Mounting media - 8.10 Intrepid

[Dotan Cohen]

2008/11/9 Nigel Ridley <nigel at prayingforisrael.net>:
> How does the mdia mounting in 8.10 Intrepid work?

I think that it is still done with hal, but hal has changed (and taken
on new responsibilities) in *buntu 8.10.

> It seems that it mounts when the taskbar icon 'Renectly mounted media (or something like that) is
> clicked and then the item itself is clicked - which then opens it it Dolphin?!!

Why not? Aren't you opening a direcotry? Are you suggesting that
Kubuntu should recognize it as a video DVD and give an option to open
in a media player? If so, that does sound logical and you (or I) can
file a bug.

> Why is thee no
> option about how or with what to open it? I wanted to watch a DVD and had to first open Xine then
>  play the DVD.
> Also, how does one unmount a mounted media?

By right-clicking on the icon. I remember it being this way in KDE 3.x
as well. How else would you prefer it to be?

> There is no 'safely remove' menu item anywhere. I did
> find in Dolphin an entry for the DVD and could right click on that and choose' Eject' but as soon
> as the DVD drawer opened it closed again - one needs to have real good reflexes to get the disk
> out before the drawer closes again!
>

My system leaves the drawer open. Sounds like a bug.

> Really wanted to like Intrepid but I think I shall wait until January when KDE 4.2 comes out.

That really is the best idea. KDE 4.1 is workable but buggy. KDE 4.2
is the first KDE 4.x that is meant to be feature complete.

> Or perhaps I will install another WM - maybe Xfce and then just use the KDE apps that I like/need.

XFCE is pretty decent if you are looking for a full-time switch. But
if you just want something temporary until KDE 4.2 then I suggest that
you stick with KDE 3.5.10.

> P.S. Shame that they have crippled Konqueror in KDE 4.xxx

It's not crippled, but it is not feature complete. Please tell me what
you feel is missing so that I can file bugs. Thanks!

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