kde(mod): icon external usb hard drive

Susu · 2008-02-09 11:01:45

I have an external usb hard drive that is permanently connected. My line in fstab looks like this:

/dev/usbdisk /mnt/usbdisk ext3 defaults 0 0

I'm using hal and for this hdd there is an icon on my desktop, and I'm desperately trying to remove that icon. I want to show icons for removable usb storage devices like my iriver h300, usbsticks and others but NOT for this hdd. Any ideas how to fix that?

byte · 2008-02-09 15:45:10

Is that icon different from the Usb-Stick one? In that case you could fix it with right-clicking the desktop, "Setup..." ...bla... "Gerätesymbole" ;-)
If it isn't -- no idea. Overriding HAL stuff is beyond me.

pelle.k · 2008-02-09 17:28:02

Sure thing. Add this to /etc/hal/fdi/policy/preferences.fdi

     <!-- Ignore fixed partitions which are not mounted in /media -->
     <match key="@block.storage_device:storage.hotpluggable" bool="false">
       <match key="@block.storage_device:storage.removable" bool="false">
         <match key="volume.is_mounted" bool="true">
           <merge key="volume.ignore" type="bool">true</merge>
           <!-- Show /media/ drives -->
           <match key="volume.mount_point" compare_gt="/media">
             <match key="volume.mount_point" compare_lt="/media0">
               <merge key="volume.ignore" type="bool">false</merge>
             </match>
           </match>
         </match>
       </match>
     </match>

This is taken from ubuntu btw.
edit / you might have to tweak it a bit. i'll be happy to help if it doesn't work for you.

Last edited by pelle.k (2008-02-09 17:30:54)

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#1 2008-02-09 11:01:45

kde(mod): icon external usb hard drive

#2 2008-02-09 15:45:10

Re: kde(mod): icon external usb hard drive

#3 2008-02-09 17:28:02

Re: kde(mod): icon external usb hard drive

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