Disk Usage Analyzer issue

[kitnoman]

So this is with the steam deck and I’m looking at a guide on how to view add the micro ad card to disk usage analyzer. However, there’s no way for me to type the sd card’s address. Which setting do I go to to add the option of type an address bar?

 

[Electronics Wizardy]

There should be a scroll bar for the left hand bar. Scroll down to other location, then computer, and you see all the files on /. I think the sd card is under /run/media.

[kitnoman]

1 hour ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

There should be a scroll bar for the left hand bar. Scroll down to other location, then computer, and you see all the files on /. I think the sd card is under /run/media.

Tried it, still did not work. the address that I got from the net is /run/media/mmcblk0p1/ but nothing happens when I type it in. The bar seems to be only for server address or I got the sd card address wrong.

[kitnoman]

I found a work around. I just when to the sd card and use “open with” on each main folder   Just a bit more messy as I can’t find a way to use “open with” the whole micro sd. But if someone can point me to where I can right click and use “open with” on the whole sd card or a way to add an address bar where I can type the whole sd card location, it would really help.

 

 

 

[Ralphred]

qdirstat has always been my `goto` program for directory use analysis, I'd be quite surprised if you can't find a copy in an arch repo.

 

There may be a hard coded filter on /run/media/* as this would be the default location for removable media, not considered part of your computers "hard disks".

Bind mounting the sd card to a point in /mnt/ should fix this if it's the cause:

sudo -i || sudo su || su
mkdir /mnt/sdcard 
mount /run/media/mmcblk0p1 /mnt/sdcard --bind
#and to undo/clean up this
umount /mnt/sdcard
rmdir /mnt/sdcard

*IF* is is the cause /mnt/sdcard should show up as a drive option in your disk analysis software, and show under "devices" in dolphin (doesn't work that way without interaction in other file managers IME)

[kitnoman]

32 minutes ago, Ralphred said:

qdirstat has always been my `goto` program for directory use analysis, I'd be quite surprised if you can't find a copy in an arch repo.

 

There may be a hard coded filter on /run/media/* as this would be the default location for removable media, not considered part of your computers "hard disks".

Bind mounting the sd card to a point in /mnt/ should fix this if it's the cause:

sudo -i || sudo su || su
mkdir /mnt/sdcard 
mount /run/media/mmcblk0p1 /mnt/sdcard --bind
#and to undo/clean up this
umount /mnt/sdcard
rmdir /mnt/sdcard

*IF* is is the cause /mnt/sdcard should show up as a drive option in your disk analysis software, and show under "devices" in dolphin (doesn't work that way without interaction in other file managers IME)

I might not have explained the issue clearly. It's not that I can't find it. I can access it just fine, using the regular file manager, dolphin. It's just that using the app disk usage analyzer, for me to add the whole sd card, I would need to type the sd card address. But unlike the videos and guides I saw, when I click scan folder, there's no address bar for me to type and without the that bar, I can only view the internal ssd folders.

[Ralphred]

1 hour ago, kitnoman said:

I can only view the internal ssd folders.

Because it's considered and external disk by gtk/gnome apps; either use an app that lets you take more control (like qdirstat), or trick the app you are using into displaying it...