On 2013-11-13 07:38 (GMT+0100) C composed:
Felix Miata wrote:
http://lists.kde.org/?l=kde-linux&m=138424961802070&w=2 https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=318061
Someone please find a realistic solution for this soon. It's a miserable blight for KDE in 13.1 to begin life this way.
I have a feeling you will struggle to find a fix for it. As was stated in the thread you linked... floppies are obsolete (for many years) and finding someone with the knowledge AND incentive fix an
Did you read the bug? It seems to me only a little programmer help is needed to come up with a solution.
issue for hopelessly obsolete hardware (even if in your use case, you still use them) is going to be very difficult... or more likely impossible.
There really shouldn't be a material difference in this problem between an empty BluRay drive and an empty floppy drive. Absent media, there's nothing to announce about either. Regardless, device notifier ought to be able to be configured so that only selected device types be recognized. At the very least, there's no reason for it to be stealing focus.
I haven't seen a computer with a floppy drive in 5 or 6 years now... and now, CD/DVD drives are becoming rare... soon to be obsolete as well.
As long as people have floppies and CDs and DVDs they need something to access them. Combining DVDs, CDs and floppies, I have well over 3000, and I know people whose libraries are measured with 5 digits. -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kde+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-kde+owner@opensuse.org