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On Friday, March 16, 2012 08:46:05 AM Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> On Fri, 16 Mar 2012 07:13:46 +0100, Joost Roeleveld wrote: |
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> > Auto-starting programs when a device is added. Great, when are we |
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> > getting "autostart" support for CDs and USB-keys and under which |
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> > user-account will these be executed? |
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> This is for running programs from the computer against the device, not |
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> autorunning programs on the device - such as initialising USB modems. |
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How long till autorunning programs becomes "the next great thing" on the |
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desktop for Linux? |
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> > That is, untill someone comes up with the "clever" idea of shoving an |
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> > automounter into udev. (Will it then also auto-unmount when I want my |
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> > CD back?) |
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> That's already been done, |
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> * sys-apps/uam |
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> Available versions: 0.2.1 (~)0.3 |
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> Homepage: https://github.com/mgorny/uam/ |
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> Description: Simple udev-based automounter for removable USB |
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> media |
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This is an automounter, not autounmounter... |
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What I would like is one where a CDrom is automounted when inserted and when I |
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press the eject-button, the cdrom is umounted and I get my cd back... |
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The action that (used to) cause BSODs on MS Windows... |
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> I also have a rule on a headless media server to run a script that |
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> mounts a USB stick, copies files to it, unmounts it and lets me know when |
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> it is done. I can mark files for copying at any time and my wife can just |
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> plug in a stick when she wants to copy them for viewing on a small, |
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> non-connected TV by her treadmill (her treadmill, I emphasise - I find a |
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> keyboard and trackball give me all the exercise I want). |
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Why not connect that TV? ;) |
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