Re: [newbie] Aarrgh! How to turn off supermount?
On Wednesday 02 October 2002 08:58 pm, Alan Shoemaker wrote: > > > > > for some reason the Zip no longer has an "eject" choice > > > > on the context menu. Not really a biggie, but curious. > > The eject choice is there, but it doesn't eject the disk. > ...really! wow...! you're correct (it worked on 8.1 and > 8.2), but it does umount the drive and typing eject /mnt/zip cuz you need to eject the dev not the mount point. eject /dev/sda4 (or whatever it is) no thoughts on the right click menu tho at this time. -s Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Aarrgh! How to turn off supermount?
leeg100 wrote: > On Wednesday 02 October 2002 02:30 am, Alan Shoemaker wrote: > > > Thanks for all the replies, folks. "supermount -i > > > disable" fixed it. Creating a new device worked, but > > > for some reason the Zip no longer has an "eject" choice > > > on the context menu. Not really a biggie, but curious. > > > > > > Lee > > > > make a new icon linked to your ZIP drive from the > > 'CD/DVD-ROM device...' choice (which has an context menu > > 'eject' choice). > > Thanks for the suggestion, but it didn't completely work! > The eject choice is there, but it doesn't eject the disk. > :( > > Lee ...really! wow...! you're correct (it worked on 8.1 and 8.2), but it does umount the drive and typing eject /mnt/zip behaves exactly the same and yields this error message: [alan@obi-wan removable media]$ eject /mnt/zip eject: unable to eject, last error: Invalid argument [alan@obi-wan removable media]$ so, to get better info: [alan@obi-wan removable media]$ eject -v /mnt/zip eject: device name is `/mnt/zip' eject: expanded name is `/mnt/zip' eject: `/dev/sda4' is mounted at `/mnt/zip' eject: unmounting `/dev/sda4' eject: `/dev/sda4' is a multipartition device eject: trying to eject `/dev/sda4' using CD-ROM eject command eject: CD-ROM eject command failed eject: trying to eject `/dev/sda4' using SCSI commands eject: SCSI eject failed eject: trying to eject `/dev/sda4' using floppy eject command eject: floppy eject command failed eject: trying to eject `/dev/sda4' using tape offline command eject: tape offline command failed eject: unable to eject, last error: Invalid argument [alan@obi-wan removable media]$ ...guess I'll need to report this, thanks. :( -- Alan P.S. at least the eject button works. :) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Aarrgh! How to turn off supermount?
On Wednesday 02 October 2002 03:30 am, you wrote: > > make a new icon linked to your ZIP drive from the 'CD/DVD-ROM > device...' choice (which has an context menu 'eject' choice). I always used floppy device here, and it works great as well. -- /\ Dark< >Lord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Aarrgh! How to turn off supermount?
On Wednesday 02 October 2002 02:30 am, Alan Shoemaker wrote: > > Thanks for all the replies, folks. "supermount -i disable" > > fixed it. Creating a new device worked, but for some reason > > the Zip no longer has an "eject" choice on the context > > menu. Not really a biggie, but curious. > > > > Lee > > make a new icon linked to your ZIP drive from the 'CD/DVD-ROM > device...' choice (which has an context menu 'eject' choice). Thanks for the suggestion, but it didn't completely work! The eject choice is there, but it doesn't eject the disk. :( Lee Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Aarrgh! How to turn off supermount?
leeg100 wrote: > On Tuesday 01 October 2002 04:17 pm, s wrote: > > On Monday 30 September 2002 08:28 pm, leeg100 wrote: > > > So... how do I make removable media in Mandrake 9.0 > > > under KDE act like they do in say, Redhat? In RH 7.3, > > > you right-click a CD or Zip drive icon and select > > > "mount" or "unmount". Nice and easy and no need to > > > type a mount command if a shell prompt is not open... > > > and apparently safer than Mdk's supermount. > > > > I ddin't see where you got an answer so I'll take a stab > > at it. Well, disable it first in fstab, and then right > > click your kde desktop and choose make a new floppy > > device (or even the cdrom one will work too). Then > > adjust the settings to your drive and pick out an icon. > > It should now have mount and umount in it's right click > > menu. To disable supermount, type as root: supermount > > -i disable. -s > > Thanks for all the replies, folks. "supermount -i disable" > fixed it. Creating a new device worked, but for some reason > the Zip no longer has an "eject" choice on the context > menu. Not really a biggie, but curious. > > Lee make a new icon linked to your ZIP drive from the 'CD/DVD-ROM device...' choice (which has an context menu 'eject' choice). -- Alan Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Aarrgh! How to turn off supermount?
