> > udisks +1 > > Google knows enough about it to lead you to the nirvana state of > increased understanding. > +1
very loosely: udisks needs polkit to check the current user is authorised to mount internal drives or usb drives (this threw me at first as there are two rules you need to assign) udisks uses dbus for the notification of disconnect / connect to/from the desktop environment. icon on the desktop depends on the desktop you have - but this should be automagic hth
