On Dec 28, 2007 10:45 AM, tms <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 2007-12-28 at 10:28 -0700, Robert Citek wrote: > > [...]> Some of the kids don't know how to save files to mem sticks or > > floppies either, > > > > In other words KDE under Debian doesn't automount removable storage. > > In Ubuntu there's an option one can change: System > Preferences > > > Removable Drives and Media > Storage. Does something similar exist > > for KDE? > > Debian DOES automount removable storage, at least with etch it does.
When we put a floppy into a student machine, we had to open Konqueror, click on Removable Devices, right click on the floppy image and select mount. Before doing those steps we could not save an OpenOffice.org document to the floppy. We had to do similar steps before removing the floppy. And this was with Etch. If Debian Etch does automount, then perhaps there's some setting we need to adjust. FWIW, Debian does automount CDs. > Does everyone know that removable storage like mem sticks or floppies > needs to be gracefully unmounted afterward? Probably not. And even if they do, they may not know how. > > > This became obvious when an older child couldn't do it. She knew > > how to save it in MS Word format however. > > > > Do any of the classes cover various ways to save a file (floppy, USB > > stick, desktop, e-mail)? If they do, maybe we need to measure > > competency in the task (e.g. swap floppies, e-mail the file to the > > instructor, other)? > > This may be a "Save as ..." issue where it is not obvious how/where to > find the removable media as the save to location. I told Doc I would > look into it once the classroom is up and running ... In this particular case, it was not a "Save as ..." issue. The floppy wasn't mounted. Once we mounted the floppy with Konqueror, we were able to "Save as ..." without issue. Regards, - Robert
