> >> I've googled for close to a week to
> >> resolve this. I know that inserting a usb disk
> (depending on
> >> setup and version) causes a knock on effect by
> calling dbus,
> >> hal, and maybe more depending. But *how* does
> nautilus (or
> >> any other file manager system) find out that the
> disk is
> >> there and put an icon in the sidebar ("places")?
> >>
> >> I've checked bookmarks, GConf- nothing I can see
> anywhere
> >> tells me how this is done. I figured there must be
> a GConf
> >> setting somewhere or another backend that stores
> this
> >> otherwise there'd be too many lookups.
> >>
> >> Surely it can't be polling for it through hal
> >> continuously?
> >>
> >> Clues anyone?
> >> -- users mailing list
> > hal is no longer present in Fedora. Which
> version of Fedora are you running?
> >
> > Now udisk takes care of mounting usb disks as they
> become available.
> >
> > I am trying to find a reference to indicate the
> changes and make it available here, but can't seem to find
> one.
> >
> > Maybe this LWN article can help?
> >
> > http://lwn.net/Articles/465921/
> Yes, but there is still the same problem- my question is
> how is it
> notified/config/whatever? I used hal in the equation
> because that is
> what *was* used, and all the data I could find on the net
> was based on
> it (mind you it is only in hindsight this "trade secret"
> has been
> divulged, and even then... hmmm). But Udev still has to use
> the same
> method as well, right? So what gives? It has to be stored
> somewhere...
> so where?
> --
http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/16/html-single/Release_Notes/#id2953039
http://forums.fedoraforum.org/archive/index.php/t-269054.html
Hope these help in some way as I can't seem to find a page that can really show what is needed to address the problem? :(
Regards,
Antonio
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