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Month: August 2010

Re: [trinity-users] Removable USB Devices

From: "Timothy Pearson" <kb9vqf@...>
Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2010 19:55:06 -0500
> 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
>
>
>

It should be up again; my ISP decided that it would temporarily disconnect
me so that it could install another customer.  Needless to say I was not
very happy!

Tim