Theo Schmidt wrote: > I continue to be stumped by USB storage devices in KDE. Only once with > some older version of Knoppix did a USB stick appear automatically on the > desktop when plugged in. I don't need this, but I do need at least to know > under which name the device can be mounted. Even without other SCSI > devices, the devices seem to vary from sda1 through sda5 to sdd1. I did > once in a fit of frenzy create 20 different lines in /etc/fstab in order > to find the right device, but it didn't really work. Years ago I could > find the right device in /proc somewhere, but this no longer seems > possible. > > People have recommended pmount, but all I get is: > "find_sysfs_device: looking for sysfs directory for device 8:1 > Fehler: konnte sysfs-Verzeichnis nicht erfragen" > > People have recommended hal, but I am loathe to install this, because it > would involve the deinstallation of about 20 packages on my system. > > People have recommended a 2.6 kernel, but my system with a 2.6 kernel has > the same problems as with the 2.4 kernel.
Sorry, but 2.4 is pretty primitive these days. As long as it only has the "same" problems, upgrade. I wouldn't want to bet we can fix _this_ problem on 2.4. > > Looking through the internet I see a great many questions of this nature, > but no simple answers. Sure there are, but you're refusing to use them. For most people, hal, dbus & pmount solve the problem - without any need to configure anything. However, in your case - and possibly even on 2.4 kernels - udev could easily be made to provide a symlink to /dev/usbstick every time you mount the device. Then you just need one entry in fstab. > Also even worse, often when having found the right > device name, it is impossible to mount because the system claims that it > has the wrong file type or a damaged superblock even when this is > definately not the case. I'd be prepared to bet it definitely _is_ the case. What those messages usually mean are that you specified a file type in fstab, and that isn't what's on the device; or you mounted (e.g.) /dev/sdb when you should have mounted /dev/sdb1 > Surely it must be possible in this day and age to get where Macintosh was > 10 years ago with SCSI, even if it wasn't hot-pluggable then. Yeah, but not if you're not willing to use the software from "this day and age". Try installing a clean version of Kubuntu and see how easy it is... -- derek -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
