On Fri, 17 Jul 2009 06:39:16 +1000 Alex Samad <a...@samad.com.au> wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 03:22:03PM -0400, Celejar wrote: ... > > > > This is just wrong; HAL *doesn't automount anything* on its own. It > > > > merely passes information to a *volume manager*, which can be configured > > > > to do whatever you want. I run HAL, and I've never had devices > > > > automounted. When I tried once more, before firing off this message, lo > > > > and behold my USB key did indeed automount, but I investigated and > > > > realized that it was some component of xfce that was doing it. When I > > > > unchecked the box "Settings / Removable Drives and Media / Storage / > > > > Mount removable drives when hot-plugged", the old behavior returned. > > isn't this because it writes out HAL efi files ? > /etc/hal/fdi/policy/preferences.fdi Not sure what you mean; I currently have xfce's automounting enabled, and that file you mention is virtually empty (it contains a couple of commented out examples, and not much else. Celejar -- mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org