[kde-linux] Mechanism that mounts USB flashdrives

[Tobias Bocanegra]

On 8/9/06, Douglas Phillipson <phillipd at oem.doe.gov> wrote:
> I have been having some trouble mounting flash drives under KDE on some
> computers.  My desktop boxes nicely pop up a "USB Stick" Icon when I
> insert a USB memory stick, but my HP Pavilion laptop doesn't.  They both
> have:
>
> Fedora Core 4 with latest updates.
> 2.6.17 Kernel
> KDE 3.5.3
>
> The USB stick does get recognized by the kernel according to
> /var/log/messages and I can manually mount it but no USB Stick Icon
> appears on the desktop as it does on my Desktop machines.
>
> I would like to understand the mechanism that does this whole thing.  I
> presume its a HAL function that passes the information to some KDE
> daemon but I'm not sure. Where are the config files that define where
> the mount point is located, where the file for the Icon is located, etc.
>   From start to finish I would like to understand the whole process if
> anyone is patient enough to clue me in or point me to a FAQ somewhere
> that explains how it all works under KDE.
>
> Thank you very much
>
> Doug Phillipson

make sure the 'KDED Media Manager' is running. configurable in
'control center/KDE Components/Service Manager'

regards, toby