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List:       kde-bugs-dist
Subject:    [Bug 71558] New: Mount icon does not work with USB card readers
From:       hadmut () danisch ! de
Date:       2003-12-31 15:37:27
Message-ID: 20031231153727.11353.qmail () ktown ! kde ! org
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http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=71558     
           Summary: Mount icon does not work with USB card readers
           Product: kdesktop
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Debian testing
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: wishlist
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: faure@kde.org
        ReportedBy: hadmut@danisch.de


Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.1.4)
Installed from:    Debian testing/unstable Packages
OS:          Linux

Hi,

the mount icon for the desktop can not handle USB compact flash
readers under linux. The problem is that the kernel does not
recognize when a card is plugged in. The reader is the block device, 
not the card. If you plug in a card, the kernel needs to be triggered
to reread the partition table (and generate partition devices in devfs). 
I usually do this by calling sfdisk -l   twice for the device. 

Unfortunately, it is not possible to achieve this with a kde
desktop hard disk entry. Therefore I'd suggest to allow to
give a command to be run before mounting in the icon configuration
(and for completeness after mounting and before and after unounting).
Please pass the device path as a parameter or environment.

regards
Hadmut
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