Re: [newbie] Automatically mount a USB drive
Le mer 21/04/2004 à 23:20, Ian Urie a écrit : I'm afraid I use KDE..and the icon only appears when the drive (memory stick) is inserted. The drive must mount automatically , or the icon wouldn't appear as far as I can see. I don't think that's true... When the icon appears on your desktop, don't click on it. Open a shell and cd to the dir, you'll see it's empty, because it hasn't been mounted yet. It is mounted on the fly by KDE, when you click on that icon. So it's not available until the icon has been clicked, which can be an issue if we want to automate things. Besides, if you get this icon on your desktop, it won't be removed when your USB device is unmounted. If it were automatically mounted you could untick unmounted hard drive partition and then the icon would disappear when the drive is unmounted, which would be more elegant... Anyway, thanks again for the hints, -- Alexandre Aractingi [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Automatically mount a USB drive
On Thu, 2004-04-22 at 02:09, Alexandre Aractingi wrote: Le mer 21/04/2004 à 23:20, Ian Urie a écrit : I'm afraid I use KDE..and the icon only appears when the drive (memory stick) is inserted. The drive must mount automatically , or the icon wouldn't appear as far as I can see. I don't think that's true... When the icon appears on your desktop, don't click on it. Open a shell and cd to the dir, you'll see it's empty, because it hasn't been mounted yet. It is mounted on the fly by KDE, when you click on that icon. So it's not available until the icon has been clicked, which can be an issue if we want to automate things. Besides, if you get this icon on your desktop, it won't be removed when your USB device is unmounted. If it were automatically mounted you could untick unmounted hard drive partition and then the icon would disappear when the drive is unmounted, which would be more elegant... Anyway, thanks again for the hints, Out of curiosity, I just plugged the USB pen and went to a cli without clicking the desktop icon. It was automatically mounted. This is the line in my fstab. none /mnt/removable supermount dev=/dev/scsi/host1/bus0/target0/lun0/part1,fs=ext2:vfat,-- MDK 10 kernel 2.6.3.8 Adolfo. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Automatically mount a USB drive
Le jeu 22/04/2004 à 12:47, Adolfo Bello a écrit : Out of curiosity, I just plugged the USB pen and went to a cli without clicking the desktop icon. It was automatically mounted. Argl, that's what I'd like to have!! This is the line in my fstab. none /mnt/removable supermount dev=/dev/scsi/host1/bus0/target0/lun0/part1,fs=ext2:vfat,-- MDK 10 kernel 2.6.3.8 I use 2.6.3-7, maybe that's related... Do you have any additional running dameons that could be related? -- Alexandre Aractingi [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Automatically mount a USB drive
On Thu, 2004-04-22 at 06:47, Adolfo Bello wrote: In my previous post the /etc/fstab line was wrong. The line that is created in my /etc/fstab is: none /mnt/removable supermount dev=/dev/scsi/host2/bus0/target0/lun0/part1,fs=ext2:vfat,--,umask=0,iocharset=iso8859-1,kudzu,codepage=850 0 0 I just made myself sure that the USB pen is mounted automatically. I rebooted to runlevel 3, plugged the thing and there it was nicely mounted. Adolfo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Automatically mount a USB drive
On Thu, 2004-04-22 at 07:03, Alexandre Aractingi wrote: Le jeu 22/04/2004 à 12:47, Adolfo Bello a écrit : Out of curiosity, I just plugged the USB pen and went to a cli without clicking the desktop icon. It was automatically mounted. Argl, that's what I'd like to have!! This is the line in my fstab. none /mnt/removable supermount dev=/dev/scsi/host1/bus0/target0/lun0/part1,fs=ext2:vfat,-- MDK 10 kernel 2.6.3.8 I use 2.6.3-7, maybe that's related... Do you have any additional running dameons that could be related? I had the same problem until I activated hotplug. I didn't mentioned anything because I saw you mentioned it in your original post. Is supermount enabled? I also have magicedev enabled. However, I read that it only works with CD drives. Not sure. Adolfo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Automatically mount a USB drive
Le jeu 22/04/2004 à 13:52, Adolfo Bello a écrit : I had the same problem until I activated hotplug. I didn't mentioned anything because I saw you mentioned it in your original post. Is supermount enabled? I have supermount enabled yes, and I can see the additional line in /etc/fstab, so I guess hotplug was responsible for that. I'll restart it tonight (I'm not in front of the PC right now) and let you know if it changed anything. Thanks for your answers! -- Alexandre Aractingi [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] File Associations lost
I installed Mandrake 10.0 Official Edition, on a PII 450Mhz., yesterday, and, I must say, it's great - so far. Only one little annoyance: I have my file associations tweaked just the way I want them, and I realise that I want/need to install some software from the CD's using rpmdrake. When I am finished installing, I realise that my file associations have been altered. This happens every time I install somethng from the CD's. So, three questions: 1. Why does this happen? 2. How can I prevent it? If I can't, is there a config file somewhere that I can copy (before install) and restore (after install) to get my file association back without having to use the control centre? 3. Am I the only one experiencing this little annoyance? If there were a file containing the file associations/settings, I suppose I could create a bash script to restore my file associations after I install anything - this would be much easier. I found that I like bash scripts - after creating one that will back-up all my personal file in a matter of seconds. Thank you in advance for any help, Ian MacGregor -- Registered Linux User #350412 MacGregor Despite Them! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] File Associations lost
Le jeu 22/04/2004 à 16:20, Ian MacGregor a écrit : 3. Am I the only one experiencing this little annoyance? Same here... Sorry this is the only answer I have :-) -- Alexandre Aractingi [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] File Associations lost
That's OK. If enough people complain, maybe someone will do something about the problem. On Thursday 22 April 2004 7:25 am, Alexandre Aractingi wrote: Le jeu 22/04/2004 à 16:20, Ian MacGregor a écrit : 3. Am I the only one experiencing this little annoyance? Same here... Sorry this is the only answer I have :-) -- Registered Linux User #350412 MacGregor Despite Them! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] File Associations lost
On Thursday 22 April 2004 7:25 am, Alexandre Aractingi wrote: Le jeu 22/04/2004 à 16:20, Ian MacGregor a écrit : 3. Am I the only one experiencing this little annoyance? Same here... Sorry this is the only answer I have :-) PS: I only noticed it in KDE, I think it is related to the fact that menus are updated when installing a new software. I usually use XFCE4 with ROX as my file manager and this doesn't happen... -- Alexandre Aractingi [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] File Associations lost
Same here. :( On 22 Apr 2004, at 15:29, Ian MacGregor wrote: That's OK. If enough people complain, maybe someone will do something about the problem. On Thursday 22 April 2004 7:25 am, Alexandre Aractingi wrote: Le jeu 22/04/2004 à 16:20, Ian MacGregor a écrit : 3. Am I the only one experiencing this little annoyance? Same here... Sorry this is the only answer I have :-) -- Registered Linux User #350412 MacGregor Despite Them! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Kontact weather plug-in
I found that there ais a weather plug-in in Kontact. I tried to configure it in Setting - Configure on the Summary page in Kontact, but, can't figure out how to do it. Is there someone out there who can give me some info on how to configure this plug-in so I can have the current weather for my city? Thanks, Ian -- Registered Linux User #350412 MacGregor Despite Them! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
