On Sat, 2003-04-05 at 12:53, Norman Carver wrote: > On Saturday 05 April 2003 02:38 am, Frederic Soulier wrote: > > Hi > > > > I've been following this thread about icons for removable devices but > > I'm quite puzzled by the way it looks on my box (installed with 9.1 from > > scratch, not upgraded from 9.0 so there is no leftover). > > > > In my /home/xxxx/Desktop directory I do not have all these .desktop > > files (except a Home.desktop). > > > > Could someone briefly explain exactly how these dynamic icons are > > handled and the corresponding hook up scripts (hotplug?) > > > > I'd like to control the naming of those icons and/or be able to get rid > > of them altogether and replace them with my own static icons. > > Exactly what I wanted to do. Here's what I did (after Marc's reply): > > (1) Disabled KDE's automatic device display: > Go to KDE Config -> LookNFeel -> Behavior > In Devices section at the bottom, uncheck "Display > devices on the desktop." > > (2) Go to the desktop, right click, select Create New -> > Link to application (URL). Type in the name you want > and the mount point (E.g., /mnt/cdrom). [This assumes > you are doing this for supermounted devices--if not use > Create New -> xxx Device.] > > (3) Right click on the new desktop device icon, select properties, and > pick the appropriate icon. > > (4) Repeat for other desired devices. > > > I could not find a script that KDE is using. Must be in a binary. So, I > don't see any way to currently control how KDE displays mounted or > unmounted devices automatically. So it's a nice idea, but not quite > fully usable. > > Norm
Want it to be even more frustrating. Do a locate CD | grep desktop... you'll find about 4 or 5 of them on your box... and not a one of them does anything.... grrr. James
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