[Bug 161395] external hard drive not mounted by KDE4 if turned on prior to booting

[jamese]

http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=161395





--- Comment #4 from jamese <james ellis gmail com>  2008-11-25 00:04:20 ---
[quote]If I plug an external drive before log in, kde allows me to mount it
with the widget notifier (or from dolphin).[/quote]

While the above works, it added an extra step to a process that only requires
one step (plugging in the drive). I think the problem here is that this is not
a standard action for users - on Windows and KDE 3 drives automounted on
plug-in, rather than having to mount it by clicking an icon in a file system
browser.

Try this:
Plug in an external hard drive with your music on it. Start up Amarok
(previously configured to have a collection on the mountpoint). Result =  no
music because KDE isn't mounting the device. I have to start up Dolphin, click
the drive icon, before starting Amarok.
Finally, explain that to a Windows user who is interested in using Linux and
who doesn't understand "mounting" (like I have done).

See this Kubuntu bug for more:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kdebase/+bug/255533


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