* H. S. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005 Aug 05 10:54 -0500]: > > You are not supposed to yant it like that, neither in Windows not in > Linux. In Windows, you "Safely Remove" a USB device and in Linux you > umount that device prior to removing.
:) But, what did I do that an average computer user doesn't do? There was no prompt telling me to safely remove it, so I yanked it. Actually, I received this computer as part of a training course and I'm trying to drop my expertise level so I can see what happens and learn from there. > I tried reading about Udev rules and was able to make devices for my > digital camera and my USB card reader (this was a few months ago when > auto-detection wasn't working so well in Unstable). I ended up with > rules something like: > IF DETECTED: my digicam: THEN MAKE DEV /dev/my-digicam > > And I had a mount point in /media called say "canon" which mounted > "/dev/my-digicam". I could mount this by clicking on "canon" icon in > "Computer" folder of Gnome desktop. At that time, this was the closes I > could get to ease of use for Windows (I was setting up my wife's laptop > with all this, and wanted it to be as seamless as it was in Windows for > her). > > Having described all this, I now realize that if you are using gnome and > you have udev, hal and gnome-volume-manager, you don't need to do all > this stuff. If I plug in a 256MB USB stick, I get an icon on my desktop > with an appropriate name, all automatically. When I umount it (right > clicking on the icon on desktop), the icon dissappears and the device is > unmounted, again all automatically. I asked my wife to try this. She > found it no different than in Windows in terms of ease of use. And > regarding digital cameras, they are also auto-detected using digikam or > gtkam with libgphoto2. Good! I'm glad to see things are coming along. I don't regularly use either of the DEs and just use IceWM, so I haven't seen this progression first hand. > So in the end, I know that udev rule making is tedious, but it works. > But I am also not sure how to make general rules for USB sticks separate > from floppies -- but I can't say I have looked much. In any case, at > least in Gnome, one does't really need to make any rules anymore. And I > guess the upcoming KDE will also have this > auto-detect-auto-mount-auto-unmount feature. Yes, I've seen it in KDE 3.4 on KNOPPIX 3.9, I believe. In fact, the list archives have a somewhat embarassing post about it from me. ;) - Nate >> -- Wireless | Amateur Radio Station N0NB | Successfully Microsoft Amateur radio exams; ham radio; Linux info @ | free since January 1998. http://www.qsl.net/n0nb/ | "Debian, the choice of My Kawasaki KZ-650 SR @ | a GNU generation!" http://www.networksplus.net/n0nb/ | http://www.debian.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]