-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 02/17/08 18:47, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >> On 02/17/08 00:54, Charlie wrote: >>> On Sun, 17 Feb 2008, Kushal Kumaran shared this with us all: >>>> --} On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 14:34:41 +1100 >>>> --} Charlie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> --} >>>> --} > Something changed after this mornings upgrade. >>>> --} > >>>> --} > My camera entry in /etc/fstab has always been: >>>> --} > /dev/sda1 /cam vfat >>>> --} > rw,user,noauto 0 0 >>>> --} > >>>> --} > Mounted it as "mount /cam" yesterday afternoon - but I couldn't >>>> mount >>>> --} > it after this mornings upgrade for Debian testing with any >>>> command. >>>> --} > >>>> --} > Had to change the fstab entry to: >>>> --} > /dev/sdb1 /cam vfat >>>> --} > rw,user,noauto 0 0 >>>> --} > >>>> --} > Just in case someone else might have difficulty. >>>> --} > >>>> --} > My flash drive still mounts as /dev/sda >>>> --} > >>>> --} >>>> --} You can switch to specifying device names using id or uuid instead. >>>> --} Then you'll never need to worry about device names like sda or sdb. >>>> --} See the /dev/disk/by-id and /dev/disk/by-uuid directories, with the >>>> --} camera connected. >>>> --} >>>> --} -- >>>> --} Kushal >>> Thank you Kushal. >>> >>> I can't get that to work no matter how I enter the device in /etc/fstab >>> and >>> reading the posts on the subject. But will try again later. >> Are you a console junkie, or use a lighter wm, like ratpoison, fvwm, >> etc? >> >> - -- >> Ron Johnson, Jr. >> Jefferson LA USA >> > Not certain? > > I don't know enough. > > I use icewm and have used others like roxfiler and love KDE and have it on > my partners lappy. For me if I get a bit jaded with one or another of > these I just jump to something else. I am a bit of an opportunist, just > work with what I feel like at the moment. There is always a shell or two > on one of the desktops and just use whatever. Get into my system through > the shell, though my partner asks why I bother, so do I? But it just keeps > my hand in I reckon. > > So not certain what I am, probably just a Debian junkie. :-) Though it was > Mandrake, Red Hat, Slackware and others all on one box when I started out > with Linux, just to see what I liked. Didn't use Debian till Woody. > > Am at the Internet kiosk that I volunteer at with my nomadic lappy today, > so can't try the stuff above. This morning before leaving home was too > busy to have another crack at it. > > Try again when I get home. Am almost certain I just don't have the syntax > right that's all. A bit more reading and it will all come together I'm > certain. It usually does, though I have to work at some problems quite a > bit when time permits in some instances. It's all fixable one way or > another. > > Being garrulous because I have some time, no customers at the moment, but > I have a class this afternoon.
Bottom line: is IceWM your standard wm? - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA PETA - People Eating Tasty Animals -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHuPJLS9HxQb37XmcRAlNDAJ4nno+HNvUeuxAlLx3HdUVqqzyMSQCeLkX6 bHlhz7VlvaUfhYESIOgDe8c= =3BB2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
