USB stick can't display contents - FC9

Jim mickeyboa at sbcglobal.net
Mon May 19 00:46:26 UTC 2008


Jim wrote:
> Bill Davidsen wrote:
>> Jim wrote:
>>> FC9, Plugin USB stick/flash drive and I get error message.
>>>
>>> URL cannot be listed
>>> system:/media/sdc1
>>>
>>> It opens the Dolphin file manager but folders/files are not displayed.
>>>
>>> If I try to drag a file into Dolphin I get the Error Message;
>>>
>>> Could not start process Unable to create io-slave: klauncher said: 
>>> Unknown Protocol 'system' .
>>>
>> So is the problem that the stick is not mounted, or that this 
>> "dolphin" application isn't working properly? Is it mounted? Does 
>> "df" show the stick? Does "ls" list the contents.
>>
>> It's not clear exactly which part isn't working and how much of the 
>> problem lies with the tools you are using after mount.
>>
> Using df shows that stick is not mounted after it is plugged in and 
> fails to read stick.
>
> I shut down all open windows.
>
> Then I go to Menu > System > Dolphin and open Dolphin and at that time 
> the sdc1 stick is mounted and you can read, write sdc1.
>
> Then I do a df and then it shows as mounted.
>
>
>
Can Dolphin be deleted without taking out all other KDE apps.
I don't like Dolphin, I prefer Konqueror, I have gotten to where I can 
spell it now.




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