PS: I don't own any other devices to plug in, so I cannot try what would happen if a second were to be plugged in. Sorry not to be able to help. On 10/27/05, kwhiskers <kwhiskers@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Thanks for your help. Yes, on my box it works like that, too. It all > works great! I was simply misunderstanding what automounting is. > > When I put in a cd, a new instance of konqueror opens, already showing > me the contents of the directory of the cd, WITHOUT any clicking or > action on my part. > > When I plug in removable media, however, this does not happen. This is > why I thought automounting was not occurring. I have to seek out the > removable media icon (on gnome, it will be dynamically created on the > desktop; on kde, it is located a couple of layers down in the sidebar > - I like my desktop clean and uncluttered, but having to click down a > few layers is not the best solution either) and then one has to click > on it to get the media mounted. > > After having learned how this system works, I have come to the > conclusion that I DO find it acceptable. It was simply the different > treatment of cds and removable media that confused me. > > As for your problem with not getting the second device mounted, have a > look at writing a udev rule. In my erroneous foray into trying to get > 'automounting' to work, I learned about the beauty of udev rules. I am > certain this would solve the problem brilliantly. > > On 10/27/05, Anil Kumar Sharma <xplusaks@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > First thing first, Auto mount USB device in FC4 is limited to craeting a > > mount point and providing an icon on desktop to manage the USB device > > through right click. This is my understanding for USB on FC4+KDE. > > 2. Please tell me if it work like this (for you); in case you have one > USB > > device (camera/drive/anything) already mounted and you insert another > > device > > in any other free USB port. Does it auto mount second time? > > 3. In my experience, it does not work and the second device need be > > manually mounted after creating a mount point. > > 4. Strangely the second auto mount works for second device also, atleast > > on > > my FC4 box, if login is root (Which I generally do not do). This all > under > > kde. > > Thanks. > > > > > > On 10/27/05, kwhiskers <kwhiskers@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > Thanks to all who have tried to help. I hope to consolidate the thread > > > here. > > > > > > I have partially solved the automounting of usb 'scsi' mass storage > > > cameras, which is done by hal. No udev rules are necessary. No device > > > definitions are required. It's all already there. fstab-sync takes care > > of > > > creating mount points. /dev/sda and sda1 both appear when the camera is > > > plugged in; the necessary kernel modules are automatically loaded. > > > Furthermore, it all works... > > > > > > If one is using gnome: plug in the camera and the filesystem on the > > > camera's memory chip will be automatically mounted to /media/usbdisk. > > > > > > The problem is how to get this to happen under kde. Under kde, one has > to > > > manually mount the camera. Isn't there a way to make this behave under > > kde > > > the way it is supposed to? > > > > > > -- > > > fedora-list mailing list > > > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Anil Kumar Shrama > > > > >
