mem sticks: how to force sync mounts?

[Chris Gow]

On Tuesday 17 July 2007 09:29:36 Dexter Filmore wrote:
> > The normal behaviour of KDE is to put a icon on the decktop for any
> > removable device (IIRC this is settable within the system settings
> > tool), and right-clicking on that brings up a menu that includes "Safely
> > remove", and when the device is synced the icon vanishes -- fine for
> > memory sticks etc though I have had some odd problems with removable
> > hard drives with many partitions. Alternatively the "Important places"
> > pulldown includes "Storage media", and again a right click on the
> > relevant item should allow you to sync & unmount.
>
> That's the function I want but not the Interface, simply convenience issue
> since I don't use desktop icons at all - all kicker launchers and key
> shortcuts here. Well, I'll have a talk with the code people...
There's a kicker applet too. I also have disabled desktop icons and whenever I 
mount anything (ipod, memory stick, camera, portable HDD) I get an icon in 
one of my panels. Clicking on the icon brings up a menu of options like..well 
I don't know as I don't have access to any of those devices ATM..but one of 
them is unmount (could be a sync option too).

There is one icon per device.

-- chris