https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=298116#c2 --- Comment #2 from Casual J. Programmer 2007-08-07 09:14:11 MST --- Created an attachment (id=155957) --> (https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=155957) Screenshot of desktop with drives unmounted -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=298116#c4 Casual J. Programmer changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |NEW Info Provider|casualprogrammer@yahoo.com | --- Comment #4 from Casual J. Programmer 2007-08-10 01:31:36 MST --- Some are, some are not. The difference is, that the ones in fstab change their icon on mount -a, while the others need to be clicked on. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=298116#c6 JP Rosevear changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |NEEDINFO Info Provider| |casualprogrammer@yahoo.com --- Comment #6 from JP Rosevear 2007-08-15 10:48:56 MST --- Ok, so the devices in /etc/fstab changing on mount -a make sense since its probably going from device available (but not mounted state) to device mounted state. Are the two in the screenshot in #2 in /etc/fstab? If so, i believe what will happen is they will be shown on the desktop regardless of whether the media is mounted or not (this is useful for drives that can't be polled like floppies). -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=298116#c8 --- Comment #8 from Casual J. Programmer 2007-08-15 11:51:56 MST --- Come to think of it: I would agree if the icon vanishes on umount and reappears on mount, but leaving the icon in place and change appearance ??? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=298116#c10 --- Comment #10 from Casual J. Programmer 2007-08-15 23:19:29 MST --- Sounds reasonable, if anybody is going to unmount a floppy rather than ejecting it. People do strange things. This does work differently for CD-Rom though, you may eject but not unmount it. Root may unmount it, the user can then mount it from the icon. Seems like overkill somehow, though. This is the hot plug era I understand, nobody goes about mounting and unmounting anymore, just plugging and unplugging. Works nicely in Windows. :-) -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=298116#c12 Casual J. Programmer changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |NEW Info Provider|casualprogrammer@yahoo.com | --- Comment #12 from Casual J. Programmer 2007-08-16 09:24:06 MST --- "Is this cleared up?" Excuse me ?? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=298116#c14 Casual J. Programmer changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |NEW Info Provider|casualprogrammer@yahoo.com | --- Comment #14 from Casual J. Programmer 2007-08-16 12:24:39 MST --- To me the question remains why the icons are confusingly different mounted vs. unmounted as well as why we have to be discussing mounting / unmounting in the first place. The usus of "mounting" stems from a time where systems were maintained by operators and the workflow was given to them on big sheets of paper. Disks used to have a significant spin up time and the operator would then mount them. Respectively he would unmount them to make sure all buffers were flushed, then they could be stopped manually. All this is 30 years past. Hotplug and automount weren't thought up for nothing. How are you going to compete against windows with this approach ? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=298116#c16 JP Rosevear changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |jpr@novell.com Status|NEW |RESOLVED Resolution| |WONTFIX --- Comment #16 from JP Rosevear 2007-08-28 09:42:31 MST --- Hopefully the explanation in #15 suffices. If not, we should take this upstream. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.