Show device symbols only when device is existing

[Florian Lindner]

Am Dienstag, 20. September 2005 15:48 schrieb Justin Denick:
> I have used the HAL, dbus, udev, and hotplug combo in the past but
> this automount seemed to work the best for me.

What I don't really like about automount is that you still have to define 
static mount points, So if there is a device with a number of partitions, 
e.g. sda1 - sda5 and you only have define mountpoints for sda1 - 3 you still 
have to mount 4 and 5 manually.

Florian

>
> On 9/20/05, Florian Lindner <mailinglists at xgm.de> wrote:
> > Am Dienstag, 20. September 2005 13:24 schrieb Justin Denick:
> > > Try reading up on automount
> > > Google is a great place to start and I'll even give ya a head start:
> > > http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/automount.htm
> >
> > That seems to be good, but not optimal. What is about pmount, HAL, D-BUS
> > combinations? Is this possible to use with KDE 3.4 or should I wait for
> > 3.5?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Florian
> >
> > > enjoy
> > >
> > > On 9/20/05, Florian Lindner <mailinglists at xgm.de> wrote:
> > > > Am Mittwoch, 21. September 2005 04:09 schrieb SnapafunFrank:
> > > > > Florian Lindner wrote:
> > > > > >Hello,
> > > > > >is is possible to show the device symbols on the Desktop only when
> >
> > the
> >
> > > > > > devices (like /dev/sda1) are actually existing?
> > > > >
> > > > > Right click on your desktop and select " Configure Desktop ... "
> > > > >
> > > > > Within there find the 'Device Icon' tab and check / uncheck what
> > > > > you require.
> > > >
> > > > Hey,
> > > > I know this functionality but it's not what I want (AFAIK).
> > > > I have a entry for /dev/sda1 in my fstab. If I check "Show unmounted
> >
> > hard
> >
> > > > disks" the icon is always shown, even if /dev/sda1 is not even
> >
> > existing.
> >
> > > > I want to have a icon appearing when I plug in sda1 (and it comes
> > > > into existince in /dev). When I click on this icon it is being
> > > > mounted.
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