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Re: [SLE] submountd continuously accessing usb floppy -- or how do floppies work???
- From: Robert Paulsen <robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 23 May 2004 15:41:53 -0500
- Message-id: <200405231541.53928.robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
On Sunday 23 May 2004 02:05 pm, Marshall Heartley wrote:
> <snip>
>
> > Perhaps this is my fault: I changed fstab to look like this
> > (I added "user"):
> >
> > /dev/sdb /media/floppy1 subfs
> > fs=floppyfss,procuid,nodev,nosuid,sync,user 0 0
>
> You will need to remove the word user here. See the man page for
> submount.
OK, did that. (And rebooted just to be sure.)
>
> > I had to do that or I couldn't use the floppy as a regular user.
> > When I clicked on the drive's icon I got an error message saying
> > only root could mount it.
>
> Hmmmm..... Submount should mount the media as user. I am not using
> anything USB at the moment but it works with other media.
Well I have two floppies -- USB and good old fashioned kind. I get the same
error trying to mount either:
mount /media/floppy
mount: only root can mount /dev/fd0 on /media/floppy
mount /media/floppy1
mount: only root can mount /dev/sdb on /media/floppy1
>
> Submount will try and mount the media if it believes that you are
> requiring the device.
According to the man page for submount ...
Submount is a program that automatically mounts removable
media devices or other filesystems when the mount direc
tory is accessed, and unmounts them when they are no
longer in use.
That doesn't happen for me. If I try to access /media/floppy
(or /media/floppy1) nothing happens. I just see an empty directory. Same
thing if I open "My Computer" and click on floppy or floppy1.
> It will scan when you bring up konqueror
> because there is a module that allows you to access your media using
> konqueror.
>
> I have found that having another instance of konqueror running while
> using submount has caused me some issues here. I usually tell KDE
> not to preload an instance of konqueror at startup.
>
> > Can anyone explain this to me?
>
> Maybe some of the above will help?
Perhaps if I get a few more clues it will come together!
--
Robert C. Paulsen, Jr.
robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> <snip>
>
> > Perhaps this is my fault: I changed fstab to look like this
> > (I added "user"):
> >
> > /dev/sdb /media/floppy1 subfs
> > fs=floppyfss,procuid,nodev,nosuid,sync,user 0 0
>
> You will need to remove the word user here. See the man page for
> submount.
OK, did that. (And rebooted just to be sure.)
>
> > I had to do that or I couldn't use the floppy as a regular user.
> > When I clicked on the drive's icon I got an error message saying
> > only root could mount it.
>
> Hmmmm..... Submount should mount the media as user. I am not using
> anything USB at the moment but it works with other media.
Well I have two floppies -- USB and good old fashioned kind. I get the same
error trying to mount either:
mount /media/floppy
mount: only root can mount /dev/fd0 on /media/floppy
mount /media/floppy1
mount: only root can mount /dev/sdb on /media/floppy1
>
> Submount will try and mount the media if it believes that you are
> requiring the device.
According to the man page for submount ...
Submount is a program that automatically mounts removable
media devices or other filesystems when the mount direc
tory is accessed, and unmounts them when they are no
longer in use.
That doesn't happen for me. If I try to access /media/floppy
(or /media/floppy1) nothing happens. I just see an empty directory. Same
thing if I open "My Computer" and click on floppy or floppy1.
> It will scan when you bring up konqueror
> because there is a module that allows you to access your media using
> konqueror.
>
> I have found that having another instance of konqueror running while
> using submount has caused me some issues here. I usually tell KDE
> not to preload an instance of konqueror at startup.
>
> > Can anyone explain this to me?
>
> Maybe some of the above will help?
Perhaps if I get a few more clues it will come together!
--
Robert C. Paulsen, Jr.
robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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