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From: brullo nulla <brullonulla@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Odd USB external hard disk does not play nice with KDE
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2009 17:03:01
Message-Id: 93ae19410907211002g3e219055qea1beabbab70a0ab@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Odd USB external hard disk does not play nice with KDE by brullo nulla
1 On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 10:48 AM, brullo nulla<brullonulla@×××××.com> wrote:
2 > Hi,
3 >
4 > I just bought a novel, 1.5 Tb USB external HD.
5 >
6 > The kernel recognizes it nice and well, and I can mount and unmount it
7 > as root, lookin' its content etc. without problems.
8 > But KDE refuses to "see" it as a new media. It does not even appear in
9 > the "media:/". The odd thing is that it is the first and so far only
10 > external drive with this behaviour. Other USB drives (I have several)
11 > work nice, appear in the desktop and KDE ask me what to do with them.
12
13 Ok. It seems I have been lured into buying a cheap Seagate brick-in-a-box.
14 I will return it tomorrow morning and take a WD.
15
16 m.