A further solution is to punt pcmanfm and either live without a graphical file manager or install one that plays better. This solves it going rogue. I find the fm in MATE, more stable.I think I have this sorted now. It looks like the solution is just to kill pcmanfm and be done with it (*).
P.S. I'd still like to know WHY this happens - why these two programs and only on specific machines in specific (unidentified) circumstances.
I do find some limited use for automounting, since it saves me having to manually mount filesystems I treat as removable/temporary. All normally used/connected stuff is mounted via fstab. I completely agree with your first 2 points.
Statistics: Posted by bjtheone — Thu Sep 26, 2024 5:43 pm