On Wednesday 13 May 2009 08:01:43 pm lux-integ wrote:
> ###############
> incidently for the   rest   on list      I came across this  link  which
> proivides some enlightenment:-
>
> http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=65479
>
> It is the  'device-notifier' problem I have  - plus   absence of the CDROM.
> It seems the problem man be   particular to kde-4.2.x.  I have upgraded  
> my setup    with autofs using the defaults   suggested by blfs
> (autofs.html)
>
> Inserting a CDROm  now   mounts the CDROm at /media/auto/cd.  However the
> device door   stays locked  until logout.    I also   have links for sticks
> with  vfat and ext2.  Curious the vfat partition  (the first) mounts)   but
> the ext2    does not.    

read/write  access for   usb-sticks  can be  made by editing  /etc/auto.misc 
as:-

ustick     -fstype=vfat,rw,gid=8,umask=002       :/dev/sdXY

the  'kludge'  is to create  a few (2 or 3) for different values of X and Y  
so that if/when the usb device is plugged out then in again  (and   gets 
another usb-bus-ID),  it can still be accessed.

>
> Report of any ways  on how plasmoid  may/could be made to point to  mount
> points created in /etc/auto.misc  would be gratefully received.

I came acrose  this:- http://code.google.com/p/hal-autofs/
The piece mentions downloading/installing  hal_autofs_0.5.tgz  and   
editing  /etc/auto.master   to have the folllowing line:-.
/misc   /etc/auto.hal --timeout=1 --ghost

however there   is no  auto.hal in the code in  hal_autofs_0.5.tgz  and it is 
very unclear what the entries would be.  My literature dig  points to this 
approach    ~somewhat  abanoned since 2004.    The system with autofs is  a 
useful stop-gap   until    a fix is available  likely in   kde-4.3.0.

hope the above is of help to others with problems with kde-4.2.x


> sincerely
> lux-integ


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