> I continue to be stumped by USB storage devices in KDE. Only once with some > older version of Knoppix did a USB stick appear automatically on the desktop > when plugged in. I don't need this, but I do need at least to know under > which name the device can be mounted. Even without other SCSI devices, the > devices seem to vary from sda1 through sda5 to sdd1. I did once in a fit of > frenzy create 20 different lines in /etc/fstab in order to find the right > device, but it didn't really work. Years ago I could find the right device > in /proc somewhere, but this no longer seems possible. > > People have recommended pmount, but all I get is: > "find_sysfs_device: looking for sysfs directory for device 8:1 > Fehler: konnte sysfs-Verzeichnis nicht erfragen" > > People have recommended hal, but I am loathe to install this, because it > would > involve the deinstallation of about 20 packages on my system. > > People have recommended a 2.6 kernel, but my system with a 2.6 kernel has the > same problems as with the 2.4 kernel. > > Looking through the internet I see a great many questions of this nature, but > no simple answers. Also even worse, often when having found the right device > name, it is impossible to mount because the system claims that it has the > wrong file type or a damaged superblock even when this is definately not the > case. > > Very occasionally when trying these things, KDE and even the whole system > freeze up completely so that the machine must be rebooted by removing the > power. > > Surely it must be possible in this day and age to get where Macintosh was 10 > years ago with SCSI, even if it wasn't hot-pluggable then. Devices appeared > automatically on the desktop or could be easily mounted with some utility. I > don't even need hot-plugable, but I do need a simple method to mount my > camera, SD-cards, and external USB drive. Anybody got any ideas how to > proceed?
I wanted to get all of this stuff working when I upgraded to the new KDE. I first of all installed udev, hal and pmount, but it still didn't work. Finally I spotted that udev needed a 2.6.12 kernel (I had 2.6.10 before), I upgraded to this and everything seems to be working fine. I can now plug in a memory stick or put in a new CD, the device icon appears on the desktop and clicking on the icon mounts the device :-) FYI: Pure Sid and the stock kernel. Cheers James Wells -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]