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Re: [trinity-users] Removable USB Devices

From: Jimmy Johnson <JimmyJhn@...>
Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2010 17:48:23 -0700
Timothy Pearson wrote:
>> Timothy Pearson wrote:
>>     
>>>> Timothy Pearson 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.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>             
>>>>>> Can you post a list of all *-trinity packages that you have
>>>>>> installed?
>>>>>> I
>>>>>> am almost certain a package is missing somewhere, as it all works
>>>>>> perfectly for me on my up-to-date test system.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>             
>>>> snip
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>>> Also, when you click Log Out, are there any hibernate and/or suspend
>>>>> buttons visible on the bottom of the logout dialog?  That is how I
>>>>> usually
>>>>> determine if the Trinity/HAL bindings are installed and working.
>>>>>
>>>>> Tim
>>>>>
>>>>>           
>>>> Both hibernate and suspend are in the logout dialog.
>>>>
>>>>         
>>     
>>>> One more item that may be of use here...can you send me a screenshot of
>>>> the following kcontrol page?
>>>> Control Center->KDE Components->Service Manager
>>>>
>>>> I am looking for any missing items such as "KDED Media Manager".
>>>>
>>>> Thanks!
>>>>
>>>> Tim
>>>>
>>>>         
>> KDED Media Manager is there, but was not running, I started it and got
>> the pop up to open it or do nothing, I chose to open it and get the
>> error 'permissions denied', also the usb drive icon is not showing on
>> the desktop.
>>
>> --
>> Jimmy Johnson
>>
>> Debian Lenny Trinity KDE 3.5.11 at sda13
>> Registered Linux User #380263
>>
>>
>>
>>     
>
> To fix the "Permissions Denied" error that pops up, remove the entries
> that you made in /etc/fstab earlier.  See
> http://readlist.com/lists/archlinux.org/arch/0/2865.html
>
> Tim


That worked thanks! :-)

I was in the middle of doing a Squeeze install when the repo server went 
down, I hope it's back up and running soon so I can finish my Squeeze 
install.

-- 
Jimmy Johnson

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