Kicksecure Removable Media plugin (18.0.8.7 Feedback)

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Installation Details

Version: Kicksecure 17.4.4.6

Install medium: Sandisk USB

Partition format: ext4 (auto-formatted)

This post is about what I believe to be called the Volume Manager plugin.

  • System volumes shown

After install I noticed the “Removable Media” plugin on the lxqt panel in the upper right corner shows /boot, /rootfs, and /efi as mount points. Can the widget be told to ignore system or not show system volumes? I can see users accidentally unmounting these.

  • “Removable Media” showing on center of desktop at boot

After I booted I saw the panel plugin the center of screen as if it was a desktop icon but after like 5 seconds it disappeared. My guess is it is a bug with Wayland? Thought I would mention it.

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Are you sure you got the version number right?

There is really no need to get started with version 17 at this point. Highly discouraged. Reports against 17 will be mostly moot. Unless it’s a high severity security bug or release upgrade issue, nothing will happen to version 17.

See also: Kicksecure 18 Released! Major Release Upgrade!

Kicksecure 17 came with Xfce by default.
Kicksecure 18 comes with LXQt by default.
Hence, I am wondering if you’re actually using version 17 or 18?

If the version number is wrong, please edit in your recent reports.

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Are you sure you got the version number right?

Sadly I did not, I goofed on this one bad. I saw that other thread about that version and thought that was the most recent.

I’m on 18.0.8.7 with LXQT.

The edit option doesn’t appear for me?

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It does look like you can’t hide system volumes?

I tried hidding the Network tab in PCManFM-Qt with luck by trying to add:

[Places]
HiddenPlaces=network;

in ~/.config/pcmanfm-qt/default/settings.conf and ~/.config/pcmanfm-qt/lxqt/settings.conf but manually check “hide” in the GUI worked but we should figure out how to globally set it for the conf

I also saw and took note of:

[Volume]
AutoRun=true
MountOnStartup=true
MountRemovable=true

~/.config/pcmanfm-qt/lxqt/settings.conf should that be disabled or would that effect users like myself that fully installed the system on USB or SD card?

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This should be disabled, and you can manually disable it. See:

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