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notbob
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 Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2008 8:02 am Post subject: where cdrom mounted? |
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OK, I discovered the answer, but I'm still lost. Lemme explain.
I shoved d1 slack cd (12.1) in my cd drive (hdb) while I'm in KDE. Up pops
KDE daemon window and asks if I wanna open in new window, copy w/ K3B, or do
nothing. I let it mount. Up pops Konqueror file mgr with bogus path:
/media/hdb
cli'ing over to said path, I discover no such mount point. After much beard
pulling (only hair I got) and help from df, I discover path is really
/media/S12_1d1/. Could it be any more cryptic? Yes, it's nice to have
automount for media, but WTF! I need to cli over to said cdrom so
I can install pkg. Howza honest hardworking slack xterm droid
supposed to keep up with this crap?
After unmounting and remounting cdrom again, I notice that same S12_1d1
number given in the KDE daemon window. So, what is this obscure number and
why is konqueror giving me a bogus path? Confused mind wants to know. ;)
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»Q«
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| Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2008 8:26 am Post subject: Re: where cdrom mounted? |
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On Sat, 15 Nov 2008 21:33:38 -0500
Lew Pitcher <lpitcher@teksavvy.com> wrote:
| Quote: | I shoved d1 slack cd (12.1) in my cd drive (hdb) while I'm in KDE.
Up pops KDE daemon window and asks if I wanna open in new window,
copy w/ K3B, or do nothing. I let it mount. Up pops Konqueror
file mgr with bogus path:
/media/hdb
cli'ing over to said path, I discover no such mount point.
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If you look more closely, I think you'll see it's "media:/hdb", which
is a URI rather than a path. But your next question is about why the
KDE folks thought /that/ was a good idea, and I don't have a clue. |
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Lew Pitcher
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| Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2008 8:26 am Post subject: Re: where cdrom mounted? |
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On November 15, 2008 21:02, in alt.os.linux.slackware, notbob
(notbob@nothome.com) wrote:
| Quote: | OK, I discovered the answer, but I'm still lost. Lemme explain.
I shoved d1 slack cd (12.1) in my cd drive (hdb) while I'm in KDE. Up
pops KDE daemon window and asks if I wanna open in new window, copy w/
K3B, or do
nothing. I let it mount. Up pops Konqueror file mgr with bogus path:
/media/hdb
cli'ing over to said path, I discover no such mount point. After much
beard pulling (only hair I got) and help from df, I discover path is
really
/media/S12_1d1/. Could it be any more cryptic?
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I agree. However, there /is/ some logic to that naming convention.
The second qualifier in the path (the "S12_1d1" part) is the volume label of
the CDROM.
| Quote: | Yes, it's nice to have
automount for media, but WTF! I need to cli over to said cdrom so
I can install pkg. Howza honest hardworking slack xterm droid
supposed to keep up with this crap?
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If you are going to permit KDE to "automount" your CDROMs for you, you might
as well use KDE to "cli" to the mount as well.
In the Konqueror window that opens when the CDROM automount completes, go to
the "Tools" menu and select the "Open Terminal" option. (With the Konqueror
automount window open, <F4> will also perform this action.) What you get is
a terminal window, executing your shell, with it's current working
directory set to the directory that the automount mounted to.
| Quote: | After unmounting and remounting cdrom again, I notice that same S12_1d1
number given in the KDE daemon window. So, what is this obscure number and
why is konqueror giving me a bogus path?
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Because, that's the KDE (and likely the LSB) way to show the automount.
| Quote: | Confused mind wants to know. 
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HTH
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Master Codewright & JOAT-in-training | Registered Linux User #112576
http://pitcher.digitalfreehold.ca/ | GPG public key available by request
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Blikje Ham
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| Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2008 11:30 pm Post subject: Re: where cdrom mounted? |
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On 2008-11-16, »Q« <boxcars@gmx.net> wrote:
| Quote: | On Sat, 15 Nov 2008 21:33:38 -0500
Lew Pitcher <lpitcher@teksavvy.com> wrote:
I shoved d1 slack cd (12.1) in my cd drive (hdb) while I'm in KDE.
