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USB storage and KDE
Name: bookn2 Date: February 18, 2005 at 11:24:44 Pacific OS: MandrakeLinux 10.1 (kerne CPU/Ram: AthlonXP 2400+, 512MB; Ce
Comment:
I'm having this problem on both of my computers running Mandrake 10.1. When I plug in a USB Storage device: if "Device Icons" are enabled on the desktop, or i attempt to open Devices in konqueror, konqueror stops responding ; and if I attempt to open Home or another folder, the app startup notification appears but nothing happens. Quitting KDE and logging back in makes no difference - I have to reboot the machine completely before konqueror will work again.
This problem does not occur in GNOME, WindowMaker, ROX or ICEWM; however I find KDE suits my needs most.
Name: UsmanM Date: February 19, 2005 at 08:13:26 Pacific
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Install another versions of Linux, thats what i did, i was havin the same problem. I with mandrak 10.1, they dont have it properly fixed in it.
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Response Number 2
Name: 3Dave Date: February 22, 2005 at 05:57:54 Pacific
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Try disabling "Show device icons" from Kontrol Centre > Desktop > Behavior > Device Icons
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Response Number 3
Name: bookn2 Date: March 2, 2005 at 09:34:42 Pacific
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Thanks for your advice, but it so happens i've found a solution - I used Mandrake's updates utility and updated all of the packages that began with kde- or kdelibs- and at least one of them solved the problem (sorry I can't be more specific). Strangely the USB problem wasn't on the list of fixed bugs for any of the packages which is why I didn't try earlier.
Cheers again
Nick
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Response Number 4
Name: Date: March 14, 2005 at 01:06:50 Pacific
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Nick
You´re a saviour. I had the same problem and somewhere in the upgrades the problem got solved. KDE has stopped locking up.
I´m still left with one hassle though. I can´t copy to my USB HD. USB Zip is fine.
dmesg gives: FAT : Filesystem panic (dev sda1) File system has been set to read only FAT: Filesystem panic (dev sda1) fat_get_cluster: invalid cluster chain (i pos0)
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