usb-mount
usb-mount provides desktop integration for systems using the hotplug scripts and the KDE desktop. It automatically mounts and unmounts USB storage partitions and modifies the user's desktop, via the addition of icons representing USB storage device partitions. The user can interact with the storage device by opening the desktop icons to reveal the folders corresponding to each partition. Each partition's mount status can be altered by using icon control options.
| Licenses | LGPL |
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Recent releases
- 25 Jan 2006 17:48
Changes: More fixes for newer kernels/distibutions that take longer to set up USB devices. Handles flash card readers that have more than one device. Ignores non-USB-storage devices. The INSTALL document has been updated for newer distributions.
- 22 Apr 2005 21:28
Changes: A sleep/poll loop was added as a fix for newer kernels and distibutions that take longer to set up USB devices.
- 13 Oct 2004 01:29
Changes: This release features improved handling of devices that lack a valid partition table and improved handling of devices with multiple partitions.
- 23 Jul 2004 22:01
Changes: Desktop signal actions were finished and some minor fixes and improvements were made in response to user feedback.
- 17 Jul 2004 03:23
Changes: This release uses the fuser command to determine whether a device is in use, and can optionally be configured to raise an error or signal the offending processes. Also, under kernel 2.6, it now fully matches SCSI host, bus, ID, and LUN.
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Recent commentsRe: May work with Gnome as well
> I don't know for sure, but because of
> the generic nature of
> usb-mount, it may very well work with
> desktops other than
> KDE.
worksforme in gnome :) The right-click to unmount, etc, options aren't there though :(
Difficulty warning
These scripts work for me on Fedora Core 2 and Redhat 9.
Several people have reported that they can be made to
function on many other Linux distributions with minor
configuration changes and some editing. To get them to
work on your system you may need knowledge of Linux and
shell scripting. If the scripts don't work out of the box, you
should look for errors in /var/log/messages (or where ever
your system log is kept). If you are not comfortable with
reading logs and editing scripts - perhaps these scripts
aren't for you.
May work with Gnome as well
I don't know for sure, but because of the generic nature of
usb-mount, it may very well work with desktops other than
KDE.