From 1b6c123de102f0152d296fba8771d348329ba95c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Sl=C3=A1vek=20Banko?= Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2020 19:52:37 +0100 Subject: Move the khelpcenter guides to the directory level in which they are installed. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Signed-off-by: Slávek Banko --- doc/khelpcenter/userguide/removable-disks.docbook | 122 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 122 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/khelpcenter/userguide/removable-disks.docbook (limited to 'doc/khelpcenter/userguide/removable-disks.docbook') diff --git a/doc/khelpcenter/userguide/removable-disks.docbook b/doc/khelpcenter/userguide/removable-disks.docbook new file mode 100644 index 000000000..92929dcbe --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/khelpcenter/userguide/removable-disks.docbook @@ -0,0 +1,122 @@ + + + + + +Edward +Haven +edward.haven@gmail.com + + + + +Removable Disks + +For &tde; to use any device, removable or not, the device must +first be mounted. When a device is mounted, &tde; gets all the needed +information about the device: how to read it, how to write information to +it, and much more. + +The use of a device is controlled by the operating +system and it is important your operating system has tools for managing +these devices. &tde; can also auto mount devices, working with +HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer). Your distribution +should have set up HAL automatically; if not, +consult the documentation provided by your distribution. +There are several ways to find the list of media devices: use +whichever one suits you best: + + + +Enter media:/ or +system:/media into the &konqueror; location bar. + + + +Navigate to it by clicking on the Services +tab in &konqueror;'s Navigation Panel, then selecting Storage +Media. + + + +Select GoStorage Media + from the &konqueror; menus. + + + +Click the System desktop icon, then from +the window that appears, click on Storage +Media. + + + + + +The Storage Media location (also known as +the media:/ protocol) will show all devices which are recognized by +&tde;, including the hard drive and &CD; and DVD +drives, as well as USB and Firewire devices, +provided that your distribution is set up correctly to tell &tde; +about them. + + + You can also setup &tde; to display a device icon +on the desktop. To start or configure this feature in the &kcontrolcenter; go +to +DesktopBehavior +and select the Device Icons Tab. The device icon action +can be used to show both mounted and unmounted devices, or to only create an +icon when media is detected and automounted (only if automount is properly +configured), by not checking the unmounted boxes. + + +Automount + +With &tde; 3.5 and newer, devices can be automounted, meaning one only +has to insert the removable disk. &tde; will then open an automount prompt +asking the user What do you want to do? with the media. To +configure the list of options prompted for devices open the &kcontrolcenter; and +navigate to PeripheralsStorage +Media. Here you can add and remove programs from the +list of devices. + +The automount feature will only work if +dbus, hal and +udev are installed and the kernel is properly +configured. To find out if they are running on your system check the +Process Table in &ksysguard; for: +hald, dbus-deamon, and +udevd. &tde; does not provide any of these +components. You must check with you distribution. + + +Related Information +HOWTO: setting up D-BUS and HAL with TDE's media ioslave +edit (A community maintained HOWTO on the &tde; wiki) +The DBus page +HAL - Hardware Abstraction Layer + + + + + +Mounting + +If your system does not automount, &tde; is configured to mount and +unmount devices which the current user has permission to mount. If a device +is mounted as the root partition (&ie; /), and you log in +to &tde; as a user, &tde; can not mount or unmount it without being given a +higher permission. To check a devices mount permission see the +/etc/fstab file. + +To mount and unmount devices manually in &tde; one only has to &RMB; +click the device icon in media:/ or on the desktop and select +Mount or Unmount, for +removable devices one can also unmount with Safely Remove. &tde; still requires the device to be setup in +/etc/fstab. + + + + + + -- cgit v1.2.1