leeg100 wrote: > $^&@#!$^!!! I had no idea that supermount UNmounted after > closing the Konqueror window. I'm running Mdk 9.0. I > opened my Zip drive and opened an Openoffice spreadsheet. > I had it open for a little while, and inadvertently closed > the Konq window showing my Zip drive's directory... didn't > think anything of it. Then I went to save my file and OO > says it doesn't exist! I thought, Gee, I guess it > unmounted automatically. I reopened it, and the file is > now gone. Dammit! > > So... how do I make removable media in Mandrake 9.0 under > KDE act like they do in say, Redhat? In RH 7.3, you > right-click a CD or Zip drive icon and select "mount" or > "unmount". Nice and easy and no need to type a mount > command if a shell prompt is not open... and apparently > safer than Mdk's supermount. > > G. > > Thanks, > Lee as root: supermount -i disable -- Alan Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Aarrgh! How to turn off supermount?
On Monday 30 September 2002 08:28 pm, leeg100 wrote: > So... how do I make removable media in Mandrake 9.0 under KDE act > like they do in say, Redhat? In RH 7.3, you right-click a CD or > Zip drive icon and select "mount" or "unmount". Nice and easy and > no need to type a mount command if a shell prompt is not open... > and apparently safer than Mdk's supermount. I ddin't see where you got an answer so I'll take a stab at it. Well, disable it first in fstab, and then right click your kde desktop and choose make a new floppy device (or even the cdrom one will work too). Then adjust the settings to your drive and pick out an icon. It should now have mount and umount in it's right click menu. To disable supermount, type as root: supermount -i disable. -s Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Aarrgh! How to turn off supermount?
leeg100 wrote: >$^&@#!$^!!! I had no idea that supermount UNmounted after closing the >Konqueror window. I'm running Mdk 9.0. I opened my Zip drive and opened an >Openoffice spreadsheet. I had it open for a little while, and inadvertently >closed the Konq window showing my Zip drive's directory... didn't think >anything of it. Then I went to save my file and OO says it doesn't exist! I >thought, Gee, I guess it unmounted automatically. I reopened it, and the >file is now gone. Dammit! > I think this is a bug, not a feature - 8.2 has no problems with supermount (8.1 had it disabled by default). I have experienced the same problem in 9.0, though removing the floppy and reinsterting does the trick. > > >So... how do I make removable media in Mandrake 9.0 under KDE act like they do >in say, Redhat? In RH 7.3, you right-click a CD or Zip drive icon and select >"mount" or "unmount". Nice and easy and no need to type a mount command if a >shell prompt is not open... and apparently safer than Mdk's supermount. > You can control the properties of removable media through the Control Center->Mount Points. Sir Robin > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Aarrgh! How to turn off supermount?
as root: supermount -i disable Francisco Alcaraz Murcia (Spain) - Mensaje Original - Remitente: leeg100 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Fecha: Martes, Octubre 1, 2002 3:28 am Asunto: [newbie] Aarrgh! How to turn off supermount? > $^&@#!$^!!! I had no idea that supermount UNmounted after closing > the > Konqueror window. I'm running Mdk 9.0. I opened my Zip drive and > opened an > Openoffice spreadsheet. I had it open for a little while, and > inadvertently > closed the Konq window showing my Zip drive's directory... didn't > think > anything of it. Then I went to save my file and OO says it doesn't > exist! I > thought, Gee, I guess it unmounted automatically. I reopened it, > and the > file is now gone. Dammit! > > So... how do I make removable media in Mandrake 9.0 under KDE act > like they do > in say, Redhat? In RH 7.3, you right-click a CD or Zip drive icon > and select > "mount" or "unmount". Nice and easy and no need to type a mount > command if a > shell prompt is not open... and apparently safer than Mdk's > supermount. > G. > > Thanks, > Lee > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
