On Mon, 08 Nov 2004 00:26:36 -0500 "H. S." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > First of all, here is what I have installed: > #> dpkg -l gnome-volume-manager gnome-desktop* udev hotplug | grep > '^ii' ii gnome-volume-m 1.0.2-3 GNOME daemon to auto-mount and > manage media > ii gnome-desktop- 2.6.1-2 Common files for GNOME 2 desktop > apps ii gnome-desktop- 60 The GNOME Desktop Environment > ii udev 0.040-1 /dev/ management daemon > ii hotplug 0.0.20040329-1 Linux Hotplug Scripts > > > To get icons of devices that you have listed in your /etc/fstab > (whether they be USB sticks, card readers or anything else) you need > gnome-volume-manager (KDE has something similar, but I have not > experimented with that). I have tried the following method > successfully in Debian Sarge and Sid. > > Now to automatically detect if a device is connected hot (USB stick, > card reader, etc.) you need udev. Then to make udev make a /dev/<file> > > for the device that you connect, you need to tell udev what to look > for. This is done in a rules file in /etc/udev/rules.d/. This > directory can have as many rules as as you need. <snip - lots of useful info> Excellent mini-howto. Thanks, "H.S."! Jacob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
