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Automount - HAL - udev - Xfce - Konqueror - Slackware - help requested

Hi !

I use Xfce as desktop and konqueror as file manager.
I don't use the Xfce automounter on desktop because i prefer access usb keys and cdrom via konqueror. I already associated all files types and i don't want to "manage" two file managers.
I also dislike icons on desktop. In fact i hate the desktop folder and i think it's a very bad concept. The desktop should be /home/me.

So as no window automagically appears, i made two konqueror favorites. One is "media:/" other is "system:/media". I don't know which is best and i doubt they're EXACTLY the same.
I always have to do a refresh when i'm in one of these folders because it's empty when i go in it.
And it's annoying.
Worst, when i umount keys, sometimes it shows that the device is unmounted but the writing is not finished !!!

So i have three questions:

1 - Is there a way to have the same appearing screen as KDE when inserting a device ?

2 - Is there a way to make Xfce file manager use the konqueror file association config ? (in case no satisfying solution comes)

3 - Do someone have some suggestion ?

5. This isn't an answer to your q's but I just wondered if you knew about removing icons from desktop.

Code:

cat .config/xfce4/desktop/xfdesktoprc



[file-icons]

show-filesystem=false

show-home=false

show-trash=false

show-removable=false

If you already knew this I apologise. Like you I don't like desktop icons except for removable (therefore I have the last option true).

Not really what i look for, but thanks anyway.

I finally solved this problem. It works with Slackware 12.1 rc 1. Under the 12.0, the kdeinit /usr/share/services/kded/medianotifier.desktop won't launch the corresponding service.

To umount the device, i recommend to use this shortcut in konqueror : media:/

Here's the script we need to launch at xfce startup :

#!/bin/sh
kdeinit
killall kded
kded
dcop kded medianotifier
dcop kded mediamanager

Here it is.

I edited the previous script in order to make it clean.

It works on Slackware 12.1 under Xfce.

It should work on previous version.

Have fun.

Grrr it don't works ... again.
I don't know how i managed to get it ok !!!

bash-3.1$ dcop kded medianotifier
object 'medianotifier' in application 'kded' not accessible

Any KDE expert here ?