Up pops KDE daemon window and asks if I wanna open in new window,
copy w/ K3B, or do nothing. I let it mount. Up pops Konqueror
file mgr with bogus path:
/media/hdb
cli'ing over to said path, I discover no such mount point.
If you look more closely, I think you'll see it's "media:/hdb", which
is a URI rather than a path. But your next question is about why the
KDE folks thought /that/ was a good idea, and I don't have a clue.
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I think that that stuff about /media/SL12_1D1 stands for:
Slackware 12.1 disk 1
Not really a bad naming convention, but there must be a way to
configure the automounting to a bit more consintent pathname.
But I wouldn't know how to get there. |
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Lew Pitcher
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| Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2008 11:41 pm Post subject: Re: where cdrom mounted? |
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On November 16, 2008 12:30, in alt.os.linux.slackware, Blikje Ham
(blikjeham@vierkleurenspreeuw.nl) wrote:
| Quote: | On 2008-11-16, »Q« <boxcars@gmx.net> wrote:
On Sat, 15 Nov 2008 21:33:38 -0500
Lew Pitcher <lpitcher@teksavvy.com> wrote:
I shoved d1 slack cd (12.1) in my cd drive (hdb) while I'm in KDE |
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Lew Pitcher
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| Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2008 11:46 pm Post subject: Re: where cdrom mounted? |
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Blikje Ham wrote:
| Quote: | On 2008-11-16, »Q« <boxcars@gmx.net> wrote:
On Sat, 15 Nov 2008 21:33:38 -0500
Lew Pitcher <lpitcher@teksavvy.com> wrote:
I shoved d1 slack cd (12.1) in my cd drive (hdb) while I'm in KDE.
Up pops KDE daemon window and asks if I wanna open in new window,
copy w/ K3B, or do nothing. I let it mount. Up pops Konqueror
file mgr with bogus path:
/media/hdb
cli'ing over to said path, I discover no such mount point.
If you look more closely, I think you'll see it's "media:/hdb", which
is a URI rather than a path. But your next question is about why the
KDE folks thought /that/ was a good idea, and I don't have a clue.
I think that that stuff about /media/SL12_1D1 stands for:
Slackware 12.1 disk 1
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That's right. Thanks PV
| Quote: | Not really a bad naming convention, but there must be a way to
configure the automounting to a bit more consintent pathname.
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The pathname /is/ consistant. It consists of /media/ followed by the
volume name taken directly from the automounted media. In the example
/media/SL12_1D1
the CDROM had a volume label of "SL12_1D1"
| Quote: | But I wouldn't know how to get there.
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http://pitcher.digitalfreehold.ca/ | GPG public key available by request
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»Q«
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| Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 4:11 am Post subject: Re: where cdrom mounted? |
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On 16 Nov 2008 17:30:25 GMT
Blikje Ham <blikjeham@vierkleurenspreeuw.nl> wrote:
| Quote: | /media/hdb
cli'ing over to said path, I discover no such mount point.
If you look more closely, I think you'll see it's "media:/hdb",
which is a URI rather than a path. But your next question is about
why the KDE folks thought /that/ was a good idea, and I don't have
a clue.
I think that that stuff about /media/SL12_1D1 stands for:
Slackware 12.1 disk 1
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Probably, but that's the mount point, which is different from what
Konqueror shows in its location bar.
| Quote: | Not really a bad naming convention, but there must be a way to
configure the automounting to a bit more consintent pathname.
But I wouldn't know how to get there.
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If there's a way to have KDE automount without letting it generate the
mountpoint based on the volume ID, I don't know it.
I use udev to make the device /dev/opticaldrive, and have an fstab
entry to mount it at /media/opticaldrive/ . This means automount
doesn't happen, but clicking once on the big, shiny CD icon will mount
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Joerg
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| Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 8:37 am Post subject: Re: where cdrom mounted? |
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notbob wrote:
| Quote: | OK, I discovered the answer, but I'm still lost. Lemme explain.
I shoved d1 slack cd (12.1) in my cd drive (hdb) while I'm in
KDE. Up pops KDE daemon window and asks if I wanna open in new
window, copy w/ K3B, or do
nothing. I let it mount. Up pops Konqueror file mgr with bogus
path:
/media/hdb
cli'ing over to said path, I discover no such mount point.
