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Re: [trinity-users] Removable USB Devices

From: Jimmy Johnson <JimmyJhn@...>
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2010 23:21:59 -0700
Timothy Pearson wrote:
>>> Jimmy Johnson wrote:
>>>       
>>>> Timothy Pearson wrote:
>>>>         
>>>>>> Timothy Pearson wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>             
>>>>>>> One additional question; do you have the kde-trinity package
>>>>>>> installed
>>>>>>> on
>>>>>>> your system?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Timothy Pearson
>>>>>>> Trinity Desktop Project
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>               
>>>>>> No, I have few meta packages installed.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Then there is a very good chance you do not have hal installed.  Hal
>>>>>> is
>>>>>> required for the USB auto-detect and a few other power management
>>>>>> features
>>>>>> to function.
>>>>>>             
>>>> I do have hal, hal-info, hal-trinity,  libhal1, libhal-storage1 are
>>>> all installed.
>>>>         
>>> I did a search for all the 'hal' and 'udev' files and compared them to a
>>> working kde 3.5.9 system, I added some and removed some, it did not
>>> help. :-(
>>>
>>> I installed GParted and gparted can see my usb drives, so I got the UUID
>>> and added them to fstab so I can use them, works ok for me, but I don't
>>> think everyone will want to do that.  ;-)
>>>
>>> Also what's the word on the Squeeze packages, are they ready for
>>> testing?
>>>
>>> --
>>> Jimmy Johnson
>>>
>>> Debian Lenny Trinity KDE 3.5.11 at sda13
>>> Registered Linux User #380263
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>> Yes, they are ready.  Like the Lenny packages, they are still very much
>> beta quality as you are experiencing now.
>>
>> I believe I have fixed the Apply Settings button problem in the panel
>> configuration dialog, along with the exiting on Apply issue.  Please
>> upgrade kdelibs and kdebase, restart your Trinity session, and verify that
>> those issues are indeed resolved.  I will look further into the HAL
>> problem in the meantime.
>>
>> Tim
>>
>>
>>     
> I just tried a USB drive on my test Lenny system that has the kde-trinity
> metapackage installed.  It worked, so I will give you a complete list of
> all hal packages that I have installed:
>
> hal
> hal-info
> hal-trinity
> libhal-dev
> libhal-storage-dev
> libhal-storage1
> libhal1
>
> Try installing those packages and rebooting.  If that does not rectify the
> problem please let me know and I will see what else I can dig up.
>
> Tim


Nope, installing the dev files did not help, the other files where 
already installed. :-(

-- 
Jimmy Johnson

Debian Lenny Trinity KDE 3.5.11 at sda13
Registered Linux User #380263