Hotplug media names

[James Tappin]

On Sun, 16 Oct 2005 13:16:30 +0100
James Tappin <sjt at star.sr.bham.ac.uk> wrote:

JT> Hi everyone,
JT> 
JT> I've recently upgraded two machines from Hoary to Breezy (FWIW one
JT> is an X86 desktop box, and the other a G3 iBook). On both of these
JT> I'm having a problem with
JT> hotplugged media such as a memory stick or a CF reader. Basically
JT> the device is detecting OK and creating the relevant device nodes
JT> (/dev/sda & /dev/sda1), but the mount point in /media is
JT> /media/PENDRIVE or /media/usbdisk instead of /media/sda1. As a
JT> result, no device icon appears on the desktop, and the device is not
JT> shown when konqueror is pointed at media:/ (I can still
JT> mount/unmount with pmount from the command line).
JT> 
JT> Is this a known issue (with Breezy or the upgrade process)? Is there
JT> a workaround?

Looks as if it's fixed in the updates which came out today. Thanks to
the team for getting things done.

James

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