also sprach Stephen Gran <gashuffer09@home.com> [2001.12.29.2205 +0100]: > autofs? it seems to be the solution, and i knew about that. but i got confused: during the installation of debian, when configuring pcmcia cdrom, i was asked whether i wanted to automatically mount when inserted. now that i think of it, that's an /etc/pcmcia/ide.opts entry, but back then i was stunned, and it brought back memories to the (short) times when i ran gnome. there, insertion of a cd or floppy would spawn a file commander window for that drive. i *certainly don't want* that, but my brother just got his laptop debian imprinted, and i thought it might be better to configure it that way, rather than overloading him with linux knowledge (he's a newbie). so autofs is a step in the right direction. if only now i could somehow hook that into kde... and it's got to be possible... at the very least, amd's got to have a hook on mount and umount... and there's *nothing* a shell script can't fix... thanks for your responses... -- martin; (greetings from the heart of the sun.) \____ echo mailto: !#^."<*>"|tr "<*> mailto:"; net@madduck today's an excellent day for putting slinkies on an escalator.
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