potax flan said : > it complains > mount: you must specify the filesystem type > > but anyways, i wonder i should upgrade some driver that takes care of > detecting the card insertion? i mean to avoid this alternative system? > thanks
it's weird it should have been setup with xfce ... can you open tyhe file manager (thunar) and go into preferences and check that automounting is enabled? > > > > > On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 2:46 PM, Rob Canning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > potax flan wrote: > > > >> hi rob > >> i email you off the p:d list cos this is really off-topic. > >> you said you installed p:d on your eeepc as well. i am slowly making > >> things work there, but there is something i really dont know how to solve. > >> in the original xandros distro, when you insert a flash drive on one of the > >> usb ports it mounts and displays the contents really easily. same with the > >> sc card port. my plan is to rely a lot on the sd card for file storage, so > >> i > >> need to sort that out, and right now i am lost about it. any hints will be > >> really welcome > >> best > >> p > >> > >> > > on my eeepc automount works fine when i pop in my SD card or a usb stick > > someone else may be able to shed some light on why it doesn't auto mount > > for you. > > > > you can see if the SD card is recognised by typing > > > > sudo dmesg > > > > in a terminal soon after you insert the card > > > > you should see something referring to a device such as sdc1 > > > > you can mount it manually until you sort out why its not auto mounting. > > > > to do this you need to make a mountpoint directory like this > > > > sudo mkdir /media/SDcard > > > > > > then mount the device using the name you got from the dmesg command > > > > for example > > > > sudo mount /dev/sdc1 /media/SDcard > > > > hope this helps > > > > rob > > > > > > > > > > > --- > [email protected] > irc.goto10.org #pure:dyne --- [email protected] irc.goto10.org #pure:dyne
