Re: [gentoo-user] USB disk automatically mounting: how does it work

2013-10-06 Thread the
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 10/06/13 20:12, Chris Stankevitz wrote: > Hello, > > Would you please explain (or refer me to a place that explains) > the mechanism by which an USB drive appears on my desktop? I'm > looking for a level of detail like this: > > When you insert a

[gentoo-user] USB disk automatically mounting: how does it work

2013-10-06 Thread Chris Stankevitz
Hello, Would you please explain (or refer me to a place that explains) the mechanism by which an USB drive appears on my desktop? I'm looking for a level of detail like this: When you insert a USB device, the kernel sends out a notification A. Userland daemons such as B can catch this signal. A