External Backup Disk Drive

[Basil Chupin]

On 26/06/13 12:51, Ramesh Rao wrote:
> Hi Basil,
>
> Well, none of the options are checked. That means:
> - Enable automatic mounting of removable media     - not checked
>     - Only automatically mount removable media that has been manually 
> mounted before  - not checked
>     - Mount all removable media at login     -  not checked
>     - Automatically mount removable media when attached  - not checked
>
> After reading your email I *checked* "*Enable automatic mounting of 
> removable media*" along with "*Automatically mount removable media 
> when attached".*
>
>
> This made NO difference. The device remains undetected by the OS. Any 
> more suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
> Ramesh
>
>
> > Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 12:02:38 +1000
> > From: blchupin at iinet.net.au
> > To: kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> > Subject: Re: External Backup Disk Drive
> >
> > On 26/06/13 03:00, Ramesh Rao wrote:
> > > Charles,
> > >
> > > Plugging in the USB (ext drive) after booting the workstation made no
> > > difference. There is no indication that a device has been added.
> > > "Device Notifier" says "No devices available". On the contrary, if a
> > > flash drive is inserted in the same usb port, Device Notifier pops 
> up,
> > > as it should.
> > >
> > > I am kind of lost..
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Ramesh
> > [pruned]
> >
> > What have you set in System Settings>Removable Devices?
> >
> > BC
> >
> > --
> > Using openSUSE 12.3, KDE 4.10.4 & kernel 3.9.7-1 on a system with-
> > AMD FX 8-core 3.6/4.2GHz processor
> > 16GB PC14900/1866MHz Quad Channel Corsair "Vengeance" RAM
> > Gigabyte AMD3+ m/board; Gigabyte nVidia GTX550Ti 1GB DDR5 GPU

Did you reboot the system?

BC

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Using openSUSE 12.3, KDE 4.10.4 & kernel 3.9.7-1 on a system with-
AMD FX 8-core 3.6/4.2GHz processor
16GB PC14900/1866MHz Quad Channel Corsair "Vengeance" RAM
Gigabyte AMD3+ m/board; Gigabyte nVidia GTX550Ti 1GB DDR5 GPU