[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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