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On 11/09/12 11:56, Philip Webb wrote: |
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> 120911 Walter Dnes wrote: |
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>> On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 Chris Stankevitz asked how to automount a USB stick : |
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>> A GUI is not necessary. Every time a USB device is inserted or removed, |
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>> an "event" is triggered by the kernel. What's required is |
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>> an "event handler" that reacts appropriately to those events. |
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>> This is usually udev, but mdev will also work. |
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>> See https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Mdev/Automount_USB |
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> Why do people want to automount these sticks ? |
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Because 99.9% of the time, the sole reason you plugged them in is to |
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mount them rather than just watch its LED light up :-P There's no |
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reason not to mount them. |
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