usb disk icon not showing at startup

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

Good morning (well, for those on this side of the ocean)

Le Tue, 18 Jul 2006 19:11:09 -0500
"Clinton E. Troutman" <clint.troutman at sbcglobal.net> a écrit:

> > If I log in (desktop icon not appearing) and then plug in a second
> > usb storage device, the new device appears on the desktop, as well
> > as my first usb storage device.
> >
> > btw, I'm running 'kde 3.5.3-0.4.fc5 Fedora-Core' on ... fc5
> > (obviously :p)
> >
> I have much the same issue using 'kde 3.5.3-4.1.fc5.kde'
> 
> I have 2 mounted permanent drives, 2 unmounted permanent drives, and
> a host of USB device readers, a CD drive and a DVD drive and a floppy
> drive. All of these are designated to be displayed on the desktop
> whether mounted or not.
> 
> At boot / start, KDE displays no drives on the desktop regardless of
> what permanent or temporary media is loaded at the time. 
> When I insert a temporary media into any USB device or CD or DVD, all 
> mounted and unmounted media icons appear on the desktop.
> If I then eject the temporary media, all mounted and unmounted drives
> remain on the desktop.
> 
> If the above is not explanatory enough, let me know (I'm a bit short
> on time at this precise moment...)

This seems to be exactly the same behaviour.
Now, it would be interexting to know if this issue is only fc5 related.

Thanks for the info,

R. Daneel Olivaw,
The Human Robot Inside.
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