Solved Technical Problem for which I want more information:
openSUSE 10.0
USB device installed after boot-up and mounted via HAL opens and is
useable;
however, the device does not show on the kicker panel by default, and when
Safely Remove is clicked from the device icon within "my computer"
kio_media_mounthelper gives the error message, "device not in fstab and/or
you are not root".
[some of this I got from the archive]
First, the device icon can be placed in the kicker panel by default if
the
kde user first adds the applet "Storage Media" to the panel. This should be
a default openSUSE setup option for kde (IMO).
Second, the kio_media_mounthelper will "Safely Remove" the device [
unmount
and eject ] if the following file is changed:
/opt/kde3/share/apps/konqueror/servicemenus/media_safelyremove.desktop
At the bottom of the file (see above) change the line
'Exec=kio_media_mounthelper -s %u' to read
'Exec=kio_media_mounthelper -e %u'
The first does a umount [as root] from fstab ?? and the second does a
kdeeject as the user... seems to work fine, problem solved.
Now... what I am looking for is additional information about
kio_media_mounthelper and kdeeject. The man page for kio_media_mounthelper
says that the -s is needed for some usb devices.. but doesn't say which ones
or why. And the kdeeject [ -e switch ] appears to umount and eject just
fine... but I cannot find confirmation that it truly is doing a clean (sync)
umount and an eject in a safe way... what I would really like to know is a
definitive explanation for the two options? Also, does mounting the device
from HAL without the sync option cause a problem for kdeeject?
This is a useability issue that should be corrected--- and I would like
to
know if 10.2--on has fixed this?
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Kind regards,
M Harris <><
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