Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (807 mails)

[Tejas Guruswamy <masterpatricko@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 08/04/10 16:41, Istvan Gabor wrote:
> In KDE 3.5 (currently 3.5.10) icons are placed on the desktop representing 
> inserted media (CD/DVD, USB flashdisk).
>
> For CD/DVDs right click on the icon gives possible actions including "eject" 
> and "unmount".
> For USB-flashdisks there is a "safely remove" option but there is no 
> "unmount" option.
>
> My question is where the properties of these icon are stored, how they are 
> activated, and how I could add an "unmount"
> option to USB-flashdisk icon? Sometimes I want to unmount/remount my 
> flashdisk without removing it.
>
> Thanks is advance,
>
> Istvan
>   
As I understand it, all "safely remove" is, is an unmount. Unlike with a
CD there is no way to eject, so unmount is all you can do with a flash
drive.
"Safely remove" is just Windows-speak for unmount that seems to have
permeated into KDE ...

Regards,
Tejas
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