On Saturday 05 April 2003 02:38 am, Frederic Soulier wrote:
> Hi
>
> I've been following this thread about icons for removable devices but
> I'm quite puzzled by the way it looks on my box (installed with 9.1 from
> scratch, not upgraded from 9.0 so there is no leftover).
>
> In my /home/xxxx/Desktop directory I do not have all these .desktop
> files (except a Home.desktop).
>
> Could someone briefly explain exactly how these dynamic icons are
> handled and the corresponding hook up scripts (hotplug?)
>
> I'd like to control the naming of those icons and/or be able to get rid
> of them altogether and replace them with my own static icons.
Exactly what I wanted to do. Here's what I did (after Marc's reply):
(1) Disabled KDE's automatic device display:
Go to KDE Config -> LookNFeel -> Behavior
In Devices section at the bottom, uncheck "Display
devices on the desktop."
(2) Go to the desktop, right click, select Create New ->
Link to application (URL). Type in the name you want
and the mount point (E.g., /mnt/cdrom). [This assumes
you are doing this for supermounted devices--if not use
Create New -> xxx Device.]
(3) Right click on the new desktop device icon, select properties, and
pick the appropriate icon.
(4) Repeat for other desired devices.
I could not find a script that KDE is using. Must be in a binary. So, I
don't see any way to currently control how KDE displays mounted or
unmounted devices automatically. So it's a nice idea, but not quite
fully usable.
Norm
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