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
Norm, You've got me started now *grin*.... I created a new user on my box. I see what you see. One thing though do an ls -a ... yep hidden files. If you move Desktop to desktop ... all icons immediately disappear. What I haven't been able to get working is what inside makes it happen. If you move all of the .files to something else (after making the directory read only ..... they get auto recreated. Those 2 icons are still there. So removing the directory gives you an icon free zone but none of the files in it create the icons. So something is looking for the existence of the directory and then creating the icons. I've even created an empty Desktop directory ... and I get 2 icons yep floppy and cdrom.... grrrr... still looking. James
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