On Friday 28 October 2005 08:24, Derek Broughton wrote: > Martin Steigerwald wrote: > > KDE 3.4 ... does not automount, but it puts an icon (or > > more when there are several partitions on the medium) that > > you can click to mount it. > > I don't think that's _quite_ right. aiui, if you create the > correct hal .fdi files, you can specify that the device be > automounted. Gnome seems to have better support for that > end of things. -- > derek
As I write this I am upgrading a notebook to KDE 3.4. Before the upgrade, the notebook had a new net install of Debian/Testing -- using the Sarge net installer, RC3 -- not exactly up to date, but it worked with a few kinks. With only some parts of 3.4 installed, I restarted KDE and got the 3.4 login screen. I logged in, opened Konq, clicked on storage media, and then plugged in a SanDisk flash drive. Its icon immediately appeared, correctly labeled. When I clicked on the drive's icon, it mounted and Konq correctly displayed the contents. Files opened properly, etc. The context menu for the icon lists 'mount' and 'safely remove.' It does not have 'unmount' as an option -- even when the device is mounted. The icon properly indicates if the device is mounted or not. "Safely remove' seems to have replaced 'unmount' for removeable media. It seems to work just as Martin indicated -- and was the primary reason I chose to get the 3.4 from Sid. While it may be possible to script things so that the device is mounted automatically when it is plugged in, I see that as an unnecessary risk for removeable media, at least for my current applications. I prefer it to mount when I click on the icon, so I'm happy with what I am finding in 3.4. N.P. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
