Hardware scan on boot, removal of hware and leftovers
On the second computer I had a 5 1/4 floppy and a ZIP drive installed when I installed v9.0; they were recognised correctly and entries written into fstab and correct icons placed on the Desktop. I have since removed both of these bits of hardware - but the icons are still on the Desktop and fstab still contains the entries for them. Question: is it only a matter of deleting the entries in fstab and deleting the icons on the Desktop to reflect the hdware I now have or is there a "gotcha", or two, that I need to know about if I did this? Cheers. -- Indecision is the key to flexibility.
On Monday 19 January 2004 10:12 am, Basil Chupin wrote:
On the second computer I had a 5 1/4 floppy and a ZIP drive installed when I installed v9.0; they were recognised correctly and entries written into fstab and correct icons placed on the Desktop.
I have since removed both of these bits of hardware - but the icons are still on the Desktop and fstab still contains the entries for them.
Question: is it only a matter of deleting the entries in fstab and deleting the icons on the Desktop to reflect the hdware I now have or is there a "gotcha", or two, that I need to know about if I did this?
Cheers. ==========
You are right, just remove them. There should be no after effects. -- --- KMail v1.5.94 --- SuSE Linux Pro v9.0 --- Registered Linux User #225206 On any other day, that might seem strange...
The Tuesday 2004-01-20 at 02:12 +1100, Basil Chupin wrote:
On the second computer I had a 5 1/4 floppy and a ZIP drive installed when I installed v9.0; they were recognised correctly and entries written into fstab and correct icons placed on the Desktop.
I have since removed both of these bits of hardware - but the icons are still on the Desktop and fstab still contains the entries for them.
Question: is it only a matter of deleting the entries in fstab and
Yes.
deleting the icons on the Desktop to reflect the hdware I now have or is
I don't care much about such things as desktop icons... -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson
Carlos E. R. wrote:
The Tuesday 2004-01-20 at 02:12 +1100, Basil Chupin wrote:
On the second computer I had a 5 1/4 floppy and a ZIP drive installed when I installed v9.0; they were recognised correctly and entries written into fstab and correct icons placed on the Desktop.
I have since removed both of these bits of hardware - but the icons are still on the Desktop and fstab still contains the entries for them.
Question: is it only a matter of deleting the entries in fstab and
Yes.
Thanks to you and BandiPat for your responses. All now 'fixed' nicely. Actually, removing the entries in fstab (and rebooting) removes the icons on the Desktop [without having to manually deleting them] and, conversely, inserting entries into fstab creates icons on the Desktop.
deleting the icons on the Desktop to reflect the hdware I now have or is
I don't care much about such things as desktop icons...
I don't either. On the <shudder> OTHER unnamed OS I have installed I have a totally clean Desktop with all icons slotted away in separate folders (aptly titled like Utilities, Games, etc) and these appear on the Taskbar which I auto-hide. However, while I have tried, I cannot do same in Suse/KDE :-( . Perhaps when KDE matures a bit more. Cheers, -- Indecision is the key to flexibility.
On Tuesday 20 January 2004 12:55 pm, Basil Chupin wrote:
Carlos E. R. wrote: <SNIP>
I don't care much about such things as desktop icons...
I don't either. On the <shudder> OTHER unnamed OS I have installed I have a totally clean Desktop with all icons slotted away in separate folders (aptly titled like Utilities, Games, etc) and these appear on the Taskbar which I auto-hide. However, while I have tried, I cannot do same in Suse/KDE :-( . Perhaps when KDE matures a bit more.
KDE does this with no problem. To add a directory of icons to the 'taskbar' right click and choose Add>Special button> quickbrowser. Then in the dialog choose a folder you have set up with the relevant links. The autohiding is controlled in Control Center>Desktop>Panels (in 8.2/kde3.1.5) HTH Dylan
Cheers,
-- Indecision is the key to flexibility.
-- "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." -Benjamin Franklin
Dylan wrote:
On Tuesday 20 January 2004 12:55 pm, Basil Chupin wrote:
Carlos E. R. wrote:
<SNIP>
I don't care much about such things as desktop icons...
I don't either. On the <shudder> OTHER unnamed OS I have installed I have a totally clean Desktop with all icons slotted away in separate folders (aptly titled like Utilities, Games, etc) and these appear on the Taskbar which I auto-hide. However, while I have tried, I cannot do same in Suse/KDE :-( . Perhaps when KDE matures a bit more.
KDE does this with no problem. To add a directory of icons to the 'taskbar' right click and choose Add>Special button> quickbrowser. Then in the dialog choose a folder you have set up with the relevant links.
The autohiding is controlled in Control Center>Desktop>Panels (in 8.2/kde3.1.5)
Thanks for the response. I should have been clearer: the first thing I do when I install Suse is to configure the Desktop to auto-hide the taskbar so this is no mystery to me. It was the elimination of icons that I was referring to. I need to work thru what you said about creating a "folder [you have] set up with the relevant links". I did the Add>Special Button>Quickbrowser bit but this brought up a swag of files/folders in my home directory. The bit that I need to work thru is what you mean by "set up with the relevant LINKS". Do you mean symbolic links or some other type of links? I ask this because when I first installed v9 last year I created a folder on the Desktop into which I moved all the HD and floppy icons, and then moved that folder into the Taskbar. (This is how I tackle it on the OTHER OS.) However, I could not give this new folder (which I named HDs) a new icon of its own. Also, you will recall that there was a bug in KDE at the time and I ended up with an unholy mess with copies of the HD etc icons all over the place when KDE was updated :-). For this I will hasten forward slowly. Cheers. -- All Scottish food is based on a dare.
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BandiPat
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Basil Chupin
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Carlos E. R.
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Dylan