Re: Removable media not found on KDE
On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 09:14:08 +0100, AG wrote:
> Florian Kulzer wrote:
>> On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 23:07:16 +0100, AG wrote:
>>>
>>> In KDE3.5.5, running on Etch whenever I load a USB data stick, it
>>> triggers OpenOffice.org's splash screen and then reports that
>>> media:/sda1 does not exist.
[...]
>> If I remember correctly (I have KDE 4.2 now, so I cannot check anymore),
>> the most important settings are the ones here:
>>
>> K-Menu > Control Center > Peripherals > Storage Media
[...]
> I tried going via the Kcontrol route as you suggested, and there are
> only 2 options: "open in a new window" and "do nothing". I cannot
> change the order of these options. The USB stick still throws up the
> error message.
>
> Onto the second suggestion. I created a new user and the USB stick
> opened as one would expect - a new window and no OOo. It would seem
> therefore to be related to the existing user, but the apparent options
> for doing anything about it seem very limited.
At least we know now that we have to focus on the configuration of the
user.
> Is there an *rc file in
> the bowels of KDE that I can edit perhaps? I looked through the
> available directories in .kde and couldn't see anything appropriate, but
> then that is probably me not knowing really what I am looking for.
I would start by taking a close look at this file:
~/.kde/share/config/medianotifierrc
In the backup of my old ~/.kde folder, this file only has one section
called "[Auto Actions]"; it contains 8 lines for different media types,
which all list "#NothinAction", e.g.:
media/removable_mounted=#NothinAction
media/removable_unmounted=#NothinAction
AFAIK, the user customizations for the file associations are saved here:
~/.kde/share/config/profilerc
You should check if this file contains any references to "ooo-*.desktop"
or "media/*".
If either file looks corrupted then it might be easiest to move it out
of the way and let KDE recreate it from a good template at the next
start. (Keep the "bad" file around so that you can restore it if
necessary.) Comparing medianotifierrc and profilerc of the two users may
help to get a clue where things go wrong.
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