* Mick ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [22.07.08 20:08]: > Hi All, > > I suspect that something changed recently on the way that USB devices are > mounted. I noticed that mounting a USB flash drive has stopped working as > follows: No, I think pmount behavior changed:
it now honors entries in the fstab. > $ pmount /dev/sda > Error: device /dev/sda is not removable > ================================== > Normally you should mount by mountpoint not device node. > However, clicking on the device in Konqueror under media:/ mounts it happily > under /media/disk. Previously it would mount it under /media/sda and the > pmount command would not error out as shown above. > ================================== I think, there is an apropiate entry in the fstab, so pmount has not to create an new mountpoint. > $ mount > [snip...] > /dev/sda on /media/disk type vfat > (rw,nosuid,nodev,noatime,flush,uid=1000,utf8,shortname=lower) > ================================== > > I also noticed that "shortname=lower" is set as the default, which is > annoying > because the file/folder names are forced to display in lower case. > OK what's in /etc/fstab? > I am using dbus and hald with a Fluxbox WM so the default KDE behaviour with > the automounting pop up dialog does not work here (unless I have launched the > full KDE DE). > Then you should think about ivman if you want automounter support. And Fluxbox rocks :-) HTH Sebastian -- " Religion ist das Opium des Volkes. " Karl Marx [EMAIL PROTECTED]@N GÜNTHER mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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