On Saturday 13 January 2001 10:44 am, you wrote:
> I once thought I had this fixed but it isn't so.
>
> I ask you to indulge me here if you are using KDE 2.1. Delete the desktop
> icon for your CDROM device. Now try to re-create it using the desktop
> menu for Create new.
>
> I imagine that upon doing this many of you will find that the icon doesn't
> work. You can click all you want on what SHOULD be a working CDROM device
> icon but nothing will come of it. If you look in your .xsession-errors
> file you will likely see entries like this for each time you clicked on the
> BROKEN device link:
>
> Syntax error: Unknown command '/mnt/cdrom'
>
> This problem will arise if you delete and try to re-create your other
> device links too (other folders/mount points).
>
> Here is what my CDROM kdelnk contents look like after re-creating the CDROM
> device:
>
> [Desktop Action Eject]
> Exec=kdeeject %v
> Name=Eject
> [Desktop Entry]
> Actions=Eject
> Dev=/dev/cdrom
> FSType=supermount
> Icon=cdrom_mount
> MountPoint=/mnt/cdrom
> ReadOnly=true
> Type=FSDevice
> UnmountIcon=cdrom_unmount
>
> Looks OK, but it isn't. Konqueror fails to open the damn CDROM and instead
> adds a ridiculous "Syntax error:..." message to .xsession-errors.
>
> Why would KDE people break something so simple and fundamental as this? It
> has worked fine since KDE's inception but now, with the latest versions, it
> is broken BIG TIME. It makes much of the desktop unusable as a result.
> Oddly enough, if you open up Konqueror to your home directory and then
> navigate over to the offending mountpoint (/mnt/cdrom or wherever your
> cdrom is mounted) it will work OK. The device link on the desktop chokes.
> I can't even look at Trash because Konqueror refuses to open the damn thing
> on the desktop.
This fix hopefully will work without kde writing over it. It wrote over my
last fix.
Create a file with an editor with the following contents:
[Desktop Entry]
Comment=
Comment[C]=
Exec=/usr/bin/kfmclient openProfile filemanagement
Icon=kfm
InitialPreference=2
MimeType=inode/blockdevice;inode/directory
Name=File Manager
Name[C]=File Manager
ServiceTypes=
SwallowExec=
SwallowTitle=
Terminal=false
TerminalOptions=
Type=Application
X-KDE-SubstituteUID=false
X-KDE-Username=
Save it as:
/root/.kde/share/applnk/Applications/File tools/konqueror.desktop
Then do an update-menus.
Kelley Terry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
