debian-user-digest Digest V2007 #2932

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debian-user-digest Digest Volume 2007 : Issue 2932

Today's Topics:

  Re: NVIDIA and mplayer now working    [ "David Fox"  ]
  Re: apt-file                          [ "Wu-Kung Sun"  ]
  Re: server login with SSH             [ Ken Irving  ]
  Re: server login with SSH             [ Bill Smith  ]
  Re: 3-D graphing software for Linux?  [ "Oscar Blanco"  ]
  volume mgmt w/o gnome                 [ Mark Grieveson  ]
  Re: what's wrong with real.com? I ca  [ "Kelly Clowers"  ]
  Re: volume mgmt w/o gnome             [ "Kelly Clowers"  ]

  Conversion of file Contacts.cdb into [ rodolfo.medina@gmail.com ]   Re: Mounting a USB Mass Storage Devi [ Raj Kiran Grandhi <grajkiran@gmail. ]

Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2007 13:02:07 -0800
From: "David Fox" <dfox94085@gmail.com>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: NVIDIA and mplayer now working

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On 12/1/07, Paul Cartwright <ale@pcartwright.com> wrote:
>
> ~$ uname -a
> Linux paulandcilla 2.6.22-3-686 #1 SMP Mon Nov 12 08:32:57 UTC 2007 i686
> GNU/Linux

Yeah, every time you update the kernel you have to redo the nvidia driver for that kernel, it's a hassle, but not too terribly difficult (I finally got it working with the nvidia in the 'sid' repository) but I am still using the same kernel (2.6.22-2) that I was using before - but I do dist-upgrades once a week or so. It should be that dist-upgrade doesn't automatically upgrade the kernel, but that depends on whether you install the numbered version explicitly vs. the 'generic' 2.6 package (linux-image-k7 or whatever), AIUI.

> running Debian testing.
> NOW my NVIDIA driver is working again, and so is mplayer.
> so it looks like the fact that the nvidia driver wasn't working also

Yeah, it's good to have the nvidia driver, but things should still work even with the 'nv' driver. Other than being slower, I hadn't had problems running vlc or mplayer. Sometimes -vo options help, such as -vo X11 or other choices. One thing I never got to work right was the -vo mga/xmga output driver when I had a Matrox G450 card (I gave it away). That seems to have worked with Mandrake but I never got the mga driver to work with Debian's mplayer.

>

Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2007 14:45:46 -0600
From: "Wu-Kung Sun" <sunwukung@gmail.com> To: "Debian User List" <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Subject: Re: apt-file

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On Dec 1, 2007 2:21 PM, Tom Allison <tom@tacocat.net> wrote:
> how do you use apt-file?
>
> I'm trying to use 'apt-file find pg_resetxlog' and it returns nothing
>
> but this fails to:
> which psql --> /usr/bin/psql
>
> apt-file find psql --> nothing
>
> Well, I know something put that file there because I installed it using aptitude.
>
> I *really* need to find that file, pg_resetxlog.
>
>

First:
apt-file update
Then:
apt-file search (filename)

If you're just trying to find a file on your system, use locate.

-- 
swk

Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2007 11:58:12 -0900 From: Ken Irving <fnkci@uaf.edu> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: server login with SSH Message-ID: <20071201205812.GA24938@localhost> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Sat, Dec 01, 2007 at 09:49:55AM -0500, phillinux wrote:
> I set-up a plain vanilla, samba (intranet) server for a computer lab in my
> school. I've done this before with SuSE and have switched to Debian Net
> install.
>
> I have the kids SSH into their accounts to change their samba passwords but
> the connection is now being refused by the server. there is no problem
> accessing home folders. I checked the /etc/services file and port 22 seems
> to be open (not commented out). What should I check next?
On some debian versions, not sure which, the default sshd needs an entry for each user in /etc/ssh/sshd_config in the AllowUsers setting. -- Ken Irving, fnkci(at)uaf.edu, http://sourceforge.net/projects/thinobject/ Hi=~/lib/thinob/Try/Hi; mkdir -p $Hi; ln -s /usr/local/lib/thinob $Hi/^ hi=$(tob Try/Hi.tob hi); echo -e '#!/bin/sh\nshift\necho Hello $*!'>$hi chmod +x $hi; mkdir say; ln -s $Hi say/^; tob say.hi world

