Autmount in KDE?

Yaro · 2009-12-16 03:21:21

I have HAL configured properly, and clicking on the devices causes them to mount without issue. My question is twofold:

1. How do I get full automount on KDE 4? Just plug in the device and it's mounted and ready.
2. Is there a way to display only mounted volumes on the desktop in folder view mode?

lucke · 2009-12-16 03:45:53

The first one is going to be available in KDE SC 4.4.

Yaro · 2009-12-16 03:47:45

lucke wrote:

The first one is going to be available in KDE SC 4.4.

What's the SC stand for?

lucke · 2009-12-16 04:25:20

http://dot.kde.org/2009/11/24/repositioning-kde-brand

In short, what was earlier called KDE X.Y is now called KDE Software Compilation X.Y.

Tyriel · 2009-12-16 04:55:48

If you are talking about devices such as cds, usb sticks and external hard disks etc it already does. Just make sure you have the "Device Notifier" plasmoid on your panel.

Edit: Works for me with KDE 4.3

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Yaro · 2009-12-16 05:01:10

Tyriel wrote:

If you are talking about devices such as cds, usb sticks and external hard disks etc it already does. Just make sure you have the "Device Notifier" plasmoid on your panel.
Edit: Works for me with KDE 4.3

It has to be the panel?

lucke · 2009-12-16 05:07:23

In 4.3 you always have to click on the device's icon to mount it. In 4.4 previously mounted devices can be mounted automatically after being inserted.

http://www.benkevan.com/blog/kde-4-4-so … ancements/

fluffylime · 2009-12-16 07:38:31

There is Device Notifier with Automount plasmoid in kde-look.org (you can get it through "Get new stuff" button). Of course, you need plasma for it (not necessary the panel, AFAIR you could place a widget right on the desktop).

Yaro · 2009-12-16 07:55:23

fluffylime wrote:

There is Device Notifier with Automount plasmoid in kde-look.org (you can get it through "Get new stuff" button). Of course, you need plasma for it (not necessary the panel, AFAIR you could place a widget right on the desktop).

I'll have a look at it.

What about my second question? What about displayign mounted volumes on the desktop?

toad · 2009-12-16 08:01:57

As to your second question - this should be possible. Best to add another activity, select Folder View instead of Desktop as its type. Then either add /media as a folder (okay, you get the normal cd and stuff...) or specify /media as your base folder (same again). May be there is another way but I haven't tested it...

Yaro · 2009-12-16 08:08:50

toad wrote:

As to your second question - this should be possible. Best to add another activity, select Folder View instead of Desktop as its type. Then either add /media as a folder (okay, you get the normal cd and stuff...) or specify /media as your base folder (same again). May be there is another way but I haven't tested it...

Add a new activity? I have been usign KDE for several months, but not sure what you mean by that.

toad · 2009-12-16 08:11:36

see the kidney top right? Click it and explore

To start off with zoom out, on the left you will now get a menu that lets you add a new activity.

Oh, and make sure you add the activity bar widget to your taskbar

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Yaro · 2009-12-16 17:04:52

toad wrote:

see the kidney top right? Click it and explore
To start off with zoom out, on the left you will now get a menu that lets you add a new activity.
Oh, and make sure you add the activity bar widget to your taskbar

Oh, the cashew? Blocked by the ihatethecashew plasmoid because, well, I HATE the cashew.

toad · 2009-12-16 17:26:43

Yep, that one. It opens doors, you'll see

Yaro · 2009-12-16 17:30:34

toad wrote:

Yep, that one. It opens doors, you'll see

How do I remove/disable the anti-cashew Plasmoid?

toad · 2009-12-16 17:40:08

Open the add widget dialogue, go down to the widget in question and click on the red bar to its right.

BTW, you sure you been running kde for months ?

Yaro · 2009-12-16 18:14:06

toad wrote:

Open the add widget dialogue, go down to the widget in question and click on the red bar to its right.
BTW, you sure you been running kde for months ?

Yes. I just know I have a lot to learn (I usually learnt hese things quickly, but KDE is more complex.

toad · 2009-12-16 18:18:47

Yeah, it ain't half configurable Keep 'em coming...

toad · 2009-12-18 17:27:33

Just found out something new myself

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quarkup · 2009-12-18 17:58:36

lol

kde seems to have a sort of "compiz-fusion" with it.

but it is slower than compiz-fusion.. i wonder why.

dyscoria · 2009-12-18 18:33:17

quarkup wrote:

lol
kde seems to have a sort of "compiz-fusion" with it.
but it is slower than compiz-fusion.. i wonder why.

kwin is pretty awesome, and i reckon in the next few KDE releases it will reach feature parity with compiz and match it for speed.

toad · 2009-12-18 18:42:46

Who knows, but with every release there is something new you couldn't do before. The piccie above shows different backgrounds for the same cube. I know it has been around for some time, but I only just found out about it...

In addition it now has normal panels and "fancy panels" which are like the OSX ones - again see screenshot.

And you can have different widgets on different desktops, aka not different activities on one cube. Note that the light coloured desktop has folder view enabled.

Last time I looked at compiz some the last thing was not possible for example - but then again others were, so there.

kyleisme · 2009-12-19 03:38:04

Yaro wrote:

fluffylime wrote:
There is Device Notifier with Automount plasmoid in kde-look.org (you can get it through "Get new stuff" button). Of course, you need plasma for it (not necessary the panel, AFAIR you could place a widget right on the desktop).
I'll have a look at it.
What about my second question? What about displayign mounted volumes on the desktop?

Another possibility is to place another Device Notifier widget on the desktop. Rather than being an icon as it is on the panel, it'll just show the list.

toad · 2009-12-19 09:08:04

I found this plasma wiki entry http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Plasma and started adding to it. Any more top tips out there?

Yaro, did you find what you wanted?

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