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Re: Please unblock usbmount



On Thu, Feb 22, 2007 at 12:48:23PM -0500, Noah Meyerhans wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 16, 2007 at 12:23:12AM +0100, Richard Atterer wrote:
> > If usbmount does not enter etch, this will mean that there is no easy way 
> > to make the system auto-mount a USB stick that you plug into the machine - 
> > that would be a bit embarassing!

> Does hal take care of this?  On my etch system, I plug my ipod or
> digital camera into a USB port, and it is automatically mounted and
> opened in a konqeror window or in the app of my choice.  This worked
> by default.

hal detects the insertion and sends dbus notifications of the change.  the
mounting is handled by bits like gnome-volume-manager and whatever the KDE
equivalent is called.

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