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From: Marc Arens <dermarenz@×××××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Gnome doesn't recognize removable media
Date: Sun, 01 Feb 2009 19:50:02
Message-Id: 20090201204959.206651d8@marenz-dsktp.marenz.kicks-ass.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Gnome doesn't recognize removable media by reQuiem23
1 On Sun, 1 Feb 2009 09:10:30 -0800 (PST)
2 reQuiem23 <niklas.baumstark@×××××.com> wrote:
3
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6 >
7 > Florian Philipp-4 wrote:
8 > >
9 > > reQuiem23 schrieb:
10 > >> Hello all,
11 > >>
12 > >> I emerged Gnome 2.24 and am now experiencing problems with
13 > >> removable media.
14 > >> It was not an upgrade, but a new install. Whenever i insert a CD
15 > >> or USB stick, the system recognizes it (as you can see in the
16 > >> output of tail /var/log/messages), but nautilus doesn't show a
17 > >> desktop icon or even auto-mounts the volume. Are there any log
18 > >> files (maybe from udev and nautilus) or settings i could check to
19 > >> investigate the problem? or is there
20 > >> anything special about 2.24 that i could have overread?
21 > >>
22 > >
23 > > Most likely either hald is not running or some gnome packages were
24 > > emerged without the hal useflag.
25 > >
26 > >
27 > >
28 >
29 > the hal USE-flag is enabled and all packages are compiled with it.
30 > hald is also running. is there any information (logs, for example)
31 > which would help to investigate the problem?
32
33 just a stupid idea ...
34 does "gconftool-2 -g /apps/nautilus/desktop/volumes_visible" show true?
35 if not try setting it to true

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Re: [gentoo-user] Gnome doesn't recognize removable media reQuiem23 <niklas.baumstark@×××××.com>