On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 5:13 PM, Stephen Powell <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, 11 Dec 2010 22:28:52 -0500 (EST), Tom H wrote: >> On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 9:30 PM, Stephen Powell wrote: >>> ... >>> I have been able to circumvent the problem >>> by commenting out the following entries in /etc/fstab and rebooting: >>> >>> /dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto 0 0 >>> /dev/fd1 /media/floppy1 auto rw,user,noauto 0 0 >>> >>> Now only root can mount and umount floppies. Since GNOME does not >>> run with root privileges, it can't mess me up. >> >> was to keep the above lines in "/etc/fstab" and mount floppies with >> "udisks --mount /dev/fdX". > > That works, Tom. Thanks! And of course the corresponding > > udisks --unmount /dev/fdX > > command unmounts the floppy. It appears that udisks has taken over > the mounting and unmounting of removable-media devices just like > network manager has taken over network devices. I don't think we're in Kansas anymore, Toto.
You're welcome. Definitely not Kansas; probably more like Mars, especially since udisks was called devkit-disks not long ago so we're being kept on our toes... (I presume that the "u" comes from udev but it's a total WAG.) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
