> On Monday 14 September 2020 04:31:41 Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote: > > Anno domini 2020 Mon, 14 Sep 07:21:53 -0400 > > > > BorgLabs - Kate Draven via tde-users scripsit: > > > On Sunday 13 September 2020, Michael via tde-users wrote: > > > > On Sunday 13 September 2020 12:58:14 pm William Morder via tde-users > wrote: > > > > > On Sunday 13 September 2020 07:55:00 Michael via tde-users wrote: > > > > > > On Tuesday 08 September 2020 09:18:30 am Michael via tde-users > wrote: > > > > > > > On Tuesday 08 September 2020 01:04:43 am William Morder via > > > > > > > tde-users > > > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > On Monday 07 September 2020 22:53:46 deloptes via tde-users > wrote: > > > > > > > > > William Morder via tde-users wrote: > > > > > > > > > > When I want to inspect my hard drives (internal/external, > > > > > > > > > > mounted/unmounted), I found it is sometimes useful to > > > > > > > > > > enter, in the address bar: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > media:/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > This gives me information about my drives at a glance, as > > > > > > > > > > well as allowing access to various tools and settings for > > > > > > > > > > working with those disks and partitions. I don't use it > > > > > > > > > > often (relatively speaking), but now I find that I cannot > > > > > > > > > > use it at all when running Konqueror as root. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Isn't it using dbus and dbus is not running for root? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I don't know. It used to work for me before, in Jessie, and > > > > > > > > especially when running Kubuntu. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I get that message in both root and user level Konqueror. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > But! I know media:/ works just after sticking in a thumb drive > > > > > > > as it does it's auto-mount thing and then a Konqueror pop-up with > > > > > > > media:/{thumb-drive} in the Location bar. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > my 2 cents, > > > > > > > Michael > > > > > > > > > > > > My 2 cents is no longer valid. The auto-mount thing no longer > > > > > > auto-mounts. > > > > > > > > > > > > - This system* was built ~7/25, auto-mount worked correctly then. > > > > > > - AFAIK auto-mount worked correctly around 8/15. > > > > > > - Last rebooted 8/26. > > > > > > - As of today, 9/13, sticking in a USB drive does not auto-mount. > > > > > > - Manually mounting works. > > > > > > > > > > > > Anyone know what changed in the last month or so? > > > > > > > > > > > > Best, > > > > > > Michael > > > > > > > > > > And here was I thinking that it was all in my head. Besides these > > > > > problems, I have other weird developments; like, for example, my > > > > > customized mount points no longer being recognized. > > > > > > > > I needed to reboot and now auto-mount and media:/ work correctly again > > > > for normal user. > > > > > > > > root - Konqueror, throws errors: > > > > > > > > media:/ > > > > > > > > The TDE mediamanager is not running. > > > > > > > > During the previous startup, KNotify crashed while instantiating > > > > KNotify. Do you want to try again or disable aRts sound output? > > > > If you choose to disable aRts output now, you can re-enable it later or > > > > select an alternate sound player in the System Notifications control > > > > panel. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > I also get the arts crash as root. No more info on that. > > > > > > The TDE mediamanager thing happened to me when I had > > > lib64ice6-1.0.10-1pclos2019.x86_64 installed. I downgraded to > > > lib64ice6-1.0.9-2pclos2016.x86_64 and it stopped mostly. > > > > What is that "lib64ice6" ? I don't see it on devuan/beowulf. > > > > For your entertainment: https://linuxreviews.org/Systemd-homed - just > > imagine that thing enabled on your systems ... > > > > Nik > > > > > Kate > > > > > All this is very interesting, but I wonder what is causing it. Another thing > that happens in my system recently (in the past few weeks): when I plug in a > flash drive, suddenly a little bouncing icon for VLC starts up, meaning that > something has awakened and is loading. > > Problem is, VLC isn't installed on my system. I do install it now and again, > because it's the only way that I can watch DVDs; other players just don't cut > it. (For other videos, I tend to use smplayer.) But I have never installed > VLC in this new system, devuan beowulf. When I look at what's running in top, > nothing obvious shows up. > > I've been transferring music files to micro SD cards, to put in smartphones > for myself and a friend; and suddenly Konqueror has started created its own > custom mount points, ignores fstab, ignores my automount scripts, basically > is putting out something that looks like original defaults for those devices. > (Before that, I couldn't get some of these gadgets to mount at all.) > > So here is a sample of the "mount points"* that have been bestowed upon me, > against my will, by some higher, non-human intelligence: > > /media/Elements_25A1 > /media/External_HDD____ > /media/Mass_Storage_Device > /media/My_Book_________ > /media/<pete> > /media/<user> > /media/USB_Storage > > * Note that names in brackets (< >) have been changed to protect the innocent; > they are not my real mount points. > > I always create my own unique names for mount points; names like Pete and Fred > (though I am more inventive still ...) are easier to remember than keeping > straight which drive is Mass_Storage_Device and which is USB_Storage, or > Elements_25A1 or My_Book_________. (Incidentally, WTF with the weird > lines???) > > Another thing is, dbus seems to be acting weird, and I don't know enough about > it to attempt corrections. I already have rather a lot on my plate at the > moment. > > These developments are all new, since my installation of beowulf/buster; I > never had anything like this is jessie or before, never even with the old > KDE3. It reminds me of those *other* DEs or OSs that I try so hard to avoid. > > Somebody please make sense of these developing disasters. > > Bill > _______________________________________________ Check your file associations. kcontrol > TDE Components > File Associations Check Storage Media settings: kcontrol > peripherals > storage media See what you find. Look for anything related to removable media. Kate