Installing KDE 3.5

[Dotan Cohen]

On 2/16/06, Janton <vonzu at frisurf.no> wrote:
> Dotan Cohen wrote:
> > On 2/15/06, lordSauron <lordsauronthegreat at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> On 2/15/06, Dotan Cohen <dotancohen at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>> I'm a recent convert from Fedora Core 4. I really miss KDE 3.5
> >>> (automount USB devices, other goodies). Is there a simple way to
> >>> install it on Kubuntu? Or must I compile?
> >> Sorry, I just have to note this:  KDE 3.4 automounts USB volumes.
> >> Were you having trouble, 'cause mine automounts.
> >
> > Yes, I was having trouble. I would get a Konqueror screen with an
> > error message. I was going to try to solve it, but I will wait to see
> > if it persists with KDE 3.5. If I remember correctly, in Fedora with
> > KDE 3.4 there was no automount. Is the automount a Kubuntu addition?
> >
> > The error is in Hebrew but translated it would be:
> > "There was an ewrror in the loading of media:/sdc1
> > The file or directory media:/sdc1 does not exist."
> >
> > Also, if the problem does persist, can I just copy the correct fstab
> > entry from the Fedora fstab to the Kubuntu fstab and expect it to
> > work? If not, then what is the proper way to debug?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Dotan Cohen
>
> I have the same problem.
> I use an old Toshiba laptop (P3 450MHz 256RAM).
> I used to run Fedora Core 3 with Gnome, which gave me no problems with
> the USB.
> I am 100% certain that there is nothing wrong with my USB memory stick.
> I have tried several sticks, and the problem is the same for all of them.
> I am a Linux newbie, and therefore have little to contribute but
> confirming that this is not a one-off problem.
> It is quite annoying, because I have discovered that i really prefer KDE
> , and Kubuntu seems to be one of the few distros that I am competent
> enough to install on this computer.

I just upgraded to KDE 3.5 and it now works. I do have problems with
Hebrew file names on the USB disk, but that is unrelated to the
mounting, I beleive. You may want to upgrade.

Dotan Cohen
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