On 04/25/2016 09:55 AM, Rob Owens wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Bob" <bob@???>
>
>> Which desktops work without systemd?
>> A list would be nice.
>
> For all of you stating that such-and-such desktop works without systemd,
> I have a couple questions:
>
> 1) Does usb auto-mounting work? (or at least usb click-to-mount)

You need to have gvfs installed if you want an icon to pop up on the
desktop when you plug in a usb drive. You can have xfce without gvfs. I'm
not sure about the other desktops.

> 2)  Do music players (like Rhythmbox, Guayadeque, Quodlibet) properly
>     recognize a usb stick as removable media which they can copy/transcode
>     files to?

I think they just recognize whatever filesystems are mounted. Not sure
what they use to recognize an audio CD.

>
> I ask because I had trouble with that sort of thing in the past, when using
> Debian Jessie without systemd.
>
> -Rob

gvfs (or gvfs-daemons) requires libsystemd0. If you were keeping that out,
that would account for trouble with automounting usb.

-fsr