On Sun, 2006-02-19 at 17:52 +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote:
> On Sun, 2006-02-19 at 09:07 +0200, Rumen Yotov wrote:
> > On Sun, 2006-02-19 at 16:21 +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote:
> > > Hi again,
> > >
> > > The kde tryout is progressing well. However, I just tried to plug in my
> > > usb storage drive. Nothing happened.
> > >
> > > I found the Settings > Peripheral > storage media; and there is an
> > > option:
> > > "Enable HAL backend (No support for HAL on this system)" which is greyed
> > > out.
>
> > Assume you have "sys-apps/hal" installed.
> > Have you started it-/etc/init.d/hald start (rc-update add hald default).
>
> sorry, in my haste I forgot to mention that, yes I have it installed and
> started (before I logged into kde).
>
> > As there's a close relation between kernel version & dbus,hal,ivman
> > versions, not all combinations work, watch out.
>
> hmm, I have linux-2.6.15-r5 (suspend2); hal 0.5.5.1-r3; dbus 0.60-r4;
> and ivman I've never heard of!! What do I need it for?
>
> Do you see any problems with these versions?
>
> thanks,
> --
> Iain Buchanan <iain at netspace dot net dot au>
>
> It is the nature of extreme self-lovers, as they will set an house on fire,
> and it were but to roast their eggs.
> -- Francis Bacon
Hi,
i've the same versions of gentoo-sources,dbus&hal +sys-apps/ivman-0.6.9.
eix ivman
* sys-apps/ivman
Available versions: 0.5_pre2 0.5_pre3 0.6.4 0.6.5 0.6.6 0.6.8
0.6.9
Installed: 0.6.9
Homepage: http://ivman.sf.net
Description: Daemon to mount/unmount devices, based on info
from HAL
IMO you should also install ivman which will install 'pmount', as dep.
Check that all daemons are started.
Rumen
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