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After a fresh installation of Salix 13.37 all is ok in my computer. But after some time two windows are opened on my desktop when I insert an usb key. After another some time the number of windows is duplicated, and so on. Now, when I insert an usb key, 16 windows are opened.
The problem is very annoying. Any idea for solution ? Thanks in advance.

Hi, byteman -

Which desktop edition of Salix are you using -- XFCE, KDE, LXDE, or Fluxbox?

Do tailf /var/log/messages and insert your USB stick. You'll see that it gets detected. Now watch the output further to see if it gets redetected after some time and therefore a new window is opened again.

Salix Xfce 13.37

Thanks for the reply, byteman -

Since your question was unanswered at the time, I asked which desktop, assuming that that was relevant to the problem, (Also because I'm having a similar issue with GNOME under FreeBSD, but that's another story...)

Now that thenktor has weighed in, following his advice would be the most effective way to resolve the issue:

thenktor wrote:Do tailf /var/log/messages and insert your USB stick. You'll see that it gets detected. Now watch the output further to see if it gets redetected after some time and therefore a new window is opened again.

It was interesting to learn about tailf vs. the traditional 'tail -f' technique.

Hi, thenktor
thanks for your tip, this is the result after insertion of USB stick:

Oct 4 22:56:45 darkstar kernel: [19738.059011] usb 1-5: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3
Oct 4 22:56:45 darkstar kernel: [19738.183318] usb 1-5: New USB device found, idVendor=13fe, idProduct=1f00
Oct 4 22:56:45 darkstar kernel: [19738.183321] usb 1-5: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
Oct 4 22:56:45 darkstar kernel: [19738.183323] usb 1-5: Product: DataTraveler 2.0
Oct 4 22:56:45 darkstar kernel: [19738.183325] usb 1-5: Manufacturer: Kingston
Oct 4 22:56:45 darkstar kernel: [19738.183326] usb 1-5: SerialNumber: 5B820B0027CA
Oct 4 22:56:45 darkstar kernel: [19738.183738] scsi7 : usb-storage 1-5:1.0
Oct 4 22:56:46 darkstar kernel: [19739.184263] scsi 7:0:0:0: Direct-Access Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 PMAP PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS
Oct 4 22:56:46 darkstar kernel: [19739.184479] sd 7:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg6 type 0
Oct 4 22:56:48 darkstar kernel: [19740.469193] sd 7:0:0:0: [sde] 3903488 512-byte logical blocks: (1.99 GB/1.86 GiB)
Oct 4 22:56:48 darkstar kernel: [19740.469686] sd 7:0:0:0: [sde] Write Protect is off
Oct 4 22:56:48 darkstar kernel: [19740.472462] sde: sde1
Oct 4 22:56:48 darkstar kernel: [19740.473689] sd 7:0:0:0: [sde] Attached SCSI removable disk
Oct 4 22:56:50 darkstar Thunar: Trash directory /media/KNGST2GB/.Trash-1000 exists, but didn't pass the security checks, can't use it
Oct 4 22:56:50 darkstar last message repeated 8 times
Oct 4 22:56:50 darkstar xfdesktop: Trash directory /media/KNGST2GB/.Trash-1000 exists, but didn't pass the security checks, can't use it
Oct 4 22:56:50 darkstar hald: mounted /dev/sde1 on behalf of uid 1000
Oct 4 22:56:50 darkstar Thunar: Trash directory /media/KNGST2GB/.Trash-1000 exists, but didn't pass the security checks, can't use it
Oct 4 22:56:50 darkstar last message repeated 8 times
Oct 4 22:56:50 darkstar xfdesktop: Trash directory /media/KNGST2GB/.Trash-1000 exists, but didn't pass the security checks, can't use it

byteman wrote: Oct 4 22:56:48 darkstar kernel: [19740.472462] sde: sde1
Oct 4 22:56:48 darkstar kernel: [19740.473689] sd 7:0:0:0: [sde] Attached SCSI removable disk

Your device has been detected here. The question is: does such a message appear again when a new window opens up?

EDIT: And does this happen with other USB keys, too?

Hello thenktor,
after your answer I did several tests with usb sticks. Well, the message following the insertion of the USB key is not replicated when opening multiple windows. But if I insert another usb stick a new similar message appears, only one time while another set of multiple windows is opened.

Thank you in advance for your help

OK, so my first assumption was wrong. Kernel and hardware work fine. Please check if there are more thunar processes running than needed: ps ax | grep thunar

I checked (ps aux |grep thunar) for more thunar processes running than needed. No thunar process is running before usb stick insertion, and the same happens after.
I noticed that the same effect (multiple windows) happens even when I insert a CD into the player.