After much beard pulling (only hair I got) and help from df, I
discover path is really
/media/S12_1d1/. Could it be any more cryptic? Yes, it's nice
to have
automount for media, but WTF! I need to cli over to said cdrom
so
I can install pkg. Howza honest hardworking slack xterm droid
supposed to keep up with this crap?
After unmounting and remounting cdrom again, I notice that same
S12_1d1 number given in the KDE daemon window. So, what is this
obscure number and
why is konqueror giving me a bogus path? Confused mind wants to
know. ;)
nb
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You can force automount using fixed mountpoints of your choice by
setting up policy files in /usr/share/hal/fdi/<your_policies>/
I have two policy files to have cd mounted at /media/cdrom and dvd
at /media/dvd
root!! js: cat /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/95userpolicy/50-cdrom.fdi
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
<device>
<match key="block.device" string="/dev/hdd">
<match key="block.is_volume" bool="true">
<merge key="volume.policy.desired_mount_point"
type="string">cdrom</merge>
</match>
</match>
</device>
</deviceinfo>
root!! js: cat /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/95userpolicy/50-dvd.fdi
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
<device>
<match key="block.device" string="/dev/hdc">
<match key="block.is_volume" bool="true">
<merge key="volume.policy.desired_mount_point"
type="string">dvd</merge>
</match>
</match>
</device>
</deviceinfo>
The problem is that you have to make sure that the mountpoints
don't exist before automounting.
HTH
Joerg
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Thomas Overgaard
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| Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 11:42 pm Post subject: Re: where cdrom mounted? |
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notbob@nothome.com wrote :
| Quote: | I need to cli over to said cdrom so I can install pkg. Howza honest
hardworking slack xterm droid supposed to keep up with this crap?
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The 'mount' command will tell you where the CD is mounted.
$ mount
<cut>
/dev/hda on /media/CDROM type iso9660 (ro,nosuid,nodev,noatime,uid=500,utf8)
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notbob
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| Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 11:58 pm Post subject: Re: where cdrom mounted? |
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On 2008-11-17, Thomas Overgaard <thover@post2.tele.dk> wrote:
| Quote: | The 'mount' command will tell you where the CD is mounted.
$ mount
cut
/dev/hda on /media/CDROM type iso9660 (ro,nosuid,nodev,noatime,uid=500,utf8)
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.....as will df:
$df
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
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/dev/hdb 675752 675752 0 100% /media/S12_1d1
.....and volname confirms Lew's earlier post:
$volname /dev/hdb
S12_1d1
Lotta slack edu in this thread. Thanks to all.
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notbob
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| Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 12:03 am Post subject: Re: where cdrom mounted? |
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On 2008-11-17, Joerg <jstadermann@see_signature.net> wrote:
| Quote: | You can force automount using fixed mountpoints of your choice by
setting up policy files in /usr/share/hal/fdi/<your_policies>/
I have two policy files.....
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Thank you, Joerg. I've saved your script and will play with it when I'm bit
more knowledgable about bash scripting, which I'm currently learning.
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Joerg
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| Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 3:23 am Post subject: Re: where cdrom mounted? |
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notbob wrote:
| Quote: | On 2008-11-17, Joerg <jstadermann@see_signature.net> wrote:
You can force automount using fixed mountpoints of your choice
by setting up policy files in
/usr/share/hal/fdi/<your_policies>/ I have two policy
files.....
Thank you, Joerg. I've saved your script and will play with it
when I'm bit more knowledgable about bash scripting, which I'm
currently learning.
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Well, have fun, but that's not bash, that are XML-chunks, that
are merged into the main HAl configuration at boot.
Joerg
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notbob
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| Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 4:10 am Post subject: Re: where cdrom mounted? |
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On 2008-11-17, Joerg <jstadermann@see_signature.net> wrote:
| Quote: | Well, have fun, but that's not bash, that are XML-chunks, that
are merged into the main HAl configuration at boot.
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Bummer! I know zip about XML.
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