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KDE Desktop: right-click 'floppy' icon--'Format' broken
I'm using NOVA, completely up-to-date, KDE 3.1.4, etc. I've created a desktop icon to my floppy drive(SONY PCG-F490 notebook), and the icon works to access the floppy. When I 'right-click' the icon and select 'Format', it just blinks and Kfloppy doesn't appear. I can launch kfloppy manually and format thereafter.
I'm setting up the notebook for a non-techie and I don't understand why this doesn't work(!?).
My /etc/fstab:
[richard@SONY-F490 richard]$ cat /etc/fstab
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
tmpfs /tmp tmpfs size=2G,nr_inodes=10k 0 0
/dev/discs/disc0/part2 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/discs/disc0/part3 / reiserfs defaults 0 0
/dev/discs/disc0/part1 /mnt/windows auto umask=0 0 0
/dev/cdroms/cdrom0 /mnt/dvd supermount dev=/dev/cdroms/cdrom0,--,user,noauto,exec,unhide,ro 0 0
/dev/floppy/0 /mnt/fl supermount dev=/dev/floppy/0,--,user,noauto,exec,umask=0 0 0Thanx !!
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possibly formatting maybe something root must do?
or the format option is broken is some way (ie i am not sure if it is an arch build problem, missing package dependency, kde bug, or?)
unfortunately i don't use kde so i cannot enlighten you more.
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Is there some way to see exactly what KDE is running when you click on Format? Maybe it's running kfloopy with some arguments that it doesn't like... or something...
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Is there some way to see exactly what KDE is running when you click on Format? Maybe it's running kfloopy with some arguments that it doesn't like... or something...
Ok, I tried to 'strace -o format-dead startkde' but it stops recording before I can get to the manouever. Any other ideas on how to capture mouse/gui events? I also tried as root with same result.
Thanx for your help.
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Maybe there's a file somewhere that lists the menu items given when right clicking the floppy icon? Or maybe there's a context-menu editor or something... something within KDE to edit menus (regedit...? hehehe)
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* FIXED *
(I think this is a universal/non-distro specific problem, so I will submit bug to kde.org)
SOLUTION:
The 'Exec' command in the '~/Desktop/Floppy' file _must_ be suceeded by a ';' after any commands. <example in RED, below>
[richard@SONY-F490 richard]$ cat Desktop/Floppy Disk Drive
[Desktop Action Format]
Exec=kfloppy;
Name=Format
[Desktop Entry]
Actions=Format
Dev=/dev/floppy/0
Encoding=UTF-8
FSType=Default
Icon=3floppy_mount
MountPoint=/mnt/fl
ReadOnly=false
Type=FSDevice
UnmountIcon=3floppy_unmount
[richard@SONY-F490 richard]$
By default, the 'Templates'(found by 'right-clicking' the desktop and selecting 'Create New') do _NOT_ have the ';' included. This may be as a result of older code not having been updated for some new standard(!?).
At any rate, there you have it.
Cheers and thanx to all who responded.
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