On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 15:25:13 -0400, H. S. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am using udev to detect and mount a USB external floppy drive. When I
> mount the floppy drive, an icon appears on the desktop and when I umount
> it, it dissappears. Recently I added a udev rule to mount a USB stick in
> a similar fashion but I am not getting the icon for the mounted USB
> stick on the desktop. What am I missing here? I also mount/umount the
> 'disk mounter' utility of gnome panels.
>
> Running Debian Unstable on Dell Inspiron 5160 laptop with kernel 2.6.7.
> {~}> dpkg -l udev
> Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
> | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed
> |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err:
> uppercase=bad)
> ||/ Name Version Description
> +++-=========================-=========================-==================================================================
> ii udev 0.040-1 /dev/ management
> daemon
> {~}> lsmod | grep us
> mousedev 10704 1
> psmouse 20616 0
> usbcore 117440 4 uhci_hcd,ehci_hcd
> {~}> lsmod | grep scsi
> scsi_mod 127492 1 sd_mod
Have you tried installing gnome-volume-manager? Afaik it deals with
this pretty well - I sure wish they have this on KDE too though :D
--
Paolo Alexis Falcone
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
