[kde-linux] Hotplug /HAL not working after KDE 3.5.4. upgrade on suse 10.0

[James Richard Tyrer]

markus2 at bayern-mail.de wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I just upgraded my 32-bit Suse 10.0 system to KDE 3.5.4 via Yast, 
> using the officially provided rpms.
> 
> Now, the automatic mounting of usb-devices stopped working, despite 
> the fact that everthing seems to be fine: KDE seems to recognize HAL 
> (the checkbox in the control center is checked).
> 
> However, externel usb-devices (here: my mp3-player) are not 
> automatically mounted and there is no message box popping up. All I 
> get is an entry in /var/log/messages:
> 
> 
> Aug  7 21:10:08 linux kernel: Attached scsi removable disk sdb at 
> scsi3, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 Aug  7 21:10:08 linux kernel: Attached 
> scsi generic sg0 at scsi3, channel 0, id 0, lun 0,  type 0 Aug  7 
> 21:10:08 linux kernel: usb-storage: device scan complete Aug  7 
> 21:10:09 linux hal-subfs-mount[11283]: SYMLINKS:: 
> disk/by-id/usb-iriver_MassStorage_Disc 
> disk/by-path/usb-iRiverLimited-IFP800HIGHSPEED:0:0:0 Aug  7 21:10:09 
> linux hal-subfs-mount[11283]: MOUNT_POINT:: /media/usbdisk Aug  7 
> 21:10:09 linux hal-subfs-mount[11283]: MOUNTPOINT:: /media/usbdisk 
> Aug  7 21:10:09 linux hal-subfs-mount[11283]: Collected mount options
>  and Called(8192) /bin/mount -t subfs -o 
> fs=floppyfss,sync,procuid,nosuid,nodev,exec,utf8=true /dev/sdb 
> "/media/usbdisk" Aug  7 21:10:09 linux hal-subfs-mount[11283]: By 
> hald-subfs-mount created dir /media/usbdisk got removed.
> 
I can't even get my CD-ROM to work correctly although my ZIP (ATA 250) 
works perfectly.  So, I really don't know what to tell you.
> 
> Is there a way to restore the old (KDE 3.5.2 ?) behaviour? (other 
> than downgrading)
> 
On my system, which is built from source, if I don't start: "messagebus"
& "haldaemon" the behavior of the (automatic) DeskTop device icons
changes.  However, if I try to use them, they don't work and I get a
message saying that I need Hal installed.

However, I find that the old style manually created DeskTop icons for
devices still work.  That is, if you right click the DeskTop background
and choose:

	Create New -> Link to Device -> <device_type>

and properly set up a device icon that it should work correctly.

Note that you probably need to have an "fstab" entry for this to work.

-- 
JRT