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Subject: Re: [kde-linux] stop empty floppy drive announcement
From: James Loughner <jwrl () suddenlink ! net>
Date: 2013-11-12 19:57:17
Message-ID: 5282881D.9010007 () suddenlink ! net
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If you have no floppy drive turn it off in the BIOS
You will also boot faster
Jim
On 11/12/2013 04:46 AM, Felix Miata wrote:
> On 2013-11-12 09:01 (GMT) Duncan composed:
>
>> 1) Removing the device-notifier plasmoid from your panel entirely /may/
>> do it (or not, I can't test), but of course then you'll lose
>> notifications for cds and USB sticks you plugin as well
>
> And so not acceptable.
>
>> 2) IIRC, there's a device notifier config available either in kde system
>> settings or from device-notifier's context menu (right-click), possibly
>> both, that contains a list of all previous detections and whether to
>> notify about them or not. You /might/ be able to turn it off there.
>
> Device notifier settings 4.11.2 offers no way I could initially see to
> ignore the floppy drive.
>
> The manage notifications section of system settings just duplicates
> the device notifier settings, but on further study, it appeared that
> selecting enable automatic might have a combination that works. Its UI
> isn't clear WRT how overrides work, or not. The main confusion is it
> lists unmounted partitions configured as noauto in fstab as though
> they are removable media. Turns out what I thought might work does not.
>
>> Finally, since floppy drives are pretty much obsolete and rarely used
>> these days, if you very seldom or never use it, you may wish to consider
>
> I use floppies. In all machines I acquire that lack them, if they have
> a floppy controller, an available power connector, and a place to put
> the drive, I install one. Few of my machines have no floppy drive
> installed.
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