Re: how to get a mounted USB stick icon on desktop

From: Paolo Alexis Falcone (pfalcone_at_gmail.com)
Date: 10/30/04

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    On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 15:25:13 -0400, H. S. <greatexcalibur@yahoo.com> 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 

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Paolo Alexis Falcone
pfalcone@gmail.com
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