USB disks don't mount in runlevel 3
Steve Friedman
steve at adsi-m4.com
Thu Jan 11 17:41:58 UTC 2007
On Thu, 11 Jan 2007, John Wendel wrote:
> Steve Friedman wrote:
>>
>> We normally run in runlevel 3 and when we do use X, we usually use fvwm
>> (rather than gnome or kde).
>>
>> Against what system part do I file a bug in bugzilla regarding the
>> condition that an inserted USB drive will be auto-mounted in /media when
>> using the gnome window manager, but not in fvwm or when X isn't started.
>> Presumably, by inserting the USB drive I want the device mounted, so why is
>> (I presume hal) just sending an event notification on the dbus rather than
>> completing the task itself?
>>
>
> Check the Feb 2007 Issue of Linux Journal to learn the magic incantation that
> will make UDEV do this for you.
>
Thanks. I'll bugzilla against udev to automount independent of the WM
that is running.
Steve
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