Michael Biebl tested to use hal-device --add to generate the approporiate HAL event, but this one caused KDE to crash because some value is missing. Posting it her to have it documented.
cat > /tmp/device-info.txt <<EOF block.is_volume = true (bool) info.capabilities = {'volume', 'block'} (string list) info.category = 'volume' (string) info.interfaces = {'org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Volume'} (string list) info.product = 'LTSP' (string) info.parent = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer' (string) volume.fstype = 'ltspfs' (string) volume.fsusage = 'filesystem' (string) volume.ignore = false (bool) volume.is_disc = false (bool) volume.is_mounted = true (bool) volume.is_mounted_read_only = false (bool) volume.is_partition = false (bool) volume.label = 'LTSP' (string) volume.mount_point = '/media/ltsp' (string) EOF hal-device --add LTSP < /tmp/device-info.txt The missing value might be possible to figure out by reading <URL: file:///usr/share/doc/hal-doc/spec/hal-spec.html >. When I use lshal, I see these entries listed for my USB stick, when it is inserted but not mounted yet. Perhaps some of these values are required? udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_90c_1000_A800000000026288_if0_scsi _host_scsi_device_lun0' info.linux.driver = 'sd' (string) info.parent = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_90c_1000_A800000000026288_if0_scsi_host' (string) info.product = 'SCSI Device' (string) info.subsystem = 'scsi' (string) info.udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_90c_1000_A800000000026288_if0_scsi_host_scsi_device_lun0' (string) linux.hotplug_type = 2 (0x2) (int) linux.subsystem = 'scsi' (string) linux.sysfs_path = '/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb5/5-4/5-4:1.0/host10/target10:0:0/10:0:0:0' (string) scsi.bus = 0 (0x0) (int) scsi.host = 10 (0xa) (int) scsi.lun = 0 (0x0) (int) scsi.model = 'Flash Voyager' (string) scsi.target = 0 (0x0) (int) scsi.type = 'disk' (string) scsi.vendor = 'Corsair' (string) udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_serial_Corsair_Flash_Voyager_A800000000026288_0_0' block.device = '/dev/sdb' (string) block.is_volume = false (bool) block.major = 8 (0x8) (int) block.minor = 16 (0x10) (int) block.storage_device = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_serial_Corsair_Flash_Voyager_A800000000026288_0_0' (string) info.addons = {'hald-addon-storage'} (string list) info.capabilities = {'storage', 'block'} (string list) info.category = 'storage' (string) info.interfaces = {'org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Storage.Removable'} (string list) info.parent = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_90c_1000_A800000000026288_if0_scsi_host_scsi_device_lun0' (string) info.product = 'Flash Voyager' (string) info.udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_serial_Corsair_Flash_Voyager_A800000000026288_0_0' (string) info.vendor = 'Corsair' (string) linux.hotplug_type = 3 (0x3) (int) linux.sysfs_path = '/sys/block/sdb' (string) storage.automount_enabled_hint = true (bool) storage.bus = 'usb' (string) storage.drive_type = 'disk' (string) storage.firmware_version = '1100' (string) storage.hotpluggable = true (bool) storage.lun = 0 (0x0) (int) storage.media_check_enabled = true (bool) storage.model = 'Flash Voyager' (string) storage.no_partitions_hint = false (bool) storage.originating_device = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_90c_1000_A800000000026288_if0' (string) storage.partitioning_scheme = 'mbr' (string) storage.removable = true (bool) storage.removable.media_available = true (bool) storage.removable.media_size = 4060086272 (0xf2000000) (uint64) storage.removable.support_async_notification = false (bool) storage.requires_eject = false (bool) storage.serial = 'Corsair_Flash_Voyager_A800000000026288-0:0' (string) storage.size = 0 (0x0) (uint64) storage.vendor = 'Corsair' (string) udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/volume_uuid_1f59d4b0_08d4_4551_aa27_f777df5cffb6' block.device = '/dev/sdb1' (string) block.is_volume = true (bool) block.major = 8 (0x8) (int) block.minor = 17 (0x11) (int) block.storage_device = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_serial_Corsair_Flash_Voyager_A800000000026288_0_0' (string) info.capabilities = {'volume', 'block'} (string list) info.category = 'volume' (string) info.interfaces = {'org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Volume'} (string list) info.parent = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_serial_Corsair_Flash_Voyager_A800000000026288_0_0' (string) info.product = 'Volume (ext3)' (string) info.udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/volume_uuid_1f59d4b0_08d4_4551_aa27_f777df5cffb6' (string) linux.hotplug_type = 3 (0x3) (int) linux.sysfs_path = '/sys/block/sdb/sdb1' (string) org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Volume.method_argnames = {'mount_point fstype extra_options', 'extra_options', 'extra_options'} (string list) org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Volume.method_execpaths = {'hal-storage-mount', 'hal-storage-unmount', 'hal-storage-eject'} (string list) org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Volume.method_names = {'Mount', 'Unmount', 'Eject'} (string list) org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Volume.method_signatures = {'ssas', 'as', 'as'} (string list) storage.model = '' (string) volume.block_size = 512 (0x200) (int) volume.fstype = 'ext3' (string) volume.fsusage = 'filesystem' (string) volume.fsversion = '1.0' (string) volume.ignore = false (bool) volume.is_disc = false (bool) volume.is_mounted = false (bool) volume.is_mounted_read_only = false (bool) volume.is_partition = true (bool) volume.label = '' (string) volume.linux.is_device_mapper = false (bool) volume.mount.valid_options = {'ro', 'sync', 'dirsync', 'noatime', 'nodiratime', 'noexec', 'quiet', 'remount', 'exec', 'acl', 'user_xattr', 'data='} (string list) volume.mount_point = '' (string) volume.num_blocks = 7919982 (0x78d96e) (int) volume.partition.flags = {} (string list) volume.partition.label = '' (string) volume.partition.media_size = 4060086272 (0xf2000000) (uint64) volume.partition.number = 1 (0x1) (int) volume.partition.scheme = 'mbr' (string) volume.partition.start = 32256 (0x7e00) (uint64) volume.partition.type = '0x83' (string) volume.partition.uuid = '' (string) volume.size = 4055030784 (0xf1b2dc00) (uint64) volume.unmount.valid_options = {'lazy'} (string list) volume.uuid = '1f59d4b0-08d4-4551-aa27-f777df5cffb6' (string) Happy hacking, -- Petter Reinholdtsen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". 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