Date: Sat, 01 Dec 2007 21:09:51 +0000 From: Bill Smith <bill@rakupottery.org.uk> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: server login with SSH Message-ID: <4751CD9F.5020705@rakupottery.org.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Jochen Schulz wrote:
> phillinux:
>
>> I set-up a plain vanilla, samba (intranet) server for a computer lab in my
>> school. I've done this before with SuSE and have switched to Debian Net
>> install.
>>
>
> If you have started with a minimal installation, you probably don't have
> openssh-server installed.
>
This is the case with a vanilla install as I have discovered myself recently, just install the openssh-server and you will up and running
>
>> I have the kids SSH into their accounts to change their samba passwords but
>> the connection is now being refused by the server. there is no problem
>> accessing home folders. I checked the /etc/services file and port 22 seems
>> to be open (not commented out). What should I check next?
>>
>
> /etc/services is just a mapping from ports to service names. It isn't
> used for packet filtering, it's just there for your convenience.
>
> J.
>
-- Bill

Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2007 16:14:36 -0500 From: Paul Cartwright <ale@pcartwright.com> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: NVIDIA and mplayer now working Message-Id: <200712011614.36226.ale@pcartwright.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline On Sat December 1 2007, David Fox wrote:
> Yeah, every time you update the kernel you have to redo the nvidia
> driver for that kernel, it's a hassle, but not too terribly difficult
> (I finally got it working with the nvidia in the 'sid' repository) but
> I am still using the same kernel (2.6.22-2) that I was using before -
> but I do dist-upgrades once a week or so. It should be that
> dist-upgrade doesn't automatically upgrade the kernel, but that
> depends on whether you install the numbered version explicitly vs. the
> 'generic' 2.6 package (linux-image-k7 or whatever), AIUI.
it wasn't that it just did a kernel update, it was also broken on my box before that. or maybe it was the kernel update ( again...)
>
> > running Debian testing.
> > NOW my NVIDIA driver is working again, and so is mplayer.
> > so it looks like the fact that the nvidia driver wasn't working also
>
> Yeah, it's good to have the nvidia driver, but things should still
> work even with the 'nv' driver. Other than being slower, I hadn't had
> problems running vlc or mplayer. Sometimes -vo options help, such as
> -vo X11 or other choices. One thing I never got to work right was the
> -vo mga/xmga output driver when I had a Matrox G450 card (I gave it
> away). That seems to have worked with Mandrake but I never got the mga
> driver to work with Debian's mplayer.
yeah, I know I can change it to nv every time, but it IS much slower!!! -- Paul Cartwright Registered Linux user # 367800 Registered Ubuntu User #12459

Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2007 16:25:47 -0500 From: Mark Grieveson <dg135@torfree.net> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: what's wrong with real.com? I can't download reaplayer for Linux Message-ID: <20071201162547.250dbdd1@localhost> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Sat, 1 Dec 2007 13:18:32 +0000 (UTC) debian-user-digest-request@lists.debian.org wrote:
> I follow links at real.com,
> No matter how hard I try, I can't download it.
I would forget about the links at real.com, and instead, (assuming you're using Etch), add "deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org etch main" to your /etc/apt/sources.list file (either using synaptic to edit your repositories, or, as root, use an editor such as gedit or nano). Having done this, update, and then install realplayer. Mark

Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2007 16:57:16 -0500 From: "Oscar Blanco" <orblancog@gmail.com> To: chiappa@oi.com.br Cc: debian-user <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Subject: Re: 3-D graphing software for Linux? Message-ID: <dc461920712011357q3ecfb170y95099c2467212c2d@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Have a look on this website http://www.scilab.org/ This is scilab, designed in France. It is a numerical tool (and seldom symbolic), so it means that was done for high computing capabilities. After installing, you will have a command line as in any console; there you can type the corresponding instruction (like MatLab, don't know if you have seen it). e.g. > 2+3 5 > sin(%pi/2) 1 In scilab, almost all is a matrix, or vector, so if you type > t=3D[3;2;1] it mean that t is a 3 rows, 1 column vector, but if you type > t=3D[3,2,1] with commas means t is a 1 row, 3 columns vector. You can apply math equations to matrices. So F=3Dsin(t) returns a vector F with values corresponding to sin for each element. If you need to plot one against each other, just do >plot2d(t,F) if you have 3 vectors (all same length), just do >plot3d(t,F,G) Scilab is plenty of options, let us know if you need more help. Kind regards, Oscar Blanco 2007/11/25, Marcelo Chiapparini <chiappa@oi.com.br>:
> On Thu, 2007-11-22 at 19:28 +0200, Micha Feigin wrote:
> > On Thu, 22 Nov 2007 16:12:41 +0200
> > "Dotan Cohen" <dotancohen@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > On 22/11/2007, Hugo Vanwoerkom <hvw59601@care2.com> wrote:
> > > > Dotan Cohen wrote:
> > > > > 0In an advanced Calculus course, we are dealing with functions wi=
th
> 2
> > > > > (and more) variables. Is there any 3-D graphing software for Linu=
x
> > > > > available? Something like Kalgebra, but with a bit more functions
> such
> > > > > as multiple functions graphed at the same time, asymptote min max
> and
> > > > > other significant points, zoom into 3-D graph, graph of derivativ=
e
> and
> > > > > integral, etc.
> > > > >
> > > > > I have been directed to look at some math programming languages s=
uch
> > > > > as root, octave, and R, but I really need an application, not a
> > > > > language. This app will be used by others in my calculus course,
> > > > > people with no computer background, so these language solutions
> simply
> > > > > will not work for us. Thanks in advance for any advice.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > You mean like this:
> > > >
> http://www.esnips.com/doc/39163b3c-a004-464d-a0a9-9655da7eb0f5/filltest.2
> > > >
> > > > Hugo
> > >
> > > Yes, programs such as Kalgebra produce graphs like that.
> > >
> > > Dotan Cohen
> > >
> > > http://what-is-what.com
> > > http://gibberish.co.il
> >
> > Have a look at octave and scilab, there is also maxima for linear algeb=
ra
> but I
> > don't know if it does graphs
>
> Axiom does 3d plottings of parametrized curves-surfaces. You can export
> the result to ps or xmap.
>
> Marcelo
>
> --
> Marcelo Chiapparini
> chiappa@oi.com.br
>
>
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Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2007 13:58:40 -0800 (PST) From: tharanga Wijethilake <tharangawijethilake@yahoo.com> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: cdrom not working after kernel update Message-ID: <777864.39106.qm@web37106.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="0-1986632077-1196546320=:39106" --0-1986632077-1196546320=:39106 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi all,=0AI am sort of new to deabian was using kernel 2.6.18 and recently = compiled the kernel 2.6.23.8 to get the mac80211 system for the wireless su= pport. but after that when I boot from the new kernel (I have both kernels = running) but the cdrom can not mounted for some reason. Then I reinstalled = all the modules available in the menuconfig still no luck with it. I loaded= the cdrom module by modprob it loads the module without any error yet the = problem remains the same. I tried "mount -a" but it does not load it and gi= ves an error.=0A=0AI also chcked the /dev/ for cdrom it is not there when I= boot the system with new kernel. but it is present when I compiled with th= e old kernels.=0A=0AWhat can I do to get the cdrom working.=0A=0AI am using= a HP NW 8440 laptop.=0A=0AThank you in advance.=0A=0ATharanga=0A=0A=0A=0AS= end instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com= =0A=0ASend instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yaho= o.com --0-1986632077-1196546320=:39106 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><head><style type=3D"text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></he= ad><body><div style=3D"font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;= font-size:14pt"><DIV style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman= , new york, times, serif">=0A<DIV>Hi all,<BR>I am sort of new to deabian wa= s using kernel 2.6.18 and recently compiled the kernel 2.6.23.8 to get the = mac80211 system for the wireless support. but after that when I boot from t= he new kernel (I have both kernels running) but the cdrom can not mounted f= or some reason. Then I reinstalled all the modules available in the menucon= fig still no luck with it. I loaded the cdrom module by modprob it loads th= e module without any error yet the problem remains the same. I tried "mount= -a" but it does not load it and gives an error.</DIV>=0A<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>= =0A<DIV>I also chcked the /dev/ for cdrom it is not there when I boot the s= ystem with new kernel. but it is present when I compiled with the old kerne= ls.<BR><BR>What can I do to get the cdrom working.<BR><BR>I am using a HP N= W 8440 laptop.<BR><BR>Thank you in advance.<BR><BR>Tharanga<BR><BR></DIV></= DIV><BR>Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.ya= hoo.com =0A<DIV id=3DhighlighterDiv style=3D"DISPLAY: none; Z-INDEX: -1; PO= SITION: absolute; BACKGROUND-COLOR: yellow"></DIV></div><br>Send instant me= ssages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com </body></html> --0-1986632077-1196546320=:39106--

Date: Sun, 02 Dec 2007 07:10:15 +0900 From: David <davidpalmer@westnet.com.au> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Firestarter Message-ID: <4751DBC7.9040303@westnet.com.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Darko wrote: snip
> But where from the menu i can't find it on my kde
Install the package 'menu', then after any apt update/upgrade, type 'update-menus' while still at the command line and firestarter is one of the many packages that conform to that requirement. if i try from
> /usr/sbin/ then it tells me that I have mut be a root
>
>
Of course it does. It will from the menu also. What's the point in having a firewall that any user can configure? Regards, David.

Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2007 18:42:09 -0500 From: Mark Grieveson <dg135@torfree.net> To: debian-user <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Subject: volume mgmt w/o gnome Message-ID: <20071201184209.6ca9c873@localhost> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello. I use fluxbox most of the time. But, when I plug in my hp315 photosmart camera, I rely upon gnome to find it, and automagically mount it for me. Is it possible to completely remove gnome, and just mount this camera (or other USB storage devices) myself? Or, and even better, find a utility that, sans gnome, can automagically mount the camera itself? Also, I use kmix for a volume control, because this seems the only application that provides a small speaker applet on the fluxbox panel to control sounds. I'd like to get rid of it, and the kde libs that accompany it. So, is there a fluxbox-specific volume control that sits nicely on the panel? (Preferably one that actually looks like a volume control, and not something gawd-awful looking?) If not, fine, I'll just use xmixer, or alsamixer, or something. Still, there really should be a something other than kmix, for a volume control, that can sit nicely on the fluxbox panel. Mark

Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2007 15:46:50 -0800 From: "Kelly Clowers" <kelly.clowers@gmail.com> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: what's wrong with real.com? I can't download reaplayer for Linux Message-ID: <1840f6970712011546v6f477f00wa5ca2f34f5e21c51@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline On Nov 30, 2007 8:55 PM, Serena Cantor <qipaishi2006@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I follow links at real.com,
> No matter how hard I try, I can't download it.
In my opinion, even better than using the RealPlayer at debian-multimedia, would be to get a recent mplayer, ffmpeg and w32codecs from the same place. I have had mplayer perform better than realplayer on problematic realvideo files. I am not sure if mplayer was using an ffmpeg version of the codecs or if it was using the Windows DDLs and the player itself is simply better. But it was definitely better. Cheers, Kelly Clowers

Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2007 15:58:15 -0800 (PST) From: Serena Cantor <qipaishi2006@yahoo.com> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: what's wrong with real.com? I can't download reaplayer for Linux Message-ID: <138527.39482.qm@web35714.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Learning to use new software takes time. Last time I used mencoder and ffmpeg, they have video/audio synchronization problem, according their manual. Now I'm happy with real producer and player. =20 --- Kelly Clowers <kelly.clowers@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Nov 30, 2007 8:55 PM, Serena Cantor <qipaishi2006@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> > I follow links at real.com,
> > No matter how hard I try, I can't download it.
>=20
> In my opinion, even better than using the RealPlayer at
> debian-multimedia, would be to get a recent mplayer,
> ffmpeg and w32codecs from the same place. I have had
> mplayer perform better than realplayer on problematic
> realvideo files. I am not sure if mplayer was using an
> ffmpeg version of the codecs or if it was using the
> Windows DDLs and the player itself is simply better.
> But it was definitely better.
>=20
>=20
> Cheers,
> Kelly Clowers
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Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2007 18:58:50 -0500 From: Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: cdrom not working after kernel update Message-Id: <20071201185850.66c7d073.celejar@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Sat, 1 Dec 2007 13:58:40 -0800 (PST) tharanga Wijethilake <tharangawijethilake@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
> I am sort of new to deabian was using kernel 2.6.18 and recently compiled the kernel 2.6.23.8 to get the mac80211 system for the wireless support. but after that when I boot from the new kernel (I have both kernels running) but the cdrom can not mounted for some reason. Then I reinstalled all the modules available in the menuconfig still no luck with it. I loaded the cdrom module by modprob it loads the module without any error yet the problem remains the same. I tried "mount -a" but it does not load it and gives an error.

