On Sat August 16 2008, Ron Johnson wrote: > > so, how do I put that in a sentence and use it:) > > Edit /etc/fstab and add this: > > UUID="686C-7E81" /media/SOME_THUMB vfat defaults,noauto 0 2 > > Then do: > # mount -v /media/SOME_THUMB
that worked! > > pmount will also work. > that didn't work in KDE.. > > I looked in control center, under peripherals,storage media, but nothing > > jumps out at me about making it automount .. > > ok, so I spent the last hour working on autofs.. > > I can get the device mounted like this: > > mount /dev/sdg /media/sdg1 > > > > but not using autofs.. > > GNOME handles automounting for me. Sorry. and you are right! I logged out of KDE, logged in to gnome, plugged in the USB stick, and a nautilus window popped up with my USB stick files... and was still able to run Kontact:) -- Paul Cartwright Registered Linux user # 367800 Registered Ubuntu User #12459 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]