On Mon, 05 Mar 2007 20:06:36 +0000, Paul Ciszek wrote:

> I have three questions regarding USB thumbdrives and Linux:
>
> 1) Does Ubuntu support USB thumbdrives automatically (i.e., you plug it
> into the USB port, and the files on the drive become available in a
> directory somewhere) without having to "mount" and "unmount" them?

yes.

>
> 2) My machine running SuSE *used* to support USB thumbdrives automatically;
> there was a directory called /media under which there was a subdirectory
> called usb-blah-blah, and the files on the thumbdrive could be found
> there, or you would get an error message if there was no thumbdrive.
> But for some reason SuSE has stopped doing this. Any idea what might
> have changed, and how to fix it?

no.

>
> 3) This may be part of the answer to the second question: Is there a
> procedure for disconnecting a thumbdrive from a Linux machine? In
> Windows I click on the little green arrow; on a Mac I find what looks
> like a picture of a thumbdrive on the desktop, cntrl-click, and choose
> "Eject". What am I supposed to do under Linux?

right-click the desktop icon and slect eject - the icon goes away; it is
safe to remove.

In article ,
ray wrote:
>>
>> 3) This may be part of the answer to the second question: Is there a
>> procedure for disconnecting a thumbdrive from a Linux machine? In
>> Windows I click on the little green arrow; on a Mac I find what looks
>> like a picture of a thumbdrive on the desktop, cntrl-click, and choose
>> "Eject". What am I supposed to do under Linux?
>
>right-click the desktop icon and slect eject - the icon goes away; it is
>safe to remove.

Desktop icon? Does some sort of icon appear on your desktop when you
plug in a thumbdrive?

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On Mon, 05 Mar 2007 21:37:56 +0000, Paul Ciszek wrote:

> In article , ray
> wrote:
>>>
>>> 3) This may be part of the answer to the second question: Is there a
>>> procedure for disconnecting a thumbdrive from a Linux machine? In
>>> Windows I click on the little green arrow; on a Mac I find what
>>> looks like a picture of a thumbdrive on the desktop, cntrl-click,
>>> and choose "Eject". What am I supposed to do under Linux?
>>
>>right-click the desktop icon and slect eject - the icon goes away; it is
>>safe to remove.
>
> Desktop icon? Does some sort of icon appear on your desktop when you
> plug in a thumbdrive?
>

On Fedora there is Gnome Preferences Menu item called Removeable Drives
and Media, I would expect that both SUSE and Ubuntu would have the same
preference item. If you bring it up you you will see that there are check
boxes for automounting removeable drives and media. On FC all FLASH
devices appear as disks on the desktop. Check to see if you find this
preference item on your SUSE installation, if it does make sure that the
automounting is enabled.

On Mon, 05 Mar 2007 21:37:56 +0000, Paul Ciszek wrote:

>
> In article ,
> ray wrote:
>>>
>>> 3) This may be part of the answer to the second question: Is there a
>>> procedure for disconnecting a thumbdrive from a Linux machine? In
>>> Windows I click on the little green arrow; on a Mac I find what looks
>>> like a picture of a thumbdrive on the desktop, cntrl-click, and choose
>>> "Eject". What am I supposed to do under Linux?
>>
>>right-click the desktop icon and slect eject - the icon goes away; it is
>>safe to remove.
>
> Desktop icon? Does some sort of icon appear on your desktop when you
> plug in a thumbdrive?

yes.

In article ,
General Schvantzkoph wrote:
>On Mon, 05 Mar 2007 21:37:56 +0000, Paul Ciszek wrote:
>
>> In article , ray
>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> 3) This may be part of the answer to the second question: Is there a
>>>> procedure for disconnecting a thumbdrive from a Linux machine? In
>>>> Windows I click on the little green arrow; on a Mac I find what
>>>> looks like a picture of a thumbdrive on the desktop, cntrl-click,
>>>> and choose "Eject". What am I supposed to do under Linux?
>>>
>>>right-click the desktop icon and slect eject - the icon goes away; it is
>>>safe to remove.
>>
>> Desktop icon? Does some sort of icon appear on your desktop when you
>> plug in a thumbdrive?
>>
>
>On Fedora there is Gnome Preferences Menu item called Removeable Drives
>and Media, I would expect that both SUSE and Ubuntu would have the same
>preference item. If you bring it up you you will see that there are check
>boxes for automounting removeable drives and media. On FC all FLASH
>devices appear as disks on the desktop. Check to see if you find this
>preference item on your SUSE installation, if it does make sure that the
>automounting is enabled.

Is this something I would find through YaST? If not, how do I go about
finding it?

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Paul Ciszek wrote:
> In article ,
> ray wrote:
>>> 3) This may be part of the answer to the second question: Is there a
>>> procedure for disconnecting a thumbdrive from a Linux machine? In
>>> Windows I click on the little green arrow; on a Mac I find what looks
>>> like a picture of a thumbdrive on the desktop, cntrl-click, and choose
>>> "Eject". What am I supposed to do under Linux?
>> right-click the desktop icon and slect eject - the icon goes away; it is
>> safe to remove.
>
> Desktop icon? Does some sort of icon appear on your desktop when you
> plug in a thumbdrive?
>

For KDE, Configure Desktop -> Desktop -> Behavior -> Device Icons
Enable Show device icons and select the types you want.