>From where did you get the .23 sources? How did you configure them?
Look in /boot/config-2.6.23xxxx for information about which drivers are built, and compare to the config for 2.6.18.
> Tharanga
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Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2007 16:16:40 -0800 From: "Kelly Clowers" <kelly.clowers@gmail.com> To: debian-user <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Subject: Re: volume mgmt w/o gnome Message-ID: <1840f6970712011616r50987b37i2a1b516ae8516f6b@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline On Dec 1, 2007 3:42 PM, Mark Grieveson <dg135@torfree.net> wrote:
> Hello. I use fluxbox most of the time. But, when I plug in my hp315
> photosmart camera, I rely upon gnome to find it, and automagically
> mount it for me. Is it possible to completely remove gnome, and just
> mount this camera (or other USB storage devices) myself? Or, and even
> better, find a utility that, sans gnome, can automagically mount the
> camera itself?
It Depends on if the camera is a usb-mass-storage device or if it is using one of the specialized protocols. If it is mass-storage, you just mount it with a command like "mount -t auto /dev/sda1 /media/usb" (mount point and device might be different). Or you can put a line in /etc/fstab : /dev/sda1 /media/usb auto noauto,users 0 0 Then you could just say "mount /media/usb". If it is not mass storage, gphoto2 is the basic command line program to use. Programs that use libgphoto2 include Digikam (KDE), F-Spot (Gnome, Mono), gtkam (gtk), and gthumb (gtk). I like gthumb for general light weight photo viewing and management. There is also a FUSE file system called gphotofs, which would let a gphoto-using camera appear on the file system, just like a mass storage camera.
> Also, I use kmix for a volume control, because this seems the only
> application that provides a small speaker applet on the fluxbox panel
> to control sounds. I'd like to get rid of it, and the kde libs that
> accompany it. So, is there a fluxbox-specific volume control that sits
> nicely on the panel? (Preferably one that actually looks like a volume
> control, and not something gawd-awful looking?) If not, fine, I'll
> just use xmixer, or alsamixer, or something. Still, there really should
> be a something other than kmix, for a volume control, that can sit
> nicely on the fluxbox panel.
I don't know about this, but a search in aptitude for "volume" or "mixer" ought to turn up some options. Cheers, Kelly Clowers

Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2007 19:30:38 -0500 From: Mark Grieveson <dg135@torfree.net> To: debian-user <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Subject: Re: volume mgmt w/o gnome Message-ID: <20071201193038.39a5e40b@localhost> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Sat, 1 Dec 2007 18:42:09 -0500 Mark Grieveson <dg135@torfree.net> wrote:
> Also, I use kmix for a volume control, because this seems the only
> application that provides a small speaker applet on the fluxbox panel
> to control sounds. I'd like to get rid of it, and the kde libs that
> accompany it. So, is there a fluxbox-specific volume control that
> sits nicely on the panel? (Preferably one that actually looks like a
> volume control, and not something gawd-awful looking?)
Okay, I did figure out something for myself here. I installed volume.app, which sits in the slit. So, while it doesn't sit on the panel (or tray, or whatever the bottom thingy in fluxbox is called), and, yes, it's ugly, but it's good enough to do the trick. Farewell kmix. Anyway, my main question, that being, ...
> Hello. I use fluxbox most of the time. But, when I plug in my hp315
> photosmart camera, I rely upon gnome to find it, and automagically
> mount it for me. Is it possible to completely remove gnome, and just
> mount this camera (or other USB storage devices) myself? Or, and
> even better, find a utility that, sans gnome, can automagically mount
> the camera itself?
... is still of interest to me. Mark

Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2007 16:08:00 -0800 (PST) From: rodolfo.medina@gmail.com To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Conversion of file Contacts.cdb into other format Message-ID: <09f2fbe1-05ab-4c98-8a74-72eef3255af6@d4g2000prg.googlegroups.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline
>From my Nokia mobile phone's filesystem I fetched the file
Contacts.cdb, containing the addressbook. Can anyone suggest how to convert it into a readable format, e.g. text? Thanks Rodolfo

Date: Sun, 02 Dec 2007 07:19:17 +0530 From: Raj Kiran Grandhi <grajkiran@gmail.com> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org CC: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Mounting a USB Mass Storage Device Message-ID: <47520F1D.2080202@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Ron Johnson wrote:
> Since the "drive letter" of removable devices is subject to change,
> I now use UUID values in /etc/fstab instead of /dev/sd??. (Except
> for /boot and /.)
>
> # blkid /dev/sdXY
> # vi /etc/fstab (Replace /dev/sdXY with UUID="<long string>")
>
> Also, if you have hal installed, GNOME & KDE should automagically
> handle removable devices for you.
UUIDs are helpful if you have a known set of devices you wish to use. I just let gnome handle the mounting (I think it uses hal to do it) and unmount it with pumount. Once I have disabled nautilus from opening a window whenever a removable device is mounted, the process becomes terminal friendly. Plugin, cd, do_stuff, pumount, without ever having to reach out for the mouse. End of debian-user-digest Digest V2007 Issue #2932 ************************************************** Received on Sat Dec 1 21:01:45 2007