Ilya wrote:
> >
> > The best case scenario is an MS Windows-like popup when the diskonkey is
> > inserted, with an auto unmounting when the usb stick is taken out.
>
>
> You can duplicate this on Debian by installing HAL, preferably from
> 'unstable' (since this is a fresh technology which changes and improves
> often). Yes, HAL/D-BUS are still pre-1.0, but they're already used "in
> production" in Fedora Core 4 and other distros.
>
and Lior wrote:
> install the hal package add that user to the hal group... that should do
> the trick.

Yup, that worked :-) But there are a few more steps to get it done really 
well.

Here's  what I did, in case anyone else needs it on Debian:

apt-get install hal hal-device-manager pmount
added the user to the 'hal' group

..and that's it :-)

The one thing that is missing from my original request is to have a window 
pop-up whenever the key is inserted. This is apparently a gnome-only feature, 
but is likely to be in KDE 3.5. In the meanwhile, there is a very convenient 
alternative. In Control Center -> Desktop -> Behavior -> Device Icons click 
on 'show device icons'. Now when you plug in the USB device, an icon will 
automatically appear on the desktop. Cool!

-- 
- Aviram

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