On Tue, 06 Mar 2007 03:09:22 +0000, Paul Ciszek wrote:

> In article , General Schvantzkoph
> wrote:
>>On Mon, 05 Mar 2007 21:37:56 +0000, Paul Ciszek wrote:
>>
>>> In article , ray
>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> 3) This may be part of the answer to the second question: Is there
>>>>> a
>>>>> procedure for disconnecting a thumbdrive from a Linux machine?
>>>>> In Windows I click on the little green arrow; on a Mac I find
>>>>> what looks like a picture of a thumbdrive on the desktop,
>>>>> cntrl-click, and choose "Eject". What am I supposed to do under
>>>>> Linux?
>>>>
>>>>right-click the desktop icon and slect eject - the icon goes away; it
>>>>is safe to remove.
>>>
>>> Desktop icon? Does some sort of icon appear on your desktop when you
>>> plug in a thumbdrive?
>>>
>>>
>>On Fedora there is Gnome Preferences Menu item called Removeable Drives
>>and Media, I would expect that both SUSE and Ubuntu would have the same
>>preference item. If you bring it up you you will see that there are
>>check boxes for automounting removeable drives and media. On FC all
>>FLASH devices appear as disks on the desktop. Check to see if you find
>>this preference item on your SUSE installation, if it does make sure
>>that the automounting is enabled.
>
> Is this something I would find through YaST? If not, how do I go about
> finding it?
>

This is the kind of thing that's usually installed by default. Look for a
menu item or a control panel.

In article <12upqklsi258kee@corp.supernews.com>,
Chris Cox wrote:
>Paul Ciszek wrote:
>>
>> Desktop icon? Does some sort of icon appear on your desktop when you
>> plug in a thumbdrive?
>
>For KDE, Configure Desktop -> Desktop -> Behavior -> Device Icons
>Enable Show device icons and select the types you want.

Hmm, There is not option like "Flash Drive" or "USB Drive".

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Paul Ciszek wrote:
> In article <12upqklsi258kee@corp.supernews.com>,
> Chris Cox wrote:
>> Paul Ciszek wrote:
>>> Desktop icon? Does some sort of icon appear on your desktop when you
>>> plug in a thumbdrive?
>> For KDE, Configure Desktop -> Desktop -> Behavior -> Device Icons
>> Enable Show device icons and select the types you want.
>
> Hmm, There is not option like "Flash Drive" or "USB Drive".

I don't use this particular feature myself so I'm just guessing, but I'd
suggest trying the setting(s) for cameras. Most digital cameras present
themselves as USB mass storage devices, just like other USB drives.

Paul Ciszek wrote:
> In article <12upqklsi258kee@corp.supernews.com>,
> Chris Cox wrote:
>> Paul Ciszek wrote:
>>> Desktop icon? Does some sort of icon appear on your desktop when you
>>> plug in a thumbdrive?
>> For KDE, Configure Desktop -> Desktop -> Behavior -> Device Icons
>> Enable Show device icons and select the types you want.
>
> Hmm, There is not option like "Flash Drive" or "USB Drive".
>

??? Are you wanting to make a distinction between USB
connected drive storage devices?

I know when I connect my USB drives, I see a USB drive icon
on my desktop. I guess I'm not quite understanding what
you are or are not seeing on the desktop??

I have lots of device types in my on the panel
for Device Icons.... now... whether there is a unique
icon for every type is another question. For example,
my PMP shows up as a thumbdrive icon on my desktop instead
of as my PMP. There are ways to create a specialized icon
if you have to have it... but it's a bit involved.

In article <12ur4ea6d917q9d@corp.supernews.com>,
Chris Cox wrote:
>Paul Ciszek wrote:
>> In article <12upqklsi258kee@corp.supernews.com>,
>> Chris Cox wrote:
>>> Paul Ciszek wrote:
>>>> Desktop icon? Does some sort of icon appear on your desktop when you
>>>> plug in a thumbdrive?
>>> For KDE, Configure Desktop -> Desktop -> Behavior -> Device Icons
>>> Enable Show device icons and select the types you want.
>>
>> Hmm, There is not option like "Flash Drive" or "USB Drive".
>>
>
>??? Are you wanting to make a distinction between USB
>connected drive storage devices?
>
>I know when I connect my USB drives, I see a USB drive icon
>on my desktop. I guess I'm not quite understanding what
>you are or are not seeing on the desktop??
>
>I have lots of device types in my on the panel
>for Device Icons.... now... whether there is a unique
>icon for every type is another question. For example,
>my PMP shows up as a thumbdrive icon on my desktop instead
>of as my PMP. There are ways to create a specialized icon
>if you have to have it... but it's a bit involved.

When I plug in my SanDisk thumbdrive, a new directory comes into existance:
/media/usb-2004431841141e51d5b0:0:0:0p1

I can go into the directory with the file browser, but there is no desktop
icon (as some people here have described) nor anything else to acknowledge
that this is anything other than another directory. Right clicking on it
reveals no options such as "eject". It's just a normal directory. When I
pull the drive out, the folder goes away.

When I plug in my Kingston thumbdrive--which works just fine under Windows,
BTW--nothing happens. No new folder. No acknowledgement (so far as I can
tell) that the drive exists. The green LED on the drive blinks, but that's
it.

Now, in the Configure Desktop->Behavior->Device Icons menu, there are
options that can be checked that will make an icon appear on the desktop
when various types of devices are connected. Some of the ones listed are
"connected Cellular Phone", "Mounted Zip Disk", "Connected PDA", and
"Printer". I have all of them checked. None of them seem to apply to
USB flashdrives, though.

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Paul Ciszek wrote:
....
> Now, in the Configure Desktop->Behavior->Device Icons menu, there are
> options that can be checked that will make an icon appear on the desktop
> when various types of devices are connected. Some of the ones listed are
> "connected Cellular Phone", "Mounted Zip Disk", "Connected PDA", and
> "Printer". I have all of them checked. None of them seem to apply to
> USB flashdrives, though.
>

Not sure what to say. I've always see the icon show up.
My Corsair thumbdrive, my Olympus 5050 camera, my Cowon A2, my Sansa
e260, I get icons for them... not sure where to begin to
look at the problem.