[Bug 17625] hotplugging for external drives (usb stick etc) does not work

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------- Additional Comments From bertrand.croq at freeskop.com  2005-10-17 07:24 UTC -------
(In reply to comment #1) 
> (In reply to comment #0) 
> > hotplugging actually works, when a standard kubuntu installation is done (tested 
> > for Kubuntu 5.10 RC) 
> >  
> > however, when adding Kubuntu to a Ubuntu installation (tested for Ubuntu 5.10 RC 
> > + apt-get install kubuntu-desktop on Oct. 11th), it does not work: after 
> > plugging in a USB drive or memory stick, a new konqueror window appears with a 
> > message like 'media:/sda... does not exist' 
>  
> I can confirm this.  And it's not just with USB, but with IEEE 1394 as well.  At 
> a guess, it seems to affect ANY hotpluggable media, regardless of bus. 
>  
> I have also observed that it mounts the filesystem on /media/usbdisk/ (or 
> /media/ieee1394disk/) as well as /media/sda1/ (depending on how many prior 
> mounts are in place). 
 
When ivman is launched in konsole, here is what I get:   
  
manager.c:493 (ivm_run_command) Running: /usr/bin/pmount -t vfat  /dev/sda1  usbdisk || /usr/bin/pmount -t vfat  /dev/sda1  
  
It looks like ivman first try to mount to the "prefered mount point" given by HAL.  

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