1

# Power off (safely eject)
udisksctl power-off -b /dev/sdb

# List drives
lsblk

Encrypted Drives

udiskie handles LUKS-encrypted drives automatically — prompts for password when detected.

For command line:

# Unlock
udisksctl unlock -b /dev/sdb1

# Then mount
udisksctl mount -b /dev/dm-0

Mount Points

By default, drives mount to /run/media/$USER/<label>

Tips

• Use --no-automount if you prefer manual mounting
• Notifications require a notification daemon (e.g., 10-19 LIFE/13 TECH SETUP/13.13 OS SETUP/Mako)
• For NTFS support: sudo pacman -S ntfs-3g

Resources

• GitHub: https://github.com/coldfix/udiskie
• Arch Wiki: